Nam June Paik Movies

  • 1982
    Bonjour Nam June Paik I

    Bonjour Nam June Paik I

    Bonjour Nam June Paik I

    01982HD

    A Super 8 work made in New York after Nam June Paik invited Kim Soungui to the city.

    Bonjour Nam June Paik I
  • 1974
    Suite 212

    Suite 212

    Suite 212

    01974HD

    Suite 212 is Paik's "personal New York sketchbook," an electronic collage that presents multiple perspectives of New York's media landscape as a...

    Suite 212
  • 1988
    One Candle, One Projection

    One Candle, One Projection

    One Candle, One Projection

    01988HD

    One Candle, One Projection

    One Candle, One Projection
  • 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
  • 1966
    Kunst und Ketchup

    Kunst und Ketchup

    Kunst und Ketchup

    01966HD

    Early documentary about the pop art scene and happenings in Germany.

    Kunst und Ketchup
  • 1988
    Wrap around the World

    Wrap around the World

    Wrap around the World

    01988HD

    This spectacular satellite link-up, coordinated by Paik, connected the United States, Brazil, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Japan and numerous...

    Wrap around the World
  • 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
  • 2003
    Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives

    Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives

    Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives

    02003HD

    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
  • 1992
    Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)

    Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)

    Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)

    01992HD

    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)
  • 1964
    Zen for Film

    Zen for Film

    Zen for Film

    5.31964HD

    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
  • 1972
    Waiting for Commercials

    Waiting for Commercials

    Waiting for Commercials

    101972HD

    Waiting for Commercials is a hilarious compendium of Japanese TV commercials. "Beckett wrote 'Waiting for Godot' twenty years ago, but instead of...

    Waiting for Commercials
  • 1967
    Missa of Zen

    Missa of Zen

    Missa of Zen

    01967HD

    In Missa of Zen, a TV screen, filmed from an extremely oblique angle, appears as a ghostly, flickering sliver at the side of a darkened frame. The...

    Missa of Zen
  • 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
  • 1973
    Global Groove

    Global Groove

    Global Groove

    7.71973HD

    Global Groove was a collaborative piece by Nam June Paik and John Godfrey. Paik, amongst other artists who shared the same vision in the 1960s, saw...

    Global Groove
  • 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

    01994HD

    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
  • 1984
    Trip to Korea

    Trip to Korea

    Trip to Korea

    01984HD

    Single channel video (color; sound; 1984)

    Trip to Korea
  • 1977
    Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde

    Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde

    Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde

    01977HD

    The film about Nam June Paik, the pioneer of video art, provides insight into his multifaceted artistic work and at the same time paints a...

    Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde
  • 1970
    Processing the Signal

    Processing the Signal

    Processing the Signal

    01970HD

    Processing the Signal
  • 1977
    Guadalcanal Requiem

    Guadalcanal Requiem

    Guadalcanal Requiem

    71977HD

    One of Paik’s most overtly political and poignant statements, Guadalcanal Requiem is a performance/documentary collage that confronts history,...

    Guadalcanal Requiem