Nam June Paik
Birthday
1932/07/20
Day of death
2006/01/29 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]
Also know as
백남준, Paik Nam-june
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."
Acting
(2023) Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
as Self (archive footage)
(1984) Persistence of Vision
as Self
(1985) Home Movies 1971-81
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(1973) 26'1.1499" For A String Player
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Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
as Nam June Paik
(1962) Nam June Paik
as Self
(1974) ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
as Tom
(1976) A Tribute to John Cage
as ---
(1966) Kunst und Ketchup
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(1985) All Star Video
as Self
(2007) 365 Day Project
as ---
(1964) Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
as ---
(1966) P+A-I(k)
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(1986) He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
as Self (archive footage)
(2000) As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
as Self
(1995) "Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
as ---
(2018) George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
as Self (archive footage)
(1986) Bye Bye Kipling
as Self
(1964) Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
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(2019) Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
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(2011) Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
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(2020) Tapes
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(1975) Video: The New Wave
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(1987) Back to Fucking Cambridge
as Anton von Webern
(1984) Trip to Korea
as ---
(1979) Flux-Concert
as Self
(2008) Joseph Beuys - Coyote III
as Himself
(1994) The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties
as Self
(2019) Modern Korea
as Self (archive footage)