Nam June Paik

So after reading the Nam June Paik obituary, I was a bit depressed. Paik is a universally accredited artist as the father of video art where he was a firm straight edge artist who did not drink, smoke or do any drugs. Paik died at age 73 and was a classical pianist. Fluxus, the loose collaboration of Paik and other artists was amazing and is considered the first time that video and tv were seen as separate entities. By using the visual aesthetic of white screens, snowed screens and video projections of different things, Paik decontextualized the use of what a monitior was for, exhibits could be now made of related video sequences and together form their own messages.