Nam June Paik
Birthday: 1932-07-20
Place of Birth: Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]
Biography: Nam June Paik was the first video artist who experimented with electronic media and made a profound impact on the art of video and television. He coined the phrase "Information Superhighway" in 1974, and has been called the "father of video art."
Movies
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
The quixotic journey of Nam June Paik, one of the most famous Asian artists of the 20th century, who...
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Persistence of Vision
A short documentary profile of the Anthology Film Archives, shot on the eve of the move to the histo...
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26'1.1499" For A String Player
This tape is Jud Yalkut's video realization of Charlotte Moorman and Nam June Paik's concert perform...
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Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
Inverting the form, style and time frame of commercial television advertising, Logue has produced a ...
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Nam June Paik
Short film about performance, realized when Nam June Paik participated in Karlheinz Stockhausen's pi...
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‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image....
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A Tribute to John Cage
A Tribute to John Cage is Paik's homage to avant-garde composer John Cage. A major figure in contemp...
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Kunst und Ketchup
Early documentary about the pop art scene and happenings in Germany....
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All Star Video
A compilation of avant-garde artwork and talent of the mid to late 20th century hosted by Ryuichi Sa...
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365 Day Project
This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calenda...
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Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
This fascinating film documents the U.S. premiere production of Originale, a Happening by German com...
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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surro...
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As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde...
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"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
Nam June Paik's first single-channel videotape since 1989 is a heartfelt tribute to his long-time co...
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George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
In 1961 Lithuanian American artist and impresario George Maciunas established the avant-garde art mo...
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Bye Bye Kipling
This ambitious live satellite link-up of Japan, Korea and the United States features interviews with...
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Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
Hi-Red Centre were comprised of Genpei Akasegawa, Natsuyuki Nakanishi and Jiro Takamatsu, who enacte...
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Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) explores Video Art, revealing how different generations ‘hacked’ the tools...
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Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
“Drawing on his personal archives, Mekas has assembled a Fluxus vaudeville starring Yoko Ono, Joseph...
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Tapes
The tapes in the program consist of some of Mekas’ earliest cassettes from the 1990s not long after ...
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Video: The New Wave
The New Wave is the seminal compendium of independent video work in the early 1970s. Written and nar...
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Back to Fucking Cambridge
About a group of graduates from Cambridge University who go back to their college to visit a friend ...
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Flux-Concert
On March 24, 1979, The Kitchen presented a two-part program dedicated to the work of various Fluxus ...
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Joseph Beuys - Coyote III
DVD accompanying the book "Coyote III", documenting Joseph Beuys and Nam June Paik performing at the...
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The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties
A portrait of Nam June Paik produced as a 'video catalog' for the exhibition 'The Electronic Super H...
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Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
Friends and colleagues (including Yoko Ono and Merce Cunningham) of Nam June Paik share their though...
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Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde
The film about Nam June Paik, the pioneer of video art, provides insight into his multifaceted artis...
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Seminar
An unreleased diary film shot during the Fairleigh-Dickinson Artist Seminar simultaneous to the prod...
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Nam June Paik: Edited for Television
Produced for public television station WNET/Thirteen in New York, Nam June Paik: Edited for Televisi...
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Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives
A documentary about the life and work of video artist Nam June Paik made by the Korean Broadcasting ...
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The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
The film portrays a group of artists who since the early 1960s have completely disrupted our ideas o...
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