NJP Art Center is pleased to announce “NJP Summer Festival - 21 Rooms” for Num June Paik’s 79th birthday. The festival, consisting of an exhibition, performances and public programs, runs for eight weeks from July 20 to September 13, 2011 with twenty works on display on the second floor of the Center and the outdoor stage.

This festival was inspired by Symphony for 20 Rooms, a score composed by Paik in 1961. The term ‘score’ used by Paik and Fluxus artists referred to instructions of actions to be performed. Paik’s Symphony for 20 Rooms, as a visualization of ‘music,’ is made up of descriptions of various sound installations and interactions with the audience. Still awating a first performance, this piece contains Paik’s creative and innovative ideas for music and exhibition which he was to materialize in his later performances and exhibitions.

As Paik and his Fluxus friends did, the artists in this festival will present ‘scores’ to engage with the audience. By performing the scores as instructed, the audience will cut through genres and spaces, moving around the 20 rooms (or works), and realize the “unblinded” participation, which is the central tenet of Paik’s score.