Nam June Paik Movies

  • 1989
    Living with the Living Theatre

    Living with the Living Theatre

    Living with the Living Theatre

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    One of Paik's most compelling and poignant tapes, Living with the Living Theatre pays tribute to Judith Malina and the late Julien Beck, founder of...

    Living with the Living Theatre
  • 1969
    The Medium Is the Medium

    The Medium Is the Medium

    The Medium Is the Medium

    01969HD

    Produced by WGBH-TV in Boston, the Medium Is the Medium is one of the earliest and most prescient examples of the collaboration between public...

    The Medium Is the Medium
  • 2006
    Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master

    Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master

    Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master

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    Friends and colleagues (including Yoko Ono and Merce Cunningham) of Nam June Paik share their thoughts about the groundbreaking multimedia artist in...

    Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
  • 1974
    ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

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

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

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    Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image.

    ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
  • 1974
    TV Garden

    TV Garden

    TV Garden

    01974HD

    TV Garden is Paik’s imagined future landscape where technology is an integral part of the natural world. Placing television sets amongst live...

    TV Garden
  • 1986
    Adelic Penguins

    Adelic Penguins

    Adelic Penguins

    01986HD

    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
  • 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
  • 2018
    George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

    George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

    George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

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    In 1961 Lithuanian American artist and impresario George Maciunas established the avant-garde art movement Fluxus. George details the rise of Fluxus...

    George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
  • 2019
    Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art

    Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art

    Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art

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    Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) explores Video Art, revealing how different generations ‘hacked’ the tools of television to pioneer new ways of...

    Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
  • 1999
    April is the Cruelest Month

    April is the Cruelest Month

    April is the Cruelest Month

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

    April is the Cruelest Month
  • 2008
    Joseph Beuys - Coyote III

    Joseph Beuys - Coyote III

    Joseph Beuys - Coyote III

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    DVD accompanying the book "Coyote III", documenting Joseph Beuys and Nam June Paik performing at the Sôgetsu Hall in Tokyo on the 2nd of June...

    Joseph Beuys - Coyote III
  • 1979
    Flux-Concert

    Flux-Concert

    Flux-Concert

    01979HD

    On March 24, 1979, The Kitchen presented a two-part program dedicated to the work of various Fluxus artists. The programming began with the premiere...

    Flux-Concert
  • 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
  • 1972
    Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5

    Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5

    Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5

    01972HD

    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
    Butterfly

    Butterfly

    Butterfly

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    The exuberant irreverence and wit of Butterfly characterizes Paik's stream-of-consciousness visual and conceptual techniques. In a vibrant...

    Butterfly
  • 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
  • 1968
    Beatles Electroniques

    Beatles Electroniques

    Beatles Electroniques

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    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
  • 1978
    Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel

    Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel

    Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel

    01978HD

    Nam June Paik and Shigeko Kubota remix interviews of Marcel Duchamp and Russell Connor.

    Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel
  • 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
  • 1975
    Nam June Paik: Edited for Television

    Nam June Paik: Edited for Television

    Nam June Paik: Edited for Television

    01975HD

    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