In «1984», the novel he wrote in 1948, George Orwell sees the television of the future as a control instrument in the hands of Big Brother in a totalitarian state. Right at the start of the much-anticipated Orwellian year, Paik was keen to demonstrate satellite TV's ability to serve positive ends such as the intercontinental exchange of culture combining both highbrow and entertainment elements. A live broadcast shared between WNET TV in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris and hooking up with broadcasters in Germany and South Korea reached a worldwide audience of over 10 or even (including the later repeat transmissions) 25 million.
Peter Gabriel | Himself (archive footage) | |
Laurie Anderson | Herself (archive footage) | |
George Plimpton | Himself | |
Joseph Beuys | Himself | |
John Cage | Himself | |
Merce Cunningham | Himself |
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