Nam June Paik

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

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

Self (archive footage)

All Star Video

Self

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

Self (archive footage)

Tapes

George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

Self (archive footage)

Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan

365 Day Project

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV	Self (archive footage)
2020	Tapes
2019	Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2018	George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus	Self (archive footage)
2011	Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
2008	Joseph Beuys - Coyote III	Himself
2007	365 Day Project	Self
2006	Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master	Self (archive footage)
2006	Winter in Miami 2005	Self
2003	Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives	Self
2000	As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty	Self
1999	April is the Cruelest Month	Self
1998	Sexual Healing	Self
1995	"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
1994	The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties	Self
1987	Back to Fucking Cambridge	Anton von Webern
1986	He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life	Self (archive footage)
1986	Bye Bye Kipling	Self
1985	Home Movies 1971-81
1985	All Star Video	Self
1984	Persistence of Vision	Self
1984	Trip to Korea
1979	Flux-Concert	Self
1977	Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde	Self
1976	A Tribute to John Cage
1975	Video: The New Wave
1975	Nam June Paik: Edited for Television	Self
1974	‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen	Tom
1973	26'1.1499" For A String Player
1969	Seminar	Self
1966	Kunst und Ketchup
1966	P+A-I(k)
1964	Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964	Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
1962	Nam June Paik	Self
	Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)	Nam June Paik
	Processing the Signal	Himself
	The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus	Self

Year	TV Show	Role