The main element of Burma Chest is an ornamental Myanmar-style chest. Its lower part is a three-tier cabinet with drawers and the upper part is a cabinet with double doors as high as the lower one. The legs of the chest are carved, and the cabinets have elaborate flower patterns engraved. The drawer knobs have circular ceramic balls attached on, which look like white petals. Both sides of the swing doors have splendid decorations and carvings similar to the pattern on the lower cabinet. The bottom two tiers of the lower cabinet have three drawers each, which contain assorted metal ornaments, drawings, photographs and books. A reclining Buddha statue with his right hand supporting the head is placed on the pedestal that links the upper and lower parts of Burma Chest. Two robots are on the very top: a small robot is made of machinery components, and another robot whose framework is made of plywood and body and legs are wrapped with yellow sponge.On the back wall inside the upper double-door cabinet are eight small LCD monitors. Four mini-beam projectors play 2-channel video on both sides, and another projector from the ceiling. The video includes clips of Paik’s Wrap Around the World(1988), Merce by Merce by Paik(1978), A Tribute to John Cage(1973), and Good Morning Mr. Orwell(1984), featuring Merce Cunningham, John Cage, Charlotte Moorman, Laurie Anderson, Joseph Beuys, and also images of alien beings and of the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro; it also shows Paik wearing dopo and gat, Korean traditional full-dress attire and hat extracted from Jean-Paul Fargier’s Play It Again, Nam(1990). As the furniture in the form of chest is generally used to store precious articles, Paik’s chest contains objects and videos full of old memories.
