The quixotic journey of Nam June Paik, who revolutionised the use of technology as an artistic canvas and prophesied tendencies that would arise from the interconnected metaverse of today's world.
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.
Introduction
Thursday 20 July, 5:30PM
This screening will include a guest introduction from OTOKA Director and Near Now Studio member Candice Jacobs.
About OTOKA & Candice Jacobs
OTOKA is a new concept devised by Nottingham artist & lecturer Candice Jacobs which acts as a nomadic & fluid research, exhibition, residency, online platform & studio space.
OTOKA was established at the same time Candice became a mother, to act as a fluidly transitioning temporary autonomous support structure; an attempt to break out from the established modes of expectation applied to artistic practice.
Now, as a space partner for East Street Arts, who help arts organisations work with empty spaces as part of a nationwide objective; OTOKA will be striving to take on as many empty spaces in the city as possible to help provide new opportunities for artists in the area.
Candice Jacobs, as a graduate of Nottingham Trent University, collectively has helped to establish much of the art scene active in the city today; by setting up One Thoresby Street, MOOT Gallery and the New Midland Group.
As an artist, Jacobs has been nominated for the prestigious Jarman Award 2022 and has exhibited at 56th Venice Biennale; FACT Liverpool; Camden Arts Centre; Artnight 2020; VITRINE, Seventeen and in Angelo Plessas’ Eternal Internet Brother & Sisterhood in Sri Lanka for Documenta 14. She is also a Lecturer at Central Saint Martins & Chelsea College of Art.
