Ina Blom in her essay discusses both Nam June Paik’s work with video and also Raoul Hausmann’s Optophon. The differences in their art and the visual/auditory implications put their viewers/listeners in a position that allows them to experience art in a more refreshing manner. Blom also explains details of Paik’s video art and his television work in context to the social aspects of art making. Blom also mentions a term in relation to Paik’s work, “presentism.” Blom also mentions other art movements that have a relationship with “presentism” and Paik: Futurism, Dadaism, and Constructivism. This term allowed for me to better relate the ideas that drove and inspired Paik; it also provided information on other art movements which my previous sources
