Nam June Paik (1932-2006)

Alias:
Paik Nam-june
백남준

Birthplace:
Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]

Born:
July 20, 1932

Died:
January 29, 2006

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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Art Direction:
1986  Adelic Penguins
1990  Infinite Escher

Director:
1964  Zen for Film
1965  Button Happening
1965  Electronic Fables
1965  Magnet TV
1966  Electronic Moon No. 2
1966  Waiting for Commercials
1967  Digital Experiment at Bell Labs
1967  Missa of Zen
1967  Videotape Study No. 3
1968  Early Color TV Manipulations
1968  The Medium Is the Medium
1969  9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood
1969  Beatles Electroniques
1969  Electronic Opera no. 1
1971  TV Cello Premiere
1972  Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5
1972  Electronic Yoga
1973  Global Groove
1974  Suite 212
1974  TV Buddha
1974  TV Garden
1976  A Tribute to John Cage
1977  Guadalcanal Requiem
1978  Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow
1978  Merce by Merce by Paik
1980  Lake Placid '80
1982  Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
1984  Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1985  All Star Video
1986  Adelic Penguins
1986  Butterfly
1986  Bye Bye Kipling
1988  One Candle, One Projection
1988  Wrap around the World
1989  Living with the Living Theatre
1990  Beuys
1990  Infinite Escher
1992  Deoksu Palace
1992  Moon is the Oldest TV
1992  Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)
1995  "Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
2000  Analogue Assemblage
2010  Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970

Editor:
1964  Zen for Film
1965  Button Happening
1965  Electronic Fables
1965  Magnet TV
1966  Electronic Moon No. 2
1966  Waiting for Commercials
1967  Digital Experiment at Bell Labs
1967  Missa of Zen
1967  Videotape Study No. 3
1968  Early Color TV Manipulations
1968  The Medium Is the Medium
1969  9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood
1969  Beatles Electroniques
1969  Electronic Opera no. 1
1971  TV Cello Premiere
1972  Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5
1972  Electronic Yoga
1973  Global Groove
1974  Suite 212
1974  TV Buddha
1974  TV Garden
1976  A Tribute to John Cage
1977  Guadalcanal Requiem
1978  Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow
1978  Merce by Merce by Paik
1980  Lake Placid '80
1982  Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
1984  Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1985  All Star Video
1986  Adelic Penguins
1986  Butterfly
1986  Bye Bye Kipling
1988  One Candle, One Projection
1988  Wrap around the World
1989  Living with the Living Theatre
1990  Beuys
1990  Infinite Escher
1992  Deoksu Palace
1992  Moon is the Oldest TV
1992  Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)
1995  "Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
2000  Analogue Assemblage
2010  Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970

Writer:
1964  Zen for Film
1965  Button Happening
1965  Electronic Fables
1965  Magnet TV
1966  Electronic Moon No. 2
1966  Waiting for Commercials
1967  Digital Experiment at Bell Labs
1967  Missa of Zen
1967  Videotape Study No. 3
1968  Early Color TV Manipulations
1968  The Medium Is the Medium
1969  9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood
1969  Beatles Electroniques
1969  Electronic Opera no. 1
1971  TV Cello Premiere
1972  Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5
1972  Electronic Yoga
1973  Global Groove
1974  Suite 212
1974  TV Buddha
1974  TV Garden
1976  A Tribute to John Cage
1977  Guadalcanal Requiem
1978  Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow
1978  Merce by Merce by Paik
1980  Lake Placid '80
1982  Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
1984  Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1985  All Star Video
1986  Adelic Penguins
1986  Butterfly
1986  Bye Bye Kipling
1988  One Candle, One Projection
1988  Wrap around the World
1989  Living with the Living Theatre
1990  Beuys
1990  Infinite Escher
1992  Deoksu Palace
1992  Moon is the Oldest TV
1992  Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)
1995  "Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
2000  Analogue Assemblage
2010  Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970

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