Venue:Auditorium
Museum of Art
Seoul National University
Partner:Hosted and organized by Kunstraum PARTNER Archiv Sohm des Staatsgalerie (Stuttgart)
Supporter: College of Music Seoul National University, The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Arts, Council Korea Paikisa (Guardians of Nam June Paik), GALLERY YEH Seo Suk Ho B/S Kunstraum Archiv Sohm
Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Dieter Daniels (Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (HGB)), Prof. Dr. Kyoo Lee (The City University of New York), Dr. Seong Eun Kim (Director, Nam June Paik Art Center), Dr. Elke Allgaier (Director, Archive Sohm des Staatsgalerie), Dr. Ogurisu Mariko (Curator, Tsushima Museum), Hyo Joo Lee (Violinist, Germany)
Dr. Stephan von Wiese (Former Head Curator, the Museum Kunst Palast in Düsseldorf), Dr. Saiha Grayson (Curator, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)), Prof. Dr. Haeyun Park (Kyung Hee University), Prof. Dr. Yoshitaka Mori (Tokyo University of the Art), M.A. Jan Thoben (Universität der Künste Berlin), Prof. Uzong Choe (Composer, College of Music Seoul National University), Prof. Dr. Anne Eunjung Rhee (Pianist, BaekSeok Arts University)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Zune Lee (Daegu Catholic University (DCU))
Nam June Paik's contributions to video theory can be compared to Sergei Eisenstein and Dziga Vertov’s to film theory. Out of these practice-based analyses grew autonomous theories that offered a source of inspiration for future generations of artists. His video theory doesn’t have a consistent, monolithic form, but is dispersed rhizomatically throughout various formats and outlets. Aside from Paik’s essential writings, relevant theoretical elements can be found in a plethora of interviews, letters and statements. Yet another significant element of his theory, so far mostly unnoticed, does not exist in written form. It is scattered across his TV and video appearances, some of his own making, some by other creators. Here, Paik often explains and demonstrates his ideas of medium specificity in the video medium itself. Also in reference to the online essay, we want to re-assemble these different formats in one narrative, drawing on the invaluable videographic resources at NJP.MA. Prof. Dr. Dieter Daniels has been Professor of Art History and Media Theory at the Academy of Visual Arts (HGB) in Leipzig since 1993. He has published on Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, Nam June Paik, Fluxus, Media Art and Media Theory. His monographs include Duchamp und die anderen (1992), Kunst als Sendung: Von der Telegrafie zum Internet (2002), Vom Ready-Made zum Cyberspace (2003), Audiovisuology, Vol. 1 & 2 (2010/11), Sounds like Silence: John Cage – 4’ 33’’ – Silence today (2012), TeleGen: Art and Television (2015), The Readymade Century (2019). He has been a Fellow at the Gutenberg Research College (Johannes Gutenberg University / Mainz Academy of Arts), publishing together with Jan Thoben Transdisciplinary Video Theory Reader (2022).
