Movies

  • 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
  • 1995

    "Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman

    "Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman

    5.71995HD

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

  • 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
  • 1984
    Trip to Korea

    Trip to Korea

    Trip to Korea

    01984HD

    Single channel video (color; sound; 1984)

    Trip to Korea
  • 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
  • 1993
    The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

    The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

    The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

    71993HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1986
    Bye Bye Kipling

    Bye Bye Kipling

    Bye Bye Kipling

    01986HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1971
    TV Cello Premiere

    TV Cello Premiere

    TV Cello Premiere

    01971HD

    TV Cello Premiere is a silent film documentation of Charlotte Moorman in her first performance on Paik's eponymous TV Cello at the Bonino Gallery in...

    TV Cello Premiere
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1962
    Nam June Paik

    Nam June Paik

    Nam June Paik

    01962HD

    Short film about performance, realized when Nam June Paik participated in Karlheinz Stockhausen's piece "Originale" in Cologne in 1961.

    Nam June Paik
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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