Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik

Directing

Born July 20, 1932 · Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]

43 films as director · Active 1964–2010

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,…

Known for

Flux-Concert

Flux-Concert

1979

George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

2018

Seminar

1969

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

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

2000

Home Movies 1971-81

Home Movies 1971-81

1985

Tapes

Tapes

2020

365 Day Project

365 Day Project

2007

Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

1964

Directed(43)

Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970

2010Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970

Analogue Assemblage

2000Analogue Assemblage

"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman

1995"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman★ 5.7

Sistine Chapel

1993Sistine Chapel

1992Deoksu Palace

Moon is the Oldest TV

1992Moon is the Oldest TV

Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)

1992Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)

Beuys

Living with the Living Theatre

1989Living with the Living Theatre

One Candle, One Projection

1988One Candle, One Projection

Wrap around the World

1988Wrap around the World

Bye Bye Kipling

1986Bye Bye Kipling

Butterfly

1986Butterfly★ 6.0

1985All Star Video★ 6.5

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

1984Good Morning, Mr. Orwell★ 8.1

Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

1982Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

Lake Placid '80

1980Lake Placid '80★ 8.0

Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow

1978Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow

Merce by Merce by Paik

1978Merce by Merce by Paik★ 6.5

1978Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel

Guadalcanal Requiem

1977Guadalcanal Requiem★ 7.0

A Tribute to John Cage

1976A Tribute to John Cage★ 6.0

Suite 212

TV Buddha

TV Garden

Global Groove

1973Global Groove★ 7.7

1972Electronic Yoga★ 6.0

Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5

1972Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5

TV Cello Premiere

1971TV Cello Premiere

Electronic Opera no. 1

1969Electronic Opera no. 1

The Medium Is the Medium

1969The Medium Is the Medium

Beatles Electroniques

1969Beatles Electroniques★ 8.0

9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood

19699/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood

Early Color TV Manipulations

1968Early Color TV Manipulations

1967Videotape Study No. 3★ 4.5

Missa of Zen

1967Missa of Zen

Digital Experiment at Bell Labs

1967Digital Experiment at Bell Labs

Electronic Moon No. 2

1966Electronic Moon No. 2★ 6.0

Waiting for Commercials

1966Waiting for Commercials★ 10.0

1965Electronic Fables

Magnet TV

Button Happening

1965Button Happening

Zen for Film

1964Zen for Film★ 5.4

Acting(39)

2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVSelf (archive footage)

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

Nam June Paik — Watchpile | Watchpile

2018George: The Story of George Maciunas and FluxusSelf (archive footage)

2011Re: Maciunas and Fluxus

2008Joseph Beuys - Coyote IIIHimself

2007365 Day ProjectSelf

2006Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video MasterSelf (archive footage)

2006Winter in Miami 2005Self

2003Nam June Paik: The Tiger LivesSelf

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

1999April is the Cruelest MonthSelf

1998Sexual HealingSelf

1995"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman

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

1993The Misfits - 30 Years of FluxusSelf

1987Back to Fucking CambridgeAnton von Webern

1986Bye Bye KiplingSelf

1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeSelf (archive footage)

1985All Star VideoSelf

1985Home Movies 1971-81

1984Trip to Korea

1984Persistence of VisionSelf

1982Bonjour Nam June Paik I

1979Flux-ConcertSelf

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

1976A Tribute to John Cage

1975Video: The New Wave

1975Nam June Paik: Edited for TelevisionSelf

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

197326'1.1499" For A String Player

1969SeminarSelf

1966Kunst und Ketchup

1964Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan

1964Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

1962Nam June PaikSelf

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

Processing the SignalHimself