Nam June Paik Movies

  • 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
  • 2020
    Tapes

    Tapes

    Tapes

    02020HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1978
    Merce by Merce by Paik

    Merce by Merce by Paik

    Merce by Merce by Paik

    6.51978HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1967
    Videotape Study No. 3

    Videotape Study No. 3

    Videotape Study No. 3

    4.51967HD

    Part of a collection of restored early works by Nam June Paik and Jud Yalkut, this piece is historically significant as well as remarkably prescient....

    Videotape Study No. 3
  • 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
  • 1982
    Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

    Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

    Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

    01982HD

    The influence of Jewish fathers on their sons and the complexity of familial relationships are explored in a witty, poignant portrait of two artists....

    Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
  • 2011
    Re: Maciunas and Fluxus

    Re: Maciunas and Fluxus

    Re: Maciunas and Fluxus

    02011HD

    “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
  • 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
  • 1964
    Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

    Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

    Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

    01964HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1974
    TV Buddha

    TV Buddha

    TV Buddha

    01974HD

    One of Nam June Paik’s most iconic works, TV Buddha expresses the contrasts and parallels between East and West and between technology and...

    TV Buddha
  • 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
  • 1992
    Moon is the Oldest TV

    Moon is the Oldest TV

    Moon is the Oldest TV

    01992HD

    Moon is the Oldest TV
  • 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
    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
  • 1988
    One Candle, One Projection

    One Candle, One Projection

    One Candle, One Projection

    01988HD

    One Candle, One Projection

    One Candle, One Projection
  • 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
  • 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