Video Artist Presentation: Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik

Born: June 20th, 1932 in Seoul, Korea
          Fifth son of a textile manufacturer
          Fled in 1950s to Hong Kong/Japan from the Korean War

1956: Graduates from the University of Tokyo, History of Art and the History of Music
         
1965: First solo exhibition "Electronic Art" in the USA at Galeria Bonino, New York; buys the first portable video recorder

1966-69: First multi-monitor installations; works with magnetically distorted TV recordings; "Electronic Opera No. 1" is performed at the live program "The Medium is the Medium", GBH-TV, Boston

1988: Erects a media tower, "The more the better", from 1003 monitors for the Olympic Games at Seoul

The More the Better, (1988) Three channel video installation with 1,003 monitors and steel structure; color, sound; approx. 60 ft. high. 

Died: January 29th, 2006.