«The George Washington of Video Art» … «Cultural Terrorist» … «Citizen Zero of the Electronic Superhighway» … But who really was Nam June Paik, pillar of the American avant-garde in the 20th century and arguably the most famous Korean artist in modern history? Director Amanda Kim tells, for the first time, thestory of Paik’s meteoric rise in the New York art scene and his Nostradamus-likevisions of a future in which “everybody will have his own TV channel.” Thanks to social media, Paik’s future is now our present, and «Nam June Paik: Moon Is Theoldest TV» shows us how we got here.

Director
Amanda Kim
Country
USA
Year
2023
Duration
109′