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Nam June Paik (July 20, 1932 – January 29, 2006) was a Korean American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the first video artist.
Paik is credited with an early usage (1974) of the term "super highway" in application to telecommunications.
Born in Seoul during the period of the Japanese annexation of Korea, the youngest of five siblings, Paik had 2 older brothers and 2 older sisters. His father owned a major textile manufacturing firm. As he was growing up, he was trained as a classical pianist. In 1950, Paik and his family had to flee from their home in Korea, during the Korean War. His family first fled to Hong Kong, but later moved to Japan. Six years later he graduated from the University of Tokyo where he wrote a thesis on the composer Arnold Schoenberg.
Paik then moved to Germany to study music history at Munich University. While studying in Germany, Paik met the composers Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage and the conceptual artists Joseph Beuys and Wolf Vostell who inspired him to work in the field of electronic art.
Arirang Special(Ep.312) Nam June Paik's Art and Revolution 1 _ Full Episode
Nam June Paik - Global Groove, 1973
Nam June Paik | TateShots
Nam June Paik: Becoming Robot / Asia Society Museum, New York
All Star Video (1984) part 1
Nam June Paik | Conservation of "Untitled"
Interview Pinceau : Nam June Paik - Archive INA
Nam June Paik - Ein Portrait
For Nam June Paik´s Piano
Nam June Paik / Charlotte Moorman - TV Bra for Living Sculpture (1969) and Chamber Music (1969)