From fibreculture courtesy of George Lessard:
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Paik, pioneer of video art, dead at 74
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Nam June Paik, the Korean-born artist and composer regarded
as the inventor of video art, died Sunday of natural causes
at his Miami home. He was 74.
Paik is thought to have coined the terms "information
superhighway" and "the future is now," as well as having
global influence with his work.
Paik's art combined the use of music, video images and
sculptures in a way that set the style for future video artists.
"Paik's work would have a profound and sustained impact on
the media culture of the late 20th century; his remarkable
career witnessed and influenced the redefinition of broadcast
television and transformation of video into an artist's
medium," John Hanhardt, media arts curator at New York's
Guggenheim Museum of Art, said in a statement.
"Through a vast array of installations, videotapes, global
television productions, films, and performances, Paik has
reshaped our perceptions of the temporal image in contemporary
art," Hanhardt added.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/01/30/paik-obit.html
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http://www.paikstudios.com/
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