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

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

Self

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

Self (archive footage)

"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman

Flux-Concert

Self

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

Self (archive footage)

George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

Self (archive footage)

365 Day Project

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
2006	Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master	Self (archive footage)
2003	Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives	Self
2000	As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty	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

Year	TV Show	Role