TV Crown, one of Nam June Paik’s experimental televisions, conveys generated and amplified signals to a TV to manipulate its internal circuits. A variety of oscillating patterns are made when the electric signals of the circuit-manipulated TV are distorted. Paik once said that these “dancing” patterns are the foundation of his works, along with Magnet TV (1965). Manipulating the internal circuits of televisions by using audio signals is a technique that was later used in video synthesizers, which is a basic method of forming patterns that frequently appear in Paik’s videos.
Nam June Paik
1 manipulated CRT TV set, 2 audio generators, 1 temperature controller, 2 amplifiers