This subseries consists announcements and programs for exhibitions, festivals, performances, public television programming, as well as institutional brochures, such as calendars or bulletins that include information about exhibitions or programs. The bulk of the items in this subseries reference exhibitions, performances, video works, installations, that feature Paik (either as a solo exhibition/performer or as a featured artist/performer in a group exhibition or event). They also include program announcements for performances and screenings of Paik's single channel videos on public television and at repertory theaters such as Anthology Film Archive.
Examples of items found in this series include the announcement for Robot Opera; announcements for Paik's single channel videos Merce by Merce, Suite 212, and Tribute to John Cage on WNET (New York PBS station channel 13); and flyers for several New York Avant Garde Festivals (from 1964-1968) by Charlotte Moorman. Performance announcements include those for 1960s performances with Charlotte Moorman, including one flyer for Opera Sextronique. There is also a post-card size announcement for Paik and Joseph Beuys's 1978 tribute to Fluxus founder, In Memoriam George Maciunas and, of note, an unopened box of video cards for Piano duet by Joseph Beuys and Nam June Paik in Memoriam George Maciunas, produced by Watarai Gallery, Tokyo, 1981.
There are also announcements, booklets, flyers and programs for exhibitions, performances and installations by numerous others artists, including Shigeko Kubota, Joseph Beuys, Robert Filliou, and Yoko Ono.
Arrangement:
Folders for events, exhibitions, installations or performances are arranged in chronological order. Those featuring Nam June Paik appear first, followed by other artist's solo or group exhibitions, programs, festivals and performances.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to the archive requires an advance appointment. Please contact Paik Archive staff by email at PaikArchive@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Unpublished materials are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Collection Citation:
Nam June Paik Archive, Smithsonian American Art Museum; Gift of the Nam June Paik Estate
Sponsor:
This collection was processed with support from the Smithsonian Collection Care and Preservation Fund.
