Paiks jarring artistic expression of the allegory of normative american media culture exemplifies aspects of dialogism and semiotics, but most importantly serves as a prototype work. Nam june paik helped turn the moving image into a common tool for artists to use as a form of expression. During the korean war, his family had to flee the country. July 20, 1932 january 29, 2006 was a korean american artist. Nam june paik 19322006, one of the first video artists. This major exhibition brings together more than two hundred works from throughout nam june paiks fivedecade careerfrom robots made from old tv screens, to his innovative video works, and allencompassing roomsize installations. He coined the phrase information superhighway in 1974, and has been called the father of video art.
Seen through his eyes, conventional tv and video tape would never look the same. Nam june paik, technology, 1991, threechannel video installation with custommade cabinet. Nam june paik comments about an american culture obsessed with tv, the moving image, and bright shiny things. Born in seoul, korea, he was trained as a classical pianist. Today, video art is a rich and popular field in modern art. Preserving nam june paiks electronic superhighway youtube. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. The notion of movement in the work challenges the difference between video and technology of the time. Preserving nam june paiks electronic superhighway video. An installation piece at the american art museum and national portrait gallery. Paiks jarring artistic expression of the allegory of normative american media culture exemplifies aspects of dialogism and semiotics, but most importantly serves as a. Global groove, 1973 by nam june paik the collection.
A frequent collaborator, he worked internationally with artists, performers and specialists from. Always innovative, his work encompassed a variety of artistic genres, from sculpture and performance to music and live broadcasting. The work brings up an interesting idea about privacy, as the buddha is constantly watching himself, however the audience is viewing this. Exhibition label, smithsonian american art museum, 2006 publication label. They first settled in hong kong and then japan, where paik graduated in music from the. Nam june paik, at smithsonian american art museum the. This is zen for film, nam june paik by new media on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Electronic superhighway is installed in the national portrait gallery in washington dc. The televisions behind oklahoma are playing the movie musical. These artworks can be found in the smithsonian american art museum in washington, dc. Nam june paik is commonly hailed as the father of new media art for his discoveries in music, video, performance, television broadcast and technological experimentation. Purchased with funds contributed by the international directors council and executive committee members. John handhart, paik scholar and curator of the guggenheim museums seminal exhibition the world of nam june paik in 2000 said, paiks prolific and complex career can be read as a process grounded in his early interests in composition and performance. Jan 29, 2006 so begins global groove, a seminal tape in the history of video art.
Ann ames, edythe broad, henry buhl, elaine terner cooper, dimitris daskalopoulos, harry david, gail may engelberg. Smithsonian american art museum the smithsonian american art museum acquires the complete estate archive of visionary artist nam june paik washington, d. Electronic superhighway 20161966 whitechapel gallery. Nam june paik, bio and collection of the smithsonian american art museum. Paik is credited with an early usage 1974 of the term electronic super highway in application to telecommunications. C smithsonian american art museum, press release, may 1, 2009.
He is credited with the first use 1974 of the term electronic super highway. We look at the artists groundbreaking practice that has brought technology closer to human experience. Jun 24, 2009 electronic superhighway is installed in the national portrait gallery in washington dc. Nam june paik 19322006 was a visionary artist, thinker, and innovator. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone. Nam june paiks electronic superhighway share print. Nam june paik began exploring the potential of electronics as art in the late 1950s. Ann ames, edythe broad, henry buhl, elaine terner cooper, dimitris daskalopoulos, harry david, gail may engelberg, ronnie. Paik s jarring artistic expression of the allegory of normative american media culture exemplifies aspects of dialogism and semiotics, but most importantly serves as a prototype work.
Nam june paik is hailed as the father of video art and is credited with the first use of the term electronic superhighway in the 1970s. Nam june paiks legendary electronic superhighway public delivery. But in the 1960s, the use of television and television images to make art was very new and revolutionary. This is nam june paik by emersonsaraiva on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Nam june paik was a korean american musician, composer, performance artist, and the father of video art. The exhibition title is taken from a term coined in 1974 by south korean video art pioneer nam june paik, who foresaw the potential of global connections through technology.
Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Nam june paik random access smithsonian institution. One of the works, electronic superhighway, was a towering bank of tvs that simultaneously screened multiple video clips including one of john cage from a. Nam june paik from the national endowment for the arts. Aug 18, 2015 the artwork tv buddha paik, 1976 strategically and skilfully put together by artist nam june paik conveys many different messages relevant and received throughout the years. Nam june paik paikabe video synthesizer 19691972 artsy. Jun 02, 20 an installation piece at the american art museum and national portrait gallery.
He is credited with the first use 1974 of the term electronic super highway to describe the future of telecommunications. Nam june paik on vimeo the highquality home for video. Bekijk meer ideeen over oude borden, 1970s, hedendaagse kunst. Photo by peter moore at paiks lispenard street studio, aug 17, 1964 publicity photos taken before paiks and moormans first performance together,a at the second annual new york avantgarde festival,a august, 1964. Electronic superhighway richard kurin, under secretary for history, art, and culture at the smithsonian institution, explores the deeper meaning behind nam june paiks electronic. Paik trained as a classical pianist and studied composition at university of tokyo.
Possibly paiks most famous work, tv buddha is a video installation depicting. Paik studied art and music history at the university of tokyo before moving to west germany, where he continued his studies 195658 at the. He was born nam june paik on july 20, 1932 in seoul, south korea. Nam june paik global groove shown in 2 exhibitions exhibition history nam june paik.
Electronic superhighway is the name of a historical video installation by nam june paik. Considered the father of video art, nam june paik pioneered the use of televisual electronic media in art. The exhibition title electronic superhighway 2016 1966 is taken from a term coined in 1974 by south korean video art pioneer nam june paik, who foresaw the potential of global connections through technology. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the founder of video art. An integral member of the fluxus movement alongside john cage and george macunias, paik sought new modes of artistic expression and cultural exchange in his music, performances, and media works. An inventory of rare relevance that goes back in time to the evocation of experiments in art and technology whose mission, from 1966, was to get. Nam june paik transformed video into an artists medium with his mediabased art that challenged and changed our understanding of visual culture.
They were made by korean artist nam june paik, who lived from 1932 to 2006. Nam june paik, random access, 19632000, strips of audiotape, openreel audio deck, extended playback head, and speakers, solomon r. Nam june paik was a pioneer of video installation in the early 1960s. Paik recognized the tv as more than a content delivery mechanism in works such as zen for. A tvset and neon light pile, shaped into a us map, features fiftyone channel video feeds in an installation including one closedcircuit television feed with custom electronics, neon lighting, steel and wood, bright colors, and sound. The founder of video art and one of the most creative postmodernist artists working in electronic media, nam june paik was a korean artist who made an enormous contribution to contemporary art in america. He recognized the potential for people from all parts of the world to collaborate via media, and he knew that media.
An analysis of paiks electronic superhighway cctp 802. Highly versatile, paik trained as a classical musician, becoming involved in performance art before working with televisions and video, and thereafter installation art of various. Making meaning with nam june paik cctp 802 art and. Alexander wolf explores the intersection of life and technology as it exists in the work of nam june paik, revealing the artists ability to balance technological concerns with humanity through music, performance, expressive painting, and images from nature. Nam june paik, vyramid detail, 1982, video installation, color, sound, with forty television sets whitney museum of american art nam june paik in new york city, 1983. Koreanamerican artist nam june paik is considered the father of contemporary video art. Preserving nam june paiks electronic superhighway video khan. This radical manifesto on global communications in a mediasaturated world is rendered as a frenetic electronic collage, a sound and image pastiche that subverts the language of television. Mar 14, 2015 nam june paik is commonly hailed as the father of new media art for his discoveries in music, video, performance, television broadcast and technological experimentation. Jan 22, 20 nam june paik turned video into an object of art. He recognized the potential for people from all parts of the world to collaborate via media, and he knew that media would completely transform our lives. Nam june paik 19322006 played a leading role in bridging the gap between art and technology. The nam june paik art center opened in a suburb of seoul, south korea, in 2008. Lessons from the video master offers three films that reveal not only the artist but also the human being.
Paik recognized the tv as more than a content delivery mechanism in works such as zen for tv, a. Nam june paik, koreanborn composer, performer, and artist who was from the early 1960s one of postmodern arts most provocative and innovative figures. Nam june paik 19322006 developed an experimental art practice that aimed to humanize technological experience, bridging music, performance, sculpture, technology, video and installation. Nam june paik koreanborn composer, performer, and artist. Electronic superhighway, nam june paik ap art history.
Jul 04, 2006 exploring the electronic superhighway betsy broun, director of the newly reopened smithsonian american art museum, talks with lynn neary about a piece by koreanborn artist nam june paik called. Tv cello, 1976 by nam june paik the collection art. The exhibition title is taken from a term coined by korean american artist nam june paik who is considered to be the founder of video art. The artwork raises questions among the audience about the mass media ideologies of the time. Nam june paik october 17, 2019february 9, 2020 tate modern, london uk.
Nam june paik is widely considered one of the first video artists. Exploring the electronic superhighway betsy broun, director of the newly reopened smithsonian american art museum, talks with lynn neary about a. But it is also the title of a contemporary exhibition organised by omar kholeif at whitechapel in london. Media artist nam jun paik broke the rules of both art and television by bridging the gap between the two. Download the large print guide pdf, 1010 kb introduction. Nam june paik was the first video artist who experimented with electronic media and made a profound impact on the art of video and television. He balanced a utopian philosophy with a technical pragmatism and a subversive sense of humor, creating works that drew on chance encounters between ideas, the object and. Nam june paiks experimental, innovative, yet playful work has had a profound influence on todays art and culture. Orwell 1984, video, 38 min image courtesy electronic arts intermix eai, new york the takeaway from all this is that paik, when contemplating. Nov 19, 2014 nam june paik, still from good morning mr. A retrospective of the work of nam june paik, a visionary who coined the term electronic superhighway, is at the smithsonian american art museum in washington till august.
Nam june paik was not only the creator of electronic superhighway, but also the father of contemporary video art saam website. Associated with the international conceptual movement fluxus, paik regularly collaborated with other fluxus artists such as joseph beuys and george maciunas. Considered the father of video art, his groundbreaking use of video technology blurred past distinctions between science, fine art, and popular culture to create a new visual language. Nam june paik electronic superhighway smithsonian institution. Nam june paik the father of contemporary video art. Nam june paik archive at the smithsonian american art museum. The exhibition title electronic superhighway 2016 1966 is taken from a term coined in 1974 by south korean video art pioneer nam june paik, who foresaw the potential of. He pioneered the use of tv and video in art and coined the phrase electronic superhighway to predict the future of communication in the internet age. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available.
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