Quo Fuit places 12 dated presences for Nam June Paik across 9 places, from 1950 to 1979.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Nam June Paik (July 20, 1932 – January 29, 2006) was a South Korean artist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Nam June Paik is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Nam June Paik was documented, and when
1950year
Koreaattested“In 1950, during the Korean War, Paik and his family fled from their home in Korea, first fleeing to Hong Kong, but later moved to Japan.”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
1950year
Hong Kongattested“In 1950, during the Korean War, Paik and his family fled from their home in Korea, first fleeing to Hong Kong, but later moved to Japan.”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
1950year
Japanattested“In 1950, during the Korean War, Paik and his family fled from their home in Korea, first fleeing to Hong Kong, but later moved to Japan.”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
1957year
LMU Munichattested“Paik then moved to West Germany in 1957 to study music history with composer Thrasybulos Georgiades at LMU Munich.”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
1962 to 1963period
Japanattested“While living in Japan between 1962 and 1963, Paik first acquired a Sony Portapak, the first commercially available video recorder, perhaps by virtue of his close friendship with Nobuyuki Idei, who was an executive at (and later president…”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
1964year
New York Cityattested“In 1964, Paik immigrated to the United States of America and began living in New York City, where he began working with classical cellist Charlotte Moorman, to combine his video, music, and performance.”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
1964year
United Statesattested“In 1964, Paik immigrated to the United States of America and began living in New York City, where he began working with classical cellist Charlotte Moorman, to combine his video, music, and performance.”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
1977year
Koreaattested“Curator John Hanhardt observed that certain works recall Paik's lived experience of transnational immigration from South Korea to Japan, Germany, and on the U.S.; one example is Guadalcanal Requiem (1977), which invokes "the history and…”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
1977year
Japanattested“Curator John Hanhardt observed that certain works recall Paik's lived experience of transnational immigration from South Korea to Japan, Germany, and on the U.S.; one example is Guadalcanal Requiem (1977), which invokes "the history and…”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
1977year
South Koreaattested“Curator John Hanhardt observed that certain works recall Paik's lived experience of transnational immigration from South Korea to Japan, Germany, and on the U.S.; one example is Guadalcanal Requiem (1977), which invokes "the history and…”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
1977year
Pacificattested“Curator John Hanhardt observed that certain works recall Paik's lived experience of transnational immigration from South Korea to Japan, Germany, and on the U.S.; one example is Guadalcanal Requiem (1977), which invokes "the history and…”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
1979 to 1996period
Kunstakademie Düsseldorfattested“From 1979 to 1996 Paik was professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
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1956year
University of Tokyomentioned“Paik graduated with a BA in aesthetics from the University of Tokyo in 1956, where he wrote a thesis on the composer Arnold Schoenberg.”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
1961year
Tokyomentioned“In 1961, Paik returned to Tokyo to explore the country's advanced technologies.”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
22 June 1984exact date
South Koreamentioned“After nearly 35 years of being exiled from his motherland of Korea, Paik returned to South Korea on June 22, 1984.”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
1986year
Seoulmentioned“He opened solo exhibitions in Korea and mounted two world-wide broadcast projects for the 1986 Asia Games and the 1988 Olympics, both hosted in Seoul, and organized a number of exhibitions in Korea.”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
1986year
Koreamentioned“He opened solo exhibitions in Korea and mounted two world-wide broadcast projects for the 1986 Asia Games and the 1988 Olympics, both hosted in Seoul, and organized a number of exhibitions in Korea.”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
1993year
Seoulmentioned“Paik was also involved in bringing the 1993 Whitney Biennial to Seoul, as well as in founding the Gwangju Biennale and establishing the Korea Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
1993year
Venice Biennalementioned“Paik was also involved in bringing the 1993 Whitney Biennial to Seoul, as well as in founding the Gwangju Biennale and establishing the Korea Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.”source: Wikipedia: Nam June Paik
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explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
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