[백남준] B. London(MoMA) "그는 천재였다"

<뉴욕 2006년 2월 초 폭설, 백남준 장례식 참가자 그에 대해 한 마디, 20명 정도 소개> Following the memorial service friends and fans of NAM JUNE PAIK told Skip about the importance of this great artist in their own lives:

1) 바바라 런던(뉴욕 현대미술관 비디오 전문 큐레이터) "그는 천재였다" Barbara London(Video Curator MoMA) "He was a genius."

2) 폴 게린(비디오 작가) Paul Garrin Video artist/ Internet innovator) "그는 전형적인 자유정신, 글로벌 여행가(노마드), 세계 시민, 믿을 수 없을 만큼 경이로운 사상가, 선구자(비저너리)였다. 놀라운 배려와 사랑의 친구였다(Nam June was the quintessential free spirit, world traveler, global citizen and incredible thinker and visionary. Just amazing caring, loving friend"

3) Carolee Schneeman 캐롤리 슈니먼, 베니스비엔날레 평생 황금사자상 수상자(Artist/Fluxus member/Performer) – Risk, Audacity and Fun(그는 위험하고 대담하고 유머 넘치는 사나이였다) 

4) Yoko Ono (Artist/Fluxus Member/Performer) – "He advised me by being him" 5) Kit Fitzgerald (Video Artist/Producer) – "Marshall McLuhan kind of sparked, but Nam June enveloped."

6) John Hanhardt (Senior Curator media arts, Guggenheim Museum) – "He was opening up new avenues for us, meaning everybody…meaning the people watching this tape."그는 우리에게 새로운 길을 열어주었다"

7) Ryuichi Sakamoto (Artist, Musician, Int’l Pop Star) – "I learned, you know, being a Taoist with technology – to survive this century."

8) Beryl Korot (Video Artist, Co-editor, Radio, Software) – "In those early days, when people didn’t even know there was such thing as video art, there’s a kind of bonding, YOU know, between all of us." 
9) ill Viola (Video Artist) – "He’s my master and he always will be." 10) Merce Cunningham (Renowned Avant-garde artist / Choreographer/Performer) – "About fun. About fun. I mean it was so funny. He was a marvelous humorist.

11) Russell Connor (Artist/Curator/Art Administrator – It was all right to mix humor and art. That was a big lesson for me.  "유머와 예술을 섞어도 괜찮다. 그것은 저에게 큰 교훈이었다" 12) Manny - "He was always challenging us. He was opening up new avenues for us, meaning everybody. Meaning for those people watching this tape, too."

14) Bill Viola (Video Artist) – "He was a very astute businessman. A very astute politician. He really had a vision of the art as being a part of the worldwide cultural network. Totally before the web. The world we’re living in right now is his world. He visualized that. He was the pioneer. And he combined all the art forms, too. He’s very loose and lucid and he just keeps moving."

15) Dmitri Devyatkin (Video Artist/Collaborator w/ NJP) – "I can tell you that when I was editing with Nam June, he always used to say, 'A mistake is not a mistake.' "내가 남준과 편집을 할 때 그는 항상 '실수는 실수가 아니다'라고 말하곤 했다

16) Wulf Herzogenrath (Director Kusthalle Bremen Art Museum, Germany) – "This is what I learned. That you have to think positive. As an American, you say with the tongue in the cheek. Not straight as we Germans normally are, if it changes in little different ways, say this is a positive idea. "제가 배운 것은 모든 것을 긍정적으로 생각해야 한다는 것"

17) Bob Harris (Video Artist/Video Curator) – "From the fact mentioned by his nephew (they’re a business family) that he taught me that your time is money."

18) Gerry O’Grady (Educator/Writer/Historian/Curator Producer) – "I wasn’t a great respecter of his art, so called, you know? But he changed the whole concept, like Andy Warhol, of what art was." 그는 예술이 뭔지에 대한 근본적으로 전체 개념을 변경시켰다"

19) Nina Sobel (Video Artist/Performer/Educator) – "For me, Nam June was the spirit that lifted me off the ground and into the air. Because his smile brought me everywhere. And he got joy out of seeing you BE… and you knew that. And that’s what made him special. "나에게 남준은 나를 지상에서 공중으로 들어 올려 준 정신이었다"

20) Liz Phillips (Sound Artist/Composer/Performer/Inventor) – "What did I learn. Nam June made a profound and deep effect on my life when I was in high school. I went to the Howard Weiss Gallery and I saw the magnet on the TV, this big magnet pulling this face and I thought if he can do what he wants to do, I can do what I want to do. So it was absolute connection. So I set out to meet him. I went to the performance with Charlotte Norman and we really got to know each other very well a few years later at the Rose Art Museum. From then on I’d drive him around. He’s very generous. He booked me at Joe’s way before – I said I’m not ready. He said, 'I already signed your name.' No one ever understood stuff between music and art before. No one was ready for that."

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Nam June Paik:#1 Video Artist

[백남준, 예술과 유머를 칵테일하다] <유머와 예술을 섞어도 괜찮아> <'실수는 실수가 아니다'> 1) 바바라 런던(뉴욕 모마 비디오 큐레이터) "그는 천재였다 2) 폴 게린(비디오 작가) "그는 전형적인 자유정신, 글로벌 여행가(노마드), 세계시민, 믿을 수 없을 만큼 경이로운 사상가, 선구자(비저너리)였다. 놀라운 배려와 사랑의 친구였다" 3) 캐롤리 슈니먼(베니스비엔날레 평생 황금사자상 수상자) "그는 위험하고 대담하고 유머 넘치는 사나이였다" 4) 핸하르트(미국국립미술관 수석 큐레이터) "그는 우리에게 새로운 길을 열어주었다" 5) Russell Connor "유머와 예술을 섞어도 괜찮다. 그것은 나에게 큰 교훈이었다 6) Dmitri Devyatkin "내가 남준과 편집 일을 할 때, 그는 항상 '실수는 실수가 아니다'라고 말하곤했다" 7) Wulf Herzogenrath "내가 배운 것은 모든 것을 긍정적으로 생각해게 했다" 8) Gerry O’Grady "그는 예술이 뭔지에 대한 근본적으로 전체 개념을 변경시켰다". 9) Nina Sobel(Video Artist) "나에게 남준은 나를 지상에서 공중으로 들어 올려 준 정신이었다" 나머지 부분 생략한다.