Nam June Paik

1932-07-20 – 2006-01-29 (age 73) 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."

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Known For

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

2023

as Self (archive footage)

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Seminar

1969

as Self

365 Day Project

2007

as Self

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

2000

as Self

George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

2018

as Self (archive footage)

Flux-Concert

1979

as Self

Video: The New Wave

1975

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

1986

as Self (archive footage)

Tapes

2020

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Sexual Healing

1998

as Self

Home Movies 1971-81

1985

‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

1974

as Tom

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

2011

as Himself (archive footage)

Back to Fucking Cambridge

1987

as Anton von Webern

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Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Re: Maciunas and Fluxus

2011

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Trip to Korea

1984

Persistence of Vision

1984

as Self

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Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

1964

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April is the Cruelest Month

1999

as Self