NAM JUNE PAIK: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Sat, May 27
|Epsilon Spires
A documentary offering insight into one of the most fearlessly innovative and playfully prophetic artists our time, Nam June Paik who first coined the term "Information Superhighway" and how his outlook on human behavior and technology resonates ever more powerfully in today’s interconnected world
Time & Location
May 27, 2023, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV (Dir. Amanda Kim, 2023, 107 minutes).
Debut filmmaker Amanda Kim’s captivating, kinetic documentary tells the remarkable story of Paik as a citizen of the world and trailblazing artist, who both saw the present and predicted the future with astonishing clairvoyance. Kim pays special attention to Paik’s Korean-American identity and his life as an artist at the forefront of an emergent art form. Narrated by actor Steven Yeun (MINARI, BURNING) reading Paik’s own written words to showcase the artist’s strategic playfulness and immense creativity. This new film skillfully combines archival footage, interviews and clips from the artist’s work to recount his collaborations and fascinations with Joseph Beuys, Charlotte Moorman (the topless cellist), David Bowie, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Allen Ginsberg, Merce Cunningham, and his great mentor and friend, John Cage. A consummate shape-shifter — classical composer, subversive trickster, pioneer of experimental “interventions” (he called…
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Nam June Piak
Ticket Admission for one to Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV in The Backlot Cinema. Please bring a folding chair, pillows or whatever would make you most comfortable and choose your seating with respect for others. Popcorn and refreshments will be available. Let us know if you require special arrangements. In the case of rain the event will be moved inside.
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