Paik Nam June (1932–2006) was a trailblazing artist who significantly expanded the horizons of contemporary art. He achieved this by seamlessly blending diverse concepts and mediums, such as the interplay of Eastern and Western philosophies, the integration of music with visual arts, and the innovative fusion of new scientific technologies with traditional culture. This exhibition provides an immersive journey into the life of Paik, a dedicated artist who spent his lifetime creating “art that never existed before,” consistently transcending established boundaries and challenging conventional norms.

The theme of this special exhibition, ‘Love is 10,000miles,’ is derived from the subtitle of one of Paik’s 〈Neon TV〉 series from 1990. It resonates with his macroscopic vision, which sought communication with the world and even the universe, free from the constraints of time and space. Unbound by the frame placed around the artist as “the pioneer of video art,” the exhibition highlights the person Paik was while surveying aspects of humanity in the age of technological media through the lens of human-machine-nature coexistence as foreseen and actualized by Paik.

The exhibition is largely divided into three sub-themes: “Green: Meditation,” “Red: Passion,” and “Blue: Hope”. These reference the colors and messages embodied by 〈Three Elements〉, one of Paik’s later works produced over a three-year period, from 1997 to 2000, to reflect on the spirit of avant-garde and post-video ideas
that he refused to let go of even toward the end of his life. Composed of non-linear laser beams, 〈Three Elements〉 comprises a circle, a square, and a triangle—which, in Korean culture,respectively symbolize heaven, earth, and humans—and the three primary colors of light: red, green, and blue. A masterpiece epitomizing the master’s open mind and experimental spirit,this work is a result of Paik’s persistent pursuit of transboundary communication through electronic media.

In this regard, "Green: Meditation" presents a world in which different concepts, such as East and West, science, technology, and traditional elements, come into contact with the medium, and "Red: Passion" remembers and reflects on the experimental spirit through Nam-Jun Paik's archives, including the Fluxus period. "Blue: Hope" discusses "digital humanism" based on Nam-Jun Paik's prediction of the 21st century as an era in which nature and mankind coexist through electronic media.

Through this special exhibition, I hope that visitors experience the healing and communication he wanted to realize while crossing the media and art, and face the future he has drawn, that is, the present, and eventually consider the world that an artist has dreamed of for all his life.