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Paik-Abe Vieo Synthesizer: as freely as Picasso, as colorfully as Renoir

Authors
Ae Sang Park; Ki Jun Lee
Publisher
Nam June Paik Art Center
Date
12/2011
Pages
63
Place
Korea
ISBN
978-89-97128-02-0

Abe Video Synthesizer Restoration Project. Includes schematic diagrams of the tool, description of how the Paik Abe works and photographs of the restoration.

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Park, Ae Sang; Lee, Ki Jun. Paik-Abe Vieo Synthesizer: as freely as Picasso, as colorfully as Renoir. Nam June Paik Art Center. 12/2011. pp. 63.

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