
<I never read Wittgenstein (나는 비트겐슈타인을 읽지 않는다)>, 1998, 백남준
Wittgenstein in the title is the spirit and representative figure of Western philosophy, and he defined the realm of speech as propositions that can be divided into true and false, with the exception of ethics and aesthetics, which he said could not be defined. The work is a witty expression of his philosophy, as if mocking it, and also a representative of Easterners, which shows his determination to do his art without conforming to Western philosophy.
A TV is installed at the four corners of the striped pattern that is broadcast during the screen adjustment time, and the TV shows a chaotic sequence of fragmented images that have no story or logical structure, which Wittgenstein could not define. By foregrounding the image of screen tuning, the artist is suggesting that Wittgenstein's logic is out of whack, and that our thinking needs tuning as well.