Nam June Paik
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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
Credits

Flux-Concert (1979)
as Self
Laboratorium Anthology (1999)
Actor

George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus (2018)
as Self (archive footage)

Tapes (2020)
Actor

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
as Self

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023)
as Self (archive footage)

Home Movies 1971-81 (1985)
Actor
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master (2006)
as Self (archive footage)

Re: Maciunas and Fluxus (2011)
Actor

Nam June Paik's Piano Piece (2006)
Actor
Seminar (1969)
as Self

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (2011)
as Himself (archive footage)

Video: The New Wave (1975)
Actor

Persistence of Vision (1984)
as Self

Back to Fucking Cambridge (1987)
as Anton von Webern

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)
as Self (archive footage)

365 Day Project (2007)
as Self
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes (1964)
Actor

All Star Video (1985)
as Self

26'1.1499" For A String Player (1973)
Actor

‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974)
as Tom

Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan (1964)
Actor

"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman (1995)
Actor
Sexual Healing (1998)
as Self
April is the Cruelest Month (1999)
as Self

Joseph Beuys - Coyote III (2008)
as Himself

Bye Bye Kipling (1986)
as Self

Nam June Paik: Edited for Television (1975)
as Self

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

A Tribute to John Cage (1976)
Actor
Winter in Miami 2005 (2006)
as Self
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83) (—)
as Nam June Paik

Bonjour Nam June Paik I (1982)
Actor
The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus (1993)
as Self

P+A-I(k) (1966)
Actor
Trip to Korea (1984)
Actor
Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives (2003)
as Self

Nam June Paik (1962)
as Self

The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties (1994)
as Self
Processing the Signal (—)
as Himself
Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde (1977)
as Self
Kunst und Ketchup (1966)
Actor




