Buddha Watching YOU Watch TV

Buddha Watching You Watch TV is a contemporary take on Nam June Paik's classic TV Buddha, updated to reflect our current era of ubiquitous surveillance technology.

In the decades since Nam June Paik, AI-powered surveillance technology has become integrated into every aspect of our lives. Rather than simply watching a static TV feed reflecting his own image, Buddha uses a webcam and face-tracking AI to follow observers as they move around.

This contemporary riff on a video art classic brings to the surface the ways that corporations and governments routinely gather, analyze, and exploit data from their populations.