Considered to be the founder of video art, Nam June Paik (1932-
2006) was a visionary artist who foresaw the importance of mass
media and new technology, and its impact on visual culture.
His cutting-edge, innovative, yet playfully entertaining work
continues to be a major influence on art and culture to this day.
This ground-breaking publication focuses on Paik's pivotal role
in the cross-germination of radical aesthetics and experimental
practices, emphasising his visionary insight and his pioneering
role in the emergence and proliferation of performative and
collaborative art practice. Bringing together works that span a fivedecade
career, and including archival materials and excerpts of
Paik's own writings, this book offers an in-depth understanding of
the artist's innovative practice and his vision of a multidisciplinary
future. His ideas such as 'Eurasia' and 'Electronic Superhighway',
and his profound insight into a global age will be analysed in the
context of transnationalism for the first time. In addition, texts will
elaborate upon Paik's collaborations with other artists, musicians
and choreographers, such as Charlotte Moorman, John Cage,
Merce Cunningham, Joseph Beuys and Fluxus, highlighting Paik's
global trajectory and considerable impact on digital culture, which
connect his art to a new generation.
