Belfast Photo Festival 2024: Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV

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BBFC Ratingf-rated FilmBelfast Photo Festival 2024: Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV

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Certificate12A
Year2023
GenreDocumentary
Director(s)Amanda Kim
LanguageEnglish, German, Korean
CountryUSA
Running Time1HR 49MINS
Extra InfoPartially Subtitled
SeasonBelfast Photo Festival 2024

Often referred to as the "Godfather of Video Art", Nam June Paik was one of the founding fathers of avant-garde art in the 20th century and arguably the most famous Korean contemporary artist.

For the first time, debut filmmaker Amanda Kim profiles his art and life, telling the story of Paik’s meteoric rise in the New York art scene and his Nostradamus-like visions of a future in which “everybody will have his own TV channel”. Featuring an extensive archive of performance footage, original interviews from Paik’s contemporaries and collaborators, and a voiceover narration of Nam June Paik’s writings read by Executive Producer Steven Yeun (Minari, Nope), this is a timely meditation on the contradictory ways in which technology elicits both fascist tendencies and intercultural understanding.


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