Kimotion
01-31-2006, 12:00 AM
MIAMI - Nam June Paik, the avant-garde artist credited with inventing video art in the 1960s by combining multiple TV screens with sculpture, music and live performers, has died. He was 74.
The Korean-born Paik, who also coined the term "Electronic Super Highway" years before the information superhighway was invented, died Sunday night of natural causes at his Miami apartment, according to his Web site.
Nam June Paik (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060130/ap_on_re_as/obit_paik;_ylt=AiV6DECMr8Vsau1U0Edjl7MBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--)
The Korean-born Paik, who also coined the term "Electronic Super Highway" years before the information superhighway was invented, died Sunday night of natural causes at his Miami apartment, according to his Web site.
Nam June Paik (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060130/ap_on_re_as/obit_paik;_ylt=AiV6DECMr8Vsau1U0Edjl7MBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--)