From Wagner to VR

the death of K-456

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the Whitney retrospective show which shook the art world included a performance of his destructible Robot K-456 (1964), run over on Madison Street, and heralded as the "first accident of the 21st Century."

-- (Hanhardt) “the performance staged in front of the Whitney Museum brought K-456 back to life. The performance began with Paik guiding the robot along the sidewalk to the intersection of 75th st. and Madison Ave. It then proceeded to cross the avenue, w