Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik (Seoul, 1932–Miami Beach, 2006) changed television from a household device into an artistic medium. Experimental music and Fluxus shaped his practice. His work joined video, sculpture, performance, sound and live broadcasts. Paik did not view technology as cold or distant from daily life. He made it playful, physical and open to error. Television sets became robots, musical instruments, Buddhist mirrors and parts of vast electronic landscapes.

This archive gathers articles, exhibitions and critical views on Paik’s work, from TV Buddha and Global Groove to Electronic Superhighway. His collaborations with cellist Charlotte Moorman brought the screen into direct contact with the performing body. His later installations explored how media shape geography, identity and our image of the world. Paik understood that electronic networks could connect people while also flooding them with images. He approached that tension with humour rather than fear. His work anticipated digital culture without simply celebrating technological progress. It asks who controls the signal, who appears on screen and what remains outside the frame.