"白南准被认为是视频艺术的创始人，他是一位有远见的艺术家，预见了大众媒体和新技术的重要性及其对视觉文化的影响。他的前卫、新颖却有趣的作品在今天仍然对艺术和文化有着重大影响。这本开创性的出版物着重介绍了白南准在激进美学和实验实践的交叉萌发中的关键作用，强调了他的远见卓识以及他在表演性和协作性艺术实践的兴起和扩散中的开拓性作用。

这本书汇集了跨越五十年职业生涯的作品，包括档案材料和白南准自己的文字作品的摘录，提供了对这位艺术家的创新实践以及他对多学科未来的看法的深入理解。他的想法，例如“欧亚大陆”和“电子高速公路”，以及他对全球化时代的深刻见解，将首次在跨国主义的背景下被分析。此外，正文还将详细介绍白南准与其他艺术家，音乐家和编舞者的合作，例如Charlotte Moorman，John Cage，Merce Cunningham，Joseph Beuys和Fluxus，突出了白南准的全球发展轨迹以及对数字文化的巨大影响。

Considered to be the founder of video art, Nam June Paik (1932-2006) was a visionary artist who foresaw the importance of mass media and new technology, and its impact on visual culture. His cutting-edge, innovative, yet playfully entertaining work continues to be a major influence on art and culture to this day. This ground-breaking publication focuses on Paik's pivotal role in the cross-germination of radical aesthetics and experimental practices, emphasising his visionary insight and his pioneering role in the emergence and proliferation of performative and collaborative art practice.

Bringing together works that span a five decade career, and including archival materials and excerpts of Paik's own writings, this book offers an in-depth understanding of the artist's innovative practice and his vision of a multidisciplinary future. His ideas such as `Eurasia' and `Electronic Super highway',and his profound insight into a global age will be analysed in the context of transnationalism for the first time. In addition, texts will elaborate upon Paik's collaborations with other artists, musician sand choreographers, such as Charlotte Moorman, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Joseph Beuys and Fluxus, highlighting Paik's global trajectory and considerable impact on digital culture, which connect his art to a new generation.

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