Seoul - More than two years after the artist's death South Korea Wednesday opened a museum to honour media and video artist Nam June Paik.

The Nam June Paik Art Centre wants explore its role "as a space that activates the interchange between the center and the outside world," the museum said. It will focus on an experimental combination of art, education and studies of the humanities.

Designed by German artist Kirsten Schemel, the contemporary art centre at Yongin, about 30 kilometres south of Seoul, shows more than 60 of Paik's works. The centre has a total exhibition space of 5,250 square metres and also houses a video archive with 2,300 of the artist's works.

Paik died on January 29, 2006 in his second home Miami, Florida, aged 73. He gained worldwide fame with his art installations and video sculptures. The video art pioneer caused a stir in the art world during the Fluxus movement of the late 1950s, working with artists like Joseph Beuys, John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen.

The inauguration was accompanied by the kick-off of Now Jump, an international art festival.

Until February 2009 the festival will show exhibitions and performances, combining theatre action and art installations. (dpa)