For those who understand – and I hasten to say I don’t – Nam June Paik is dead.

His official website is here; I found it via Boing Boing.

Wikipedia here.

He said “The future is now”, and that he invented the phrase “information superhighway”. He started playing with video art in 1963. Fragments to give you a sense of scope. The early image has gained layers of resonance.

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