Photos: Colorful Special Events Launch Asia Society Museum's 'Nam June Paik: Becoming Robot'

L to R: Hiroshi Sugimoto, Asia Society Trustee Emeritus Gina Lin Chu, and Mariko Mori at Asia Society's benefit dinner on Sept. 8, 2014. (Elena Olivo/Asia Society)

Asia Society President and CEO Josette Sheeran with Ambassador Se-joo Son, Consul General of the Republic of Korea. (Elena Olivo/Asia Society)

Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu (L) and Jerry Speyer, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P. (Elena Olivo/Asia Society)

L to R: Sheila Nemazee, Lin Tianmiao, Asia Society Museum Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Michelle Yun, and Katharine Desai. (Elena Olivo/Asia Society)

L to R: Dr. Peter Wenzel, Michelle Yun, Marilou Hakuta, Ursula Wenzel, Melissa Chiu, Ken Hakuta, and John Huffman. (Elena Olivo/Asia Society)

L to R: Asia Society Director for Global Performing Arts and Special Cultural Initiatives Rachel Cooper (L) with Vahid and Mahshid Noshirvani. (Elena Olivo/Asia Society)

L to R: Edward Mapplethorpe, Yung Hee Kim, Lorry and Mark Newhouse, and Melissa Chiu. (Elena Olivo/Asia Society)

DJ Spooky aka Paul D. Miller (L) performs "Paik Variations 1-3," mixing video and music live with his iPad, accompanied by Korean gayakeum player Rami Seo, on Sept. 8, 2014. (Elena Olivo/Asia Society)

In "Paik Variations 1-3," dancer/choreographer Jonah Bokaer responds to DJ Spooky and Rami Seo's musical performance through dance. (Elena Olivo/Asia Society)

Adam Weinberg, Alice Pratt Brown Director of the Whitney Museum (L), with John G. Hanhardt, consulting senior curator for film and media arts at the Nam June Paik Archive, Smithsonian American Art Museum. (Elena Olivo/Asia Society)

L to R: Asia Society Trustee Anne Ehrenkranz, Melissa Chiu, and Michael Joo. (Elena Olivo/Asia Society)

L to R: Josette Sheeran, Rami Seo, Ambassador Se-joo Son, Consul General of the Republic of Korea, DJ Spooky, Jonah Bokaer, Eunbin Lim, and Rachel Cooper. (Elena Olivo/Asia Society)

L to R: Rami Seo, DJ Spooky, and Kenzo Digital. (Elena Olivo/Asia Society)

L to R: Asia Society Trustees Denise and Andrew Saul and Cynthia Hazen Polsky. (Elena Olivo/Asia Society)

The following evening, Sept. 9, Asia Society Museum launched "Nam June Paik: Becoming Robot" with a members' exhibition lecture and patron tour. (C. Bay Milin/Asia Society)

L to R: Josette Sheeran, Dr. Karen Wang, and her daughter Kelly Wang. (C. Bay Milin/Asia Society)

Exhibition curator Michelle Yun leads a patron tour through "Nam June Paik: Becoming Robot" at Asia Society Museum on Sept. 9, 2014. (C. Bay Milin/Asia Society)

Nam June Paik authority John G. Hanhardt (R) imitates Paik's Robot K-456 in his talk with exhibition curator Michelle Yun (L) on Sept. 9, 2014. (C. Bay Milin/Asia Society)

"Nam June Paik: Becoming Robot" is on view at Asia Society Museum through January 4, 2015. (C. Bay Milin/Asia Society)

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NEW YORK, September 8-9, 2014 — Asia Society Museum kicked off its fall exhibition Nam June Paik: Becoming Robot with a special benefit dinner on September 8, followed by a patron tour and members' exhibition lecture the next night.

Kenzo Digital, Michael Joo, Lin Tianmiao, Edward Mapplethorpe, Mariko Mori, and Hiroshi Sugimoto were among the artists who attended the benefit dinner, which also hosted Ambassador Se-joo Son, Consul General of the Republic of Korea.

The dinner saw the premiere of Paik Variations 1-3, a live multimedia event created by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky with choreographer Jonah Bokaer that was inspired by Asia Society Museum's exhibition. Miller and Bokaer paid homage to Paik's work via a digital media composition in which Miller remixed music and video "live" with his iPad, accompanied by Korean gayakeum player Rami Seo, while Bokaer and guest dancer Eunbin Lim responded through movement that traversed the space.

Asia Society members receive invitations to exhibition openings and other benefits.