
Nam June Paik
Department: Directing
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."
Known For

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023

Persistence of Vision
1984

Home Movies 1971-81
1985

26'1.1499" For A String Player
1973

Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
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Nam June Paik
1962

‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1974

A Tribute to John Cage
1976

Kunst und Ketchup
1966

All Star Video
1985

365 Day Project
2007

Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964

P+A-I(k)
1966

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000

"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
1995

George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
2018

Bye Bye Kipling
1986

Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
1964

Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019

Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
2011

Tapes
2020

Video: The New Wave
1975

Back to Fucking Cambridge
1987

Trip to Korea
1984

Flux-Concert
1979

Joseph Beuys - Coyote III
2008

The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties
1994

Processing the Signal
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Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
2006

Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde
1977

Seminar
1969

Nam June Paik: Edited for Television
1975

Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives
2003

The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
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Sexual Healing
1998

April is the Cruelest Month
1999

Winter in Miami 2005
2006