Who was Nam June Paik and how did he become Korea's most prized artist? A journey through the work of the father of video art and forecaster of social media.
Who was Nam June Paik and how did he become the most prized Korean artist in contemporary history? In this documentary, Amanda Kim uses archive footage, original interviews with Paik's collaborators and a voice-over that recites some of the creator's texts to trace a journey through the artistic evolution of the father of video art and forecaster of social networks. From his beginnings in Munich, to his encounter with the avant-garde musician John Cage, through his relationship with the experimental Fluxus movement and his radical conception of television and video, Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV allows us to understand why Paik's imagined future is our present, especially when he said "Everyone will have their own television channel".
