Suite 212

Suite 212

31 mins | Dec. 28, 1974

Suite 212 is Paik's "personal New York sketchbook," an electronic collage that presents multiple perspectives of New York's media landscape as a fragmented tour of the city. Paik critiques the selling of New York by multinational corporations and the city's role as the master of the media and information industries; Collaborators Yalkut, Davis and Kubota contribute their own vibrant and punchy segments.

Suite 212

31 mins | Dec. 28, 1974

Suite 212
Suite 212 is Paik's "personal New York sketchbook," an electronic collage that presents multiple perspectives of New York's media landscape as a fragmented tour of the city. Paik critiques the selling of New York by multinational corporations and the city's role as the master of the media and information industries; Collaborators Yalkut, Davis and Kubota contribute their own vibrant and punchy segments.
Producers Thirteen
Original title Suite 212
Directors Shigeko Kubota, Douglas Davis, Nam June Paik, Jud Yalkut
Writers

Cast

Russell Connor

as Announcer

Allen Ginsberg

as Self

Marshall McLuhan

as Self (Archive footage)