Nam June Paik Movies

  • 1978
    Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow

    Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow

    Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow

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    Collaboration with Nam June Paik and Dimitri Devyatkin, combining footage from the US and Russia: Brezhnev on TV, a May Day parade, veterans in the...

    Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow
  • 1971
    Electronic Fables

    Electronic Fables

    Electronic Fables

    01971HD

    Part of a restored collection of rare early works by Nam June Paik, Electronic Fables is an example of Paik's early improvisations and experiments...

    Electronic Fables
  • 1972
    Electronic Yoga

    Electronic Yoga

    Electronic Yoga

    61972HD

    Part of the "Video-Film Concert" collection on EAI. From 1966 - 1972. Music by K. S. Narayanaswami.

    Electronic Yoga
  • 1980
    Lake Placid '80

    Lake Placid '80

    Lake Placid '80

    81980HD

    Paik produced this exuberant, high-speed collage as a commission for the National Fine Arts Committee of the 1980 Olympic Winter Games. In a...

    Lake Placid '80
  • 1994
    The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties

    The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties

    The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties

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    A portrait of Nam June Paik produced as a 'video catalog' for the exhibition 'The Electronic Super Highway', which premiered at The Museum of Art in...

    The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties
  • 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
  • 1984
    Persistence of Vision

    Persistence of Vision

    Persistence of Vision

    01984HD

    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...

    Persistence of Vision
  • 2006
    Winter in Miami 2005

    Winter in Miami 2005

    Winter in Miami 2005

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    Kubota's tribute to her husband, artist Nam June Paik, who died at their home in Miami in January 2006.

    Winter in Miami 2005
  • 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
  • 1993
    The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

    The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

    The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

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    The film portrays a group of artists who since the early 1960s have completely disrupted our ideas of what art can be. In large part filmed in Venice...

    The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
  • 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
  • 1968
    Early Color TV Manipulations

    Early Color TV Manipulations

    Early Color TV Manipulations

    01968HD

    Marked by a playful, irreverent sense of improvisation and experimentation, these experiments with image manipulation and synthesis form a link...

    Early Color TV Manipulations
  • 1978
    Merce by Merce by Paik

    Merce by Merce by Paik

    Merce by Merce by Paik

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    Merce by Merce by Paik is a two-part tribute to choreographer Merce Cunningham and artist Marcel Duchamp. The first section, “Blue Studio: Five...

    Merce by Merce by Paik
  • 1968
    Beatles Electroniques

    Beatles Electroniques

    Beatles Electroniques

    81968HD

    Part of a collection of restored early works by Nam June Paik, the haunting Beatles Electronique reveals Paik's engagement with manipulation of pop...

    Beatles Electroniques
  • 1966
    P+A-I(k)

    P+A-I(k)

    P+A-I(k)

    01966HD

    1966, 16mm film on video, black-and-white and color; 10 minutes

    P+A-I(k)
  • 1967
    Digital Experiment at Bell Labs

    Digital Experiment at Bell Labs

    Digital Experiment at Bell Labs

    01967HD

    Using Bell Lab's pioneering research facilities, Paik creates a starkly minimal experiment in computer imaging, in which a shifting dot appears on a...

    Digital Experiment at Bell Labs
  • 1964
    Zen for Film

    Zen for Film

    Zen for Film

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    In an endless loop, unexposed film runs through the projector. The resulting projected image shows a surface illuminated by a bright light,...

    Zen for Film
  • 1969
    Electronic Opera no. 1

    Electronic Opera no. 1

    Electronic Opera no. 1

    01969HD

    Nam June Paik’s Electronic Opera no. 1 first aired in 1969 as part of The Medium is the Medium, a special “artist transmission”...

    Electronic Opera no. 1
  • 2000
    Analogue Assemblage

    Analogue Assemblage

    Analogue Assemblage

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    Drawing from Paik's earliest experiments with video synthesizers, Analogue Assemblage employs current technology to create a multilayered montage...

    Analogue Assemblage
  • 1999
    April is the Cruelest Month

    April is the Cruelest Month

    April is the Cruelest Month

    01999HD

    Kubota continues her ongoing video diary project. Here she reflects on her relationship with her husband Nam June Paik.

    April is the Cruelest Month