A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
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."
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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