Closed-circuit video sculpture / Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Nam June Paik created Piano Piece as a tribute to his close friend and mentor John Cage. Paik altered this piano to play one of Cage's compositions using a computer program designed by Richard Teitelbaum, one of the artist’s numerous collaborators. The television monitors display collaged footage of Cage; shots of Paik’s hands while playing the piano; images of avant-garde choreographer and dancer Merce Cunningham; and a live stream of the piano captured by two cameras trained on the keys.