5 Times Artist Nam June Paik Predicted the Future | Tate

Nam June Paik was a truly global artist. Born in South Korea, he lived and worked in Japan, Germany and the United States. He was one of the first Asian artists who found success in the West.
In his art, Paik saw technology as a way to open up the world and connect with people in different countries - beyond national borders and cultural differences. He experimented with TV, broadcasting, synthesizers and robots, and was one of the first artists to use video as art.
Discover how Nam June Paik predicted the future of technology: bit.ly/34BLV12
Our exhibition ‘Nam June Paik’ is at Tate Modern until 9 February 2020: bit.ly/2SirGTL
Find out more about Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational: bit.ly/2SDtacu
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[@f16madlion]

Paik, like many great artists was an observer of the present rather than predictor of the future

[@lacrimosa5213]

i love the aesthetic of his work

[@thatswhatshesaid.literally737]

😐 *Most people look at a TV and see what it **_does_** . Paik looked and saw what it **_could do_** .*

[@starcraftnewbie2003]

He's a genius.

[@kakuella]

This is an interesting way of introducing advanced vision of an artist. I almost thought it was a conspiracy theory video 😂

[@ssejnosnikrap366]

my guy literally out here predicting the future

[@x3needxx]

He just predicted what was already inevitable, he showed the ability of technology and how far it can reach !

[@albertbenamou3836]

Artiste incontournable,visionnaire et simplement génial

[@letom.359]

A great artist...

[@volcaniadread]

Smart dude 💙

[@Content.is.random]

Wow awesome artwork

[@inforneer]

A genius!!

[@cl23762]

Thanks for the informative video. Just a correction, it's pronounced like BECK (usually spelt like Baek). Not pike, bike or pak (although Bak is also a last name usually spelt like Park). His name in Korean is 백남준 - if you do a search, you can find many native Korean pronounciations. Hope people will start saying his name properly in Western media...

[@brendaluv2017]

He knew all this

[@sei4685]

Does anyone know where you can find all his essays or good clips of his video works?

[@louvdon]

He didn’t predict it. He discovered it

[@lurkingheretic]

I want to show this to my students in Korea. Why are there no subtitles in Korean? Automated translations tend to be full of errors.

[@Doshigongan]

백남준..

[@marcogentile7292]

👏👏👏👏👏👏💕

[@Kevin-tm1vh]

예쁘다

[@capitalfbs]

Does anyone know the song in the intro

[@Celerywave]

It’s an original composition by Paik, for his short film in the 1969 WGBH program The Medium is the Medium, titled Electronic Opera #1

[@user-yi9zq8md2k]

Isn't it spelled as Nam Jun Park?

[@videogal999]

nope :)

[@hwasilee]

고 백남준작가가 티비와 바이올린을 사정없이 부셔버리는 퍼포먼스를 보고 서구 물질문명에 대한 회의감으로 봐라 봤었는데.. 원래 작가의 의도는 잘 모르겠지만요..

[@liverpain3485]

I wish he could have been alive to see at least one tier 6 shitpost

[@anthtan]

He isn’t well known enough

[@joebentleytheartist]

art student bots can copy ). Mtv stole that idea.

[@jon780249]

Please, more analysis less hagiography. The electronic superhighway was not the concept of the internet.

[@f16madlion]

Sorry but nothing here was predicted that was not already far in flight, interesting artist yes. Predictor of the future not so much