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Nam June Paik

American video art pioneer (1932–2006)

  • Fame55.3
  • Momentum0.2
  • Wikipedia12.6K
Source-basedStable
Lived 1932–2006, aged 74United States
United StatesUnited StatesAcademicsAcademic
  • Wikipedia
    33 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1932–2006
    Aged 74
  • Known for
    As I Was Moving Ahead,…
    2000
Summary
Updated 2026-06-24

Nam June Paik was a South Korean artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the founder of video art. He is credited with the first use (1974) of the term "electronic super highway" to describe the future of telecommunications.

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55.3
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Momentum0.2
Historical23.9
Now attention1.3
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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