1975, color, sound, 5min 32sec

The Historic Richmond Town is the local town in Staten Island, where various immigrants have lived since the 18th century. It was designated as a historic town in 1958, to preserve traditional life style and custom. Richmond Town shows scenery of the Historic Richmond Town with rhythmical jazz music. The jazz is edited in fast-forward and finally changed to classical music, and images are changed to sunset and gas light in the evening simultaneously. The edited images of Richmond Town with mixed music presents a day in the historic town.

1975,color, sound, 4min 21sec

Linsay, featuring John Lindsay(1921-2000) a former New York City mayor, edits Lindsay’s address in 1965. John Lindsay had served as New York city major for 8 years, from 1966 to 1973. Lindsay left a legacy in the development of the Arts in Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan. Paik visualizes the symbolic meaning as a New York city major by synthesizing the images of Lindsay and mixing electronic sound and Lindsay’s voice.

1975, color, sound, 4min 02sec

Chinese Noodle features New York’s multi-cultural aspects. It starts with footage of a Chinese chef who makes hand-made noodles with cheerful electronic music mix and presents confectionary images from Little Italy with synthesizing effects in the end. Editing culinary images from China Town and Little Italy, both are located in southern area of Manhattan, Paik shows exotic food culture in Manhattan.

1974, color, sound, 4min 12sec

Ice link in the Central Park in Manhattan opens in every winter. Images of skating, high-rise buildings, and ice links in the park are overlapped and repeated. The unique scenery of New York in the winter can be captured in Skates.

1974, color, sound, 4min 47sec

Featuring the Tibetan Museum in Staten Island, Tibetan Museum presents symbolic images of the Orientalism with the sound of chanting. Images of a group of candles, Buddha, and manipulated scanning lines are overlapped and repeated. With the pleasant background music, the edited images express an homage to the Orientalism.

1975, color, sound, 4min 19sec

Wards Island, located in the East River, connects to the East Harlem through pedestrian bridge and is located in the south of Bronx. Bronx and Harlem is another multi-cultural element of Manhattan, contributes New York’s unique cultural characteristic. Juxtaposing views of Wards Island and dances of international performance group, Wards Island shows New York’s rich cultural and natural resources.

1975, color, sound, 3min 13sec

Grand Central features a Grand Central station connecting Manhattan and other towns in New York State. Grand Central, overlapping images of people in rush-hour and solarized clock images, symbolizes busy and exhausted city life.

Nam June Paik Suite _{212: Fashion Avenue} (1975) color, sound, 3min 02sec
The 7^th Avenue in New York city is famous for fashion and called as Fashion Avenue. Fashion Avenue edits photographs of fashion commercials with pop music. The commercial characteristic of this area ends with narration on clubs located in the 8^th Avenue. Fashion Avenue sees the commercialism of New York.

1975, 컬러, 유성, 3분 02초

패션의 도시라고 불리는 뉴욕에서도 특히 7번가는 패션 거리로 유명하다. 패션 애비뉴를 모티브로 삼은 이 작품은 패션 광고사진들을 재편집하여 보여준다. 화려한 패션 광고의 상업성은 8번가에 위치한 클럽들을 언급하는 마지막 내레이션과 연결되며, 뉴욕이 가진 상업적 화려함에 주목한다.

1975, color, sound, 3min 03sec

Seaport Museum features a seaport near the South Street in New York city. Traditional dance performances and seaport scenery are synthesized. In spite of the fact that Manhattan is an island, people in the New York city sometimes forget this fact. Scenery adjoining the Atlantic reminds audience of the fact that Manhattan is an island.

1974, color, sound, 5min 34sec

Starting with performance of a Native Indian woman, who sings American Indian folk music playing the wood drum, American Indian overlaps images of various of traditional masks and synthesized performance images. With mixed classical music and Navajo love song, natural scenery of New York is presented. It ends as Navajo love song trails away.

1975, color, sound, 5min 09sec

Washington Square comprises interviews with people in the Washington Square Park in New York city. Douglas Davis interviewed with people under various topics. Interviews cover quotation of a movie line, missionary, marriage and among other topics. This work synthesizes and edits footage of interviews in a speedy way. We can meet New Yorkers in the 1970’s in this wo

1975, color, sound, 4min 42sec

City Island edits scenery of City Island, near Bronx, with piano sound. A lyrical countryside is displayed in synthesized images of seaside. The only public transportation getting to this 100-year old fishing village is bus. The limited public transportation might keep the lyrical scenery from the cityscape.

1975, color, sound, 2min 47sec

The Ansonia is a building located in upper west side of Manhattan. It is a historic building and used to be a home for famous musicians. Alan Schulman’s cello performance is presented with synthesized images. Ansonia House is an homage to locality of the area near the Lincoln Center, the center of a classical music in New York city.