k’s attempts to integrate sex into his work. Paik once told Manfred Eichel that “The five principles of media are: Sex, Violence, Greed, Vanity and Deception.” Paik used these principles heavily in his earliest works, thus the concept of the Opera Sextronique. In the Opera for one act, Moorman was to perform topless; however the performance was interrupted by police, and resulted in the arrest of Moorman and Paik. The resulting trial was a damper on his “sex into musical performance” campaign. Global Groove is a video piece with surreal visuals and neo-Dada ideas. Paik manipulates multicultural elements, art-world figures, and pop iconography. He appropriates Pepsi commercials and integrates them with images of contemporary performers such as John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and the Living Theatre Dancers. He synthesizes images of Charlotte Moorman’s Opera performances and distorts Richard Nixon’s face. Global Groove is Paik’s first work with state-of-the-art editing techniques, and was one of a series of innovative and influential videotapes. Global Groove allowed him to create a vehicle for the short bits he had produced and to expand the audience for video art. Global Groove had a profound influence on video, television, and contemporary art. It has set a standard for a new generation of video artists with its state-of-the-art technological innovations and entertaining visuals.Something Pacific was Paik’s first permanent outdoor installation that relates specifically to a site. This site includes the lobby of the UCSD Media Center as well as the surrounding lawns. On the lawns, several ruined TVs are embedded in the ground along with Buddha sculptures and a Sony Watchman is paired with a miniature of Rodin’s Thinker. A lively interactive installation of televisions is in the lobby. Here viewers are able to manipulate the images from Paik’s videos and MTV br...
