Bibliography
Annoted Bibliography:
Copeland, Roger. “Cyberneticzoo.com » Blog Archive » 1964 – Robot K-456 – Nam June Paik (Korean) & Shuya Abe (Japanese).” Cyberneticzoo.com. Web. 09 May 2011. .
This blog had a lot of information regarding Nam June Paik and Shuya Abe’s Robot K-456, including the technical specifications and functions. Cybernetic Zoo included a decent amount of images of the robot and Paik’s performances using K-456, with collaboration of Charlotte Moorman.
“Electronic Arts Intermix : Nam June Paik.” Electronic Arts Intermix. Web. 09 May 2011. .
Electronic Arts Intermix included a majority of Nam June Paik’s video work with small descriptions of each one. This site was helpful with the specifics about each piece, information such as the time, the subject, and the collaborators.
Kittler, Friedrich A., and Anthony Enns. Optical Media: Berlin Lectures 1999. Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2010. Print.
Optical Media, by Friedrich Kittler, gives a linear perspective of the technology from the Renaissance to the late twentieth-century. Kittler briefly discusses Nam June Paik, video art, and television, but this text was mainly used for the information of recording devices.
“Media Art Net | Paik, Nam June: Biography.” Medien Kunst Netz | Homepage. Web. 09 May 2011. .
Media Art Net has a brief biography of Nam June Paik, but this german site was helpful because it had links to most of his works, also including some links to his videos that have been posted online. Which supports Paik’s vision of an “Electronic Superhighway,” a means of distribution of video art. This site also included an excerpt of “ Media Planning for the Postindustrial Society” by Nam June Paik.
Nam June Paik Studios. Web. 09 May 2011. .
This is Nam June Paik’s Official Website, which includes biographies, images of his work, information about his past exhibitions, and an essay by John Hanhardt. I used this source for the time-line biography, the most reliable source that I have found, being his own site.
Rush, Michael, and Michael Rush. New Media in Art. London: Thames & Hudson, 2005. Print.
Michael Rush and his discussions of video art and video installation art was referenced in TV by Design. This source includes information about video art, video installation art, performance in media, and many of the artists involved with the field. It was used for most of the information regarding Fluxus and the artists involved, Paik’s influence on video art, and the way it is displayed over time with the advancement of technology.
Spigel, Lynn. TV by Design: Modern Art and the Rise of Network Television. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2008. Print.
TV by Design included information about the influence that television had on video art and how it was displayed in the 1960s and 1970s. Spigel also touched on the framing of television and the unframing of art, in context to video, which she uses Nam June Paik’s work as an example.
Weibel, Peter, and David Dunn. Eigenwelt Der Apparate-Welt: Pioneers of Elctronic Art. New Mexico: Vasulkas, 1992. Print.
This book was mainly used for the chapter about Nam June Paik and Shuya Abe’s video synthesizer and scan modulator., other chapters touching on the Sony Portapak and video art.