Person

Nam June Paik

Directing · 1932–2006 · Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]

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."

• Videotape Study No. 3

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• Seminar

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  Flux-Concert

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• Electronic Yoga

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  TV Buddha

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  Adelic Penguins

  Art Direction

• Electronic Fables

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• Sexual Healing

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  George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

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• Deoksu Palace

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• 2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVSelf (archive footage)
• 2020Tapes
• 2019Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
• 2018George: The Story of George Maciunas and FluxusSelf (archive footage)
• 2011Free Radicals: A History of Experimental FilmHimself (archive footage)
• 2011Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
• 2010Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970Director
• 2008Joseph Beuys - Coyote IIIHimself
• 2007365 Day ProjectSelf
• 2006Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video MasterSelf (archive footage)
• 2006Winter in Miami 2005Self
• 2003Nam June Paik: The Tiger LivesSelf
• 2000As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of BeautySelf
• 2000Analogue AssemblageDirector
• 1999April is the Cruelest MonthSelf
• 1998Sexual HealingSelf
• 1995"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
• 1994The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the NinetiesSelf
• 1993Sistine ChapelDirector
• 1993The Misfits - 30 Years of FluxusSelf
• 1992Deoksu PalaceDirector
• 1992Moon is the Oldest TVDirector
• 1992Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)Director
• 1990BeuysDirector
• 1989Living with the Living TheatreDirector
• 1988One Candle, One ProjectionDirector
• 1988Wrap around the WorldDirector
• 1987Back to Fucking CambridgeAnton von Webern
• 1986Bye Bye KiplingSelf
• 1986Adelic PenguinsArt Direction
• 1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeSelf (archive footage)
• 1986ButterflyDirector
• 1985All Star VideoSelf
• 1985Home Movies 1971-81
• 1984Trip to Korea
• 1984Persistence of VisionSelf
• 1984Good Morning, Mr. OrwellDirector
• 1982Bonjour Nam June Paik I
• 1982Allan ‘n Allen’s ComplaintDirector
• 1980Lake Placid '80Director
• 1979Flux-ConcertSelf
• 1978Media Shuttle: New York - MoscowDirector
• 1978Merce by Merce by PaikDirector
• 1978Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and MarcelDirector
• 1977Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant GardeSelf
• 1977Guadalcanal RequiemDirector
• 1976A Tribute to John Cage
• 1975Video: The New Wave
• 1975Nam June Paik: Edited for TelevisionSelf
• 1974Suite 212Director
• 1974‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma SchoenTom
• 1974TV BuddhaDirector
• 1974TV GardenDirector
• 197326'1.1499" For A String Player
• 1973Global GrooveDirector
• 1972Electronic YogaDirector
• 1972Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5Director
• 1971TV Cello PremiereDirector
• 1969Electronic Opera no. 1Director
• 1969The Medium Is the MediumDirector
• 1969SeminarSelf
• 1969Beatles ElectroniquesDirector
• 19699/23/69: Experiment with David AtwoodDirector
• 1968Early Color TV ManipulationsDirector
• 1967Videotape Study No. 3Director
• 1967Missa of ZenDirector
• 1967Digital Experiment at Bell LabsDirector
• 1966Electronic Moon No. 2Director
• 1966Waiting for CommercialsDirector
• 1966Kunst und Ketchup
• 1966P+A-I(k)
• 1965Electronic FablesDirector
• 1965Magnet TVDirector
• 1965Button HappeningDirector
• 1964Zen for FilmDirector
• 1964Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
• 1964Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
• 1962Nam June PaikSelf
• —Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)Nam June Paik
• —Processing the SignalHimself