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Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik

Born: 1932-07-20 • 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."

Filmography
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV poster
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023 • Self (archive footage)
Tapes poster
Tapes
2020
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art poster
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus poster
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
2018 • Self (archive footage)
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus poster
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
2011
Joseph Beuys - Coyote III poster
Joseph Beuys - Coyote III
2008 • Himself
365 Day Project poster
365 Day Project
2007 • Self
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Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
2006 • Self (archive footage)
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Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives
2003 • Self
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty poster
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000 • Self
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman poster
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
1995
The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties poster
The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties
1994 • Self
Back to Fucking Cambridge poster
Back to Fucking Cambridge
1987 • Anton von Webern
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life poster
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986 • Self (archive footage)
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Bye Bye Kipling
1986 • Self
All Star Video poster
All Star Video
1985 • Self
Home Movies 1971-81 poster
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
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Trip to Korea
1984
Persistence of Vision poster
Persistence of Vision
1984 • Self
Flux-Concert poster
Flux-Concert
1979 • Self
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Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde
1977 • Self
A Tribute to John Cage poster
A Tribute to John Cage
1976
Video: The New Wave poster
Video: The New Wave
1975
Nam June Paik: Edited for Television poster
Nam June Paik: Edited for Television
1975 • Self
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen poster
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1974 • Tom
26'1.1499" For A String Player poster
26'1.1499" For A String Player
1973
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Seminar
1969 • Self
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Kunst und Ketchup
1966
P+A-I(k) poster
P+A-I(k)
1966
Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan poster
Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
1964
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Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964
Nam June Paik poster
Nam June Paik
1962 • Self
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Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
— • Nam June Paik
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Processing the Signal
— • Himself
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The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
— • Self