![Nam June Paik](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/102ydoj5whqw0yABb30lPGl0f3U.jpg)
Nam June Paik
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 | Directing |
---|---|
Most Rating | 3.122 |
Birthday | 1932-07-20 |
Place of Birth | Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul] |
Also Known As | 백남준, Paik Nam-june, |
![‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qZj9rzBB6SRa29YMCdMeLwaX1DR.jpg)
1974
![‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qZj9rzBB6SRa29YMCdMeLwaX1DR.jpg)
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
7.9/7
Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image.
Watch Now
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
![A Tribute to John Cage](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lfuk5ZngwofUkOWFL5C1aQ4P2VM.jpg)
1976
![A Tribute to John Cage](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lfuk5ZngwofUkOWFL5C1aQ4P2VM.jpg)
A Tribute to John Cage
6/1
A Tribute to John Cage is Paik's homage to avant-garde composer John Cage. A major figure in contemporary art and music, Cage was one of the primary i...
Watch Now
A Tribute to John Cage
![P+A-I(k)](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/onJWUTUPy1sw0DjJvIcSD7lN2em.jpg)
1966
![P+A-I(k)](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/onJWUTUPy1sw0DjJvIcSD7lN2em.jpg)
P+A-I(k)
0/0
1966, 16mm film on video, black-and-white and color; 10 minutes
Watch Now
P+A-I(k)
![Kunst und Ketchup](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1966
![Kunst und Ketchup](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Kunst und Ketchup
0/0
Early documentary about the pop art scene and happenings in Germany.
Watch Now
Kunst und Ketchup
![All Star Video](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/53jcvZ8QYX82Cy5MnDbZVuGWoqQ.jpg)
1985
![All Star Video](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/53jcvZ8QYX82Cy5MnDbZVuGWoqQ.jpg)
All Star Video
6.5/2
A compilation of avant-garde artwork and talent of the mid to late 20th century hosted by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Watch Now
All Star Video
![Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1964
![Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
0/0
This fascinating film documents the U.S. premiere production of Originale, a Happening by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. Filmed at the "2nd An...
Watch Now
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
![He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ffTB0xCRFyxYme3LQUlwOKJpsEZ.jpg)
1986
![He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ffTB0xCRFyxYme3LQUlwOKJpsEZ.jpg)
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
8/7
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.
Watch Now
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
![As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5hmmNqJ9QF5iUZvkpIGKkgXX8kh.jpg)
2000
![As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5hmmNqJ9QF5iUZvkpIGKkgXX8kh.jpg)
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
7.906/64
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...
Watch Now
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
!["Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wpCFcib5ECGwxxpYucvDUduYy7Q.jpg)
1995
!["Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wpCFcib5ECGwxxpYucvDUduYy7Q.jpg)
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
5.7/3
Nam June Paik's first single-channel videotape since 1989 is a heartfelt tribute to his long-time collaborator Charlotte Moorman. This portrait traces...
Watch Now
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
![George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fqetUStaIo7mW1glGjY3X1YwKsx.jpg)
2018
![George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fqetUStaIo7mW1glGjY3X1YwKsx.jpg)
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
7/1
In 1961 Lithuanian American artist and impresario George Maciunas established the avant-garde art movement Fluxus. George details the rise of Fluxus f...
Watch Now
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
![Bye Bye Kipling](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1986
![Bye Bye Kipling](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Bye Bye Kipling
0/0
This ambitious live satellite link-up of Japan, Korea and the United States features interviews with Keith Haring and architect Arata Isozaki, and per...
Watch Now
Bye Bye Kipling
![Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qSGXAR36i0I7A4YqeWriCQ1EzIi.jpg)
1964
![Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qSGXAR36i0I7A4YqeWriCQ1EzIi.jpg)
Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
0/0
Hi-Red Centre were comprised of Genpei Akasegawa, Natsuyuki Nakanishi and Jiro Takamatsu, who enacted ‘happening’-style performance art in unusual spa...
Watch Now
Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
![Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/v0rca7GMZnorrFolEGmZbtF1pR8.jpg)
2019
![Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/v0rca7GMZnorrFolEGmZbtF1pR8.jpg)
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
0/0
Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) explores Video Art, revealing how different generations ‘hacked’ the tools of television to pioneer new ways of creating art...
Watch Now
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
![Re: Maciunas and Fluxus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lvDUwvP6MqVgsvuLqFG1NfRaAwx.jpg)
2011
![Re: Maciunas and Fluxus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lvDUwvP6MqVgsvuLqFG1NfRaAwx.jpg)
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
0/0
“Drawing on his personal archives, Mekas has assembled a Fluxus vaudeville starring Yoko Ono, Joseph Beuys, and the late Nam June Paik. Most of the ma...
Watch Now
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
![Tapes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4Z5xq98AZ0ClWUBqcVbU6QzTHB4.jpg)
2020
![Tapes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4Z5xq98AZ0ClWUBqcVbU6QzTHB4.jpg)
Tapes
0/0
The tapes in the program consist of some of Mekas’ earliest cassettes from the 1990s not long after he first began working with video as well as more...
Watch Now
Tapes
![Video: The New Wave](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/asyTRppoMxoMm45GTkYAB79BmIY.jpg)
1975
![Video: The New Wave](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/asyTRppoMxoMm45GTkYAB79BmIY.jpg)
Video: The New Wave
0/0
The New Wave is the seminal compendium of independent video work in the early 1970s. Written and narrated by Brian O'Doherty, this overview of the eme...
Watch Now
Video: The New Wave
![Back to Fucking Cambridge](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mSpxqkfwoqnPHTaTPhMroP0KyrJ.jpg)
1987
![Back to Fucking Cambridge](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mSpxqkfwoqnPHTaTPhMroP0KyrJ.jpg)
Back to Fucking Cambridge
0/0
About a group of graduates from Cambridge University who go back to their college to visit a friend who has stayed on there. Otto Muehl founded a comm...
Watch Now
Back to Fucking Cambridge
![Persistence of Vision](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wifoliV6hn8dlEJbSYf9vWN4A8o.jpg)
1984
![Persistence of Vision](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wifoliV6hn8dlEJbSYf9vWN4A8o.jpg)
Persistence of Vision
0/0
A short documentary profile of the Anthology Film Archives, shot on the eve of the move to the historic 2nd Avenue Courthouse. Staff and patrons are i...
Watch Now
Persistence of Vision
![26'1.1499" For A String Player](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/nQUBehmWfivbpmsvpLeRSmKfFAn.jpg)
1973
![26'1.1499" For A String Player](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/nQUBehmWfivbpmsvpLeRSmKfFAn.jpg)
26'1.1499" For A String Player
0/0
This tape is Jud Yalkut's video realization of Charlotte Moorman and Nam June Paik's concert performance of John Cage's composition 26'1.1499" For Str...
Watch Now
26'1.1499" For A String Player
![Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
![Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
0/0
Inverting the form, style and time frame of commercial television advertising, Logue has produced a unique series of dynamic video portraits of avant-...
Watch Now
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
![Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ceqIRL4BfHguTnlLz00wNlc8uAN.jpg)
2023
![Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ceqIRL4BfHguTnlLz00wNlc8uAN.jpg)
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
6.8/5
The quixotic journey of Nam June Paik, one of the most famous Asian artists of the 20th century, who revolutionized the use of technology as an artist...
Watch Now
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
![Home Movies 1971-81](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/95USeVGGGiVd8b8I3525itz3Ta.jpg)
1985
![Home Movies 1971-81](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/95USeVGGGiVd8b8I3525itz3Ta.jpg)
Home Movies 1971-81
0/0
Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.
Watch Now
Home Movies 1971-81
![Nam June Paik](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fsXp4rdfK8OyN4T7yOoABjse2mf.jpg)
1962
![Nam June Paik](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fsXp4rdfK8OyN4T7yOoABjse2mf.jpg)
Nam June Paik
0/0
Short film about performance, realized when Nam June Paik participated in Karlheinz Stockhausen's piece "Originale" in Cologne in 1961.
Watch Now