We had a great time at the UK Premiere of the Sundance-selected Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV at the V&A this week! Followed by a Q&A panel with Director Amanda Kim and Editor Taryn Gould, in conversation with Rosalie Kim, curator of the V&A’s exhibition Hallyu! The Korean Wave.
Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV hits cinemas and On Demand from 19 May. Click below to find your nearest cinema and book tickets.
“The main way we went through the research process was through [Nam June Paik’s] community. We talked to friends and one person led to the next…It was networking and building trust across his community. It wasn’t always easy, but it was worth it.”
- Director Amanda Kim
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), Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV is a timely meditation on the contradictory ways in which technology elicits both fascist tendencies and intercultural understanding.