Nam June Paik biography and career timeline | American Masters
1964
NEW YORK CITY
Paik moved to New York City in 1964 and began several collaborations with classical cellist Charlotte Moorman, combining his video art with her music.
In 1967, Paik and Moorman were arrested for public indecency due to Moorman being topless while performing in Paik’s “Opera Sextronique.”
In 1969, they created “TV Bra for Living Sculpture,” in which Moorman wore two functioning television screens over her breasts while playing the cello.
In 1971, Paik and Moorman made “TV Cello,” a cello created from three stacked television sets and cello strings, that Moorman “played” as images of her and other cellists playing appeared on the screens.
