Nam June Paik (July 20, 1932 - January 29, 2006) was a Korean-born American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the first video artist.

Nam June Paik then began participating in the Neo-Dada art movement, known as Fluxus, which was inspired by the composer John Cage, and his use of everyday sounds and noises in his music. He made his big debut at an exhibition known as Exposition of Music-Electronic Television, in which he scattered televisions everywhere, and used magnets to alter or distort their images.

Born in Seoul, Paik had four older brothers and a father who worked as a textile manufacturer. As he was growing up, he was trained as a classical pianist. In 1950, Paik and his family had to flee from their home in Korea, during the Korean War. His family first fled to Hong Kong, but later moved to Japan, for reasons unknown. Six years later he graduated from the University of Tokyo where he wrote a thesis on the composer Arnold Schoenberg.

Paik then moved to Germany to study the history of music at Munich University. While studying in Germany, Paik met the composers Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage and the conceptual artists Joseph Beuys and Wolf Vostell who inspired him to work in the field of electronic art.^[3]

His influence: John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer, philosopher, poet, music theorist, artist, printmaker.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam_June_Paik

Notes to use for timeline:

In the late 1960s video technology became available outside the broadcast industry and artists were among the first to use this unique new medium.

How has modern technology change video art:

experimental films that use video art to express their visuals.

1. Colour box made in 1935 by Malcolm Le Grice

2. Dog star man made in 1961 by Stan Brakhage born 1935

3. Scorpio rising made in 1964 by Kenneth Anger

4. big shave made in

5. fuzz box

6. berlin horse