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1984 artwork by Nam June Paik

"Good Morning, Mr. Orwell" was the first international satellite "installation" by Nam June Paik, a South Korean-born American artist often credited with inventing video art.

It occurred on New Year's Day, 1984.

The event, which Paik saw as a rebuttal to George Orwell's dystopian vision of 1984, linked WNET TV in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris live via satellite, as well as hooking up with broadcasters in Germany and South Korea.

It aired nationwide in the US on public television, and reached an audience of over 25 million viewers worldwide.^{[citation needed]}

George Plimpton hosted the show, which combined live and taped segments with TV graphics designed by Paik.

John Cage, in New York, produced music by stroking the needles of dried cactus plants with a feather,^[1] accompanied by video images from Paris. Charlotte Moorman recreated Paik's TV Cello.Laurie Anderson and Peter Gabriel