Nam June Paik Movies

  • 1970
    Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)

    Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)

    Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)

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    Inverting the form, style and time frame of commercial television advertising, Logue has produced a unique series of dynamic video portraits of...

    Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
  • 1985
    All Star Video

    All Star Video

    All Star Video

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    A compilation of avant-garde artwork and talent of the mid to late 20th century hosted by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

    All Star Video
  • 1972
    Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5

    Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5

    Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5

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    This early work belongs in the company of Paik and Yalkut's classic collaborative "video-films," including Video Tape Study No. 3, Beatles...

    Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5
  • 1986
    Bye Bye Kipling

    Bye Bye Kipling

    Bye Bye Kipling

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    This ambitious live satellite link-up of Japan, Korea and the United States features interviews with Keith Haring and architect Arata Isozaki, and...

    Bye Bye Kipling
  • 1992
    Deoksu Palace

    Deoksu Palace

    Deoksu Palace

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    Deoksu Palace
  • 1986
    Adelic Penguins

    Adelic Penguins

    Adelic Penguins

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    Originally commissioned by the Sony Corporation of Japan and performed live on the JumboTRON, a fourteen-story TV set at the Expo in Tsukuba, Japan,...

    Adelic Penguins
  • 2011
    Re: Maciunas and Fluxus

    Re: Maciunas and Fluxus

    Re: Maciunas and Fluxus

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    “Drawing on his personal archives, Mekas has assembled a Fluxus vaudeville starring Yoko Ono, Joseph Beuys, and the late Nam June Paik. Most of...

    Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
  • 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

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    Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

    Home Movies 1971-81
  • 1964
    Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

    Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

    Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

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    This fascinating film documents the U.S. premiere production of Originale, a Happening by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. Filmed at the "2nd...

    Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
  • 1973
    26'1.1499

    26'1.1499" For A String Player

    26'1.1499" For A String Player

    01973HD

    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...

    26'1.1499
  • 1969
    Seminar

    Seminar

    Seminar

    01969HD

    An unreleased diary film shot during the Fairleigh-Dickinson Artist Seminar simultaneous to the production of Back and Forth by Michael Snow.

    Seminar
  • 2003
    Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives

    Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives

    Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives

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    A documentary about the life and work of video artist Nam June Paik made by the Korean Broadcasting Network.

    Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives
  • 1964
    Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan

    Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan

    Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan

    01964HD

    Hi-Red Centre were comprised of Genpei Akasegawa, Natsuyuki Nakanishi and Jiro Takamatsu, who enacted ‘happening’-style performance art...

    Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
  • 1969
    9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood

    9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood

    9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood

    01969HD

    This early masterwork of electronic experimentation was created by Paik while he was Artist-in-Residence at WGBH in Boston. The title refers to the...

    9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood
  • 1975
    Nam June Paik: Edited for Television

    Nam June Paik: Edited for Television

    Nam June Paik: Edited for Television

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    Produced for public television station WNET/Thirteen in New York, Nam June Paik: Edited for Television is a provocative portrait of the artist, his...

    Nam June Paik: Edited for Television
  • 1976
    A Tribute to John Cage

    A Tribute to John Cage

    A Tribute to John Cage

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    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...

    A Tribute to John Cage
  • 1987
    Back to Fucking Cambridge

    Back to Fucking Cambridge

    Back to Fucking Cambridge

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    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...

    Back to Fucking Cambridge
  • 2020
    Tapes

    Tapes

    Tapes

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    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...

    Tapes
  • 1995

    "Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman

    "Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman

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    Nam June Paik's first single-channel videotape since 1989 is a heartfelt tribute to his long-time collaborator Charlotte Moorman. This portrait...

  • 1992
    Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)

    Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)

    Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)

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    Video Commune is Jud Yalkut's free-form documentation of Nam June Paik's first interactive television "performance" at the public television station...

    Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)