Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV

Meet director Amanda Kim for Q&A after the Thursday, April 6, 8:30pm show with introduction and post-screening Q&A moderation by Executive Producer Steve Jang! 

A chronicle of the life and times of Nam June Paik, a pillar of the American avant-garde in the 20th century, widely regarded as the father of video art, who coined the phrase “Electronic Superhighway,” and is arguably the most famous Korean artist in modern history. Features readings of the artist’s writings by Executive Producer Steven Yeun (Minari, Nope).

“Amanda Kim’s feature doc is as sprightly as the man whose life she follows…There’s a great deal of charm and humor to Paik’s work, and to this film, but it’s anchored by his perceptiveness and ability to contemplate weighty themes”.  – Fionnuala Halligan, Screen Daily

Experience Nam June Paik’s Video Commune (Beatles Beginning to End) at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art! This innovative work is currently on view as part of Afterimages: Echoes of the 1960s from the Fisher and SFMOMA Collections, an exhibition that examines how the cultural currents and consciousness-shifting artistic movements of the 1960s continue to be relevant today.