Electronic Superhighway, Singable Art at Smithsonian’s American Art Museum

Posted by: Sing Books with Emily on: January 22, 2012

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Electronic Superhighway (1995)
Artist: Nam June Paik
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Tuckahoe Elementary School’s second grade took a trip to Chinatown DC in observance of the Chinese New Year. I went to chaperone my daughter and a friend. When the Chinatown activities were over, including a delicious lunch, we had time to visit the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery and American Art museum, both museums are housed in one building (formerly the Patent Office Building) which just happens to be steps away from the Chinatown arch.

We first visited Mike Wilkin’s license plate art called, Preamble. We stood there to enjoy the art and then sang “The Preamble Song” and “Fifty Nifty States.”

Then we went to visit another work of singable art:

Electronic Superhighway (1995)
Artist: Nam June Paik
Smithsonian American Art Museum

“Alaska and Hawaii,” detail from
Electronic Superhighway (1995)
Artist: Nam June Paik
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Electronic Superhighway (1995)
Artist: Nam June Paik
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Electronic Superhighway (1995)
Artist: Nam June Paik
Smithsonian American Art Museum

You can sing this art with,

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Fifty Nifty States
Words and Music by Ray Charles
Book Assembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
This item is for classroom, home, or library use only.

But it’ll be a challenge, you have to recognize the states by their location and shape alone.

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Click here for the Smithsonian’s webpage about this mammoth work of art:
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=71478

More information on a separate Smithsonian webpage, here:
http://americanart.si.edu/education/rs/artwork/
This link allows you to explore the work of art up-close, with the ability to click on the picture and zoom in and out to view every aspect of the piece.

Information about the artist, here:
http://americanart.si.edu/education/rs/artwork/artist.cfm

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