Exhibitions
Nam June Paik: Global Visionary
Public Programs
Vistors enjoying Nam June Paik's Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, 1995, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist © Nam June Paik Estate
Save the date! Celebrate the life, art, and enduring influence of Nam June Paik with a series of exciting programs presented in conjunction with the exhibition Nam June Paik: Global Visionary. If you would like to receive special announcements about upcoming events and behind-the-scenes exhibition updates, please sign-up for our e-mail alerts.
All programs and events take place at the American Art Museum, located at 8th and F Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Nam June Paik: Art & Process—Symposium and Performances
Nam June Paik Film Series—Screening and Discussion
January 11, 2013, 7 p.m., Curator Talk, Nam June Paik: "Father of Video Art"
John G. Hanhardt, senior curator of film and media arts and the leading expert on Paik and his global influence, discusses Paik’s career and influence on twentieth-century art.
Nam June Paik: Art & Process
Sunday, April 14, 2013 from 1 to 8 p.m.
Join us for a day-long celebration of artist Nam June Paik! Free tickets for both the symposium and the concert Strange Music for Nam June Paik will be available on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 12:30 p.m. in the museum's G Street Lobby. Remaining concert tickets will be distributed again at 6:30 p.m. Doors to McEvoy Auditorium will open at 12:30 p.m. for the symposium and 6:30 p.m. for the performance.
1-4 p.m. – Symposium
Join a series of talks by five of the most prominent Nam June Paik scholars and artists who worked with him, for an in-depth look at Paik’s creative genius and artistic legacy.
- "Nam June Paik: Performing the Moving Image 1959-1970," John G. Hanhardt, senior curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum
- "From A-Music to TV Buddha," Edith Decker-Phillips, scholar and author of Paik Video
- "Analog Circuit Palettes, Cathode Ray Canvases: Nam June Paik's Intermedial Painting," Gregory Zinman, moving image scholar and post-doctoral fellow
- "The Mutability of Media: Film and the Art of Nam June Paik," Jud Yalkut, visual and film artist
- "Paik’s Music," Stephen Vitiello, electronic musician and media artist
4:30 p.m. – Gallery Talk with Michael Mansfield, associate curator of film and media arts
5:30-6:30 p.m. – Break
7 p.m. – Strange Music for Nam June Paik
A performance of Nam June Paik’s film and music, selected by the musicians and composers who knew him well: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning musician and composer, Stephen Vitiello, electronic musician and media artist, and Steina Vasulka, video artist. Doors to Auditorium will open at 6:30 p.m.
Nam June Paik, Untitled (Robot) [PaikBot], 1992, single-channel video in robot-shaped assemblage of televisions, radio- and stereo-system parts, and metal hardware, with additions in paint; color, silent, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift to the Nam June Paik Archive from the Nam June Paik Estate © Nam June Paik Estate
PaikBot Family Day
Sunday, May 5, 2013 from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Celebrate Children's Day, a Korean holiday for kids and family. Explore the Paik exhibition and enjoy robot-inspired craft projects, music, and other activities sure to spark creativity!
Nam June Paik Birthday Celebration
Saturday, July 20, 2013—details to come!
Gallery Talks
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at noon
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 6 p.m.
Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 4:30 p.m.
Nam June Paik, 9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood, 1969, single-channel video, color, sound; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Nam June Paik Archive; Gift of the Artist's Estate
Nam June Paik Film Series—Screening and Discussion
John G. Hanhardt, senior curator of film and media arts, and Michael Mansfield, associate curator, will introduce a series of curated film and video works by Nam June Paik and his contemporaries.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 6:30 p.m.- Nam June Paik, Digital Experiment at Bell Labs, about 1966, video; 4 minutes
- Tom DeWitt, The Leap, 1968, 16mm film; 6 minutes
- Scott Bartlett, Offon, 1968, 16mm film; 9 minutes
- Nam June Paik with Jud Yalkut, Beatles Electroniques, 1966-69, 16mm film on video, black-and-white and color; 3 minutes
- Nam June Paik with Jud Yalkut, Electronic Moon No. 2, 1969, 16mm film on video; 5 minutes
- Nam June Paik with Jud Yalkut, Electronic Fables, 1971, 16mm film on video; 9 minutes
- Peter Campus, Three Transitions, 1973, single-channel video, color, sound; 4:53 minutes
- Woody Vasulka, Vocabulary, 1973, video; 5 minutes
- Nam June Paik with Jud Yalkut, P+A-I(k), 1966, 16mm film on video, black-and-white and color; 10 minutes
- Nam June Paik in collaboration with David Atwood, Fredy Barzyk, and Olivia Tappan, 9/23/69 Experiment with David Atwood, 1969, single-channel video, color, sound; 80 minutes
- Ken Jacobs, Window, 1964, 16mm film, silent; 12 minutes
- Nam June Paik with Jud Yalkut, Missa of Zen, 1967, 16mm film on video; 3 minutes
- Robert Breer, 69, 1968, 16mm film; 5 minutes
- Nam June Paik with Jud Yalkut, Cinema Metaphysique Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1966-72, 16mm film on video, black-and-white; 13 minutes
- Nam June Paik with Jud Yalkut, Cinema Metaphysique No. 5, 1967, 16mm film transferred to video, silent; 2 minutes
- Michael Snow, Side Seat Paintings Slides Sound Film, 1970, 16mm film; 20 minutes
- Joan Jonas, Vertical Roll, 1972, video, black-and-white, sound; 19:38 minutes
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