Vasulka Video: Video Gallery

Date: 6 March 2004 | Season: Vasulka Video

VASULKA VIDEO: VIDEO GALLERY
Saturday 6 March 2004, 11am—5pm
London Candid Arts Trust

Continuous projection at Candid Arts Trust. Screening at approximately 11am and 2pm. 

Steina & Woody Vasulka, Swan Lake, 1971, b/w, sound, 7 min
Steina & Woody Vasulka, Sketches: Red Roses, 1970, b/w, sound, 5 min
Steina & Woody Vasulka, Sketches: Let It Be, 1970, b/w, sound, 4 min
Steina & Woody Vasulka, Sketches: The Kiss, 1970, b/w, sound, 2 min
Steina & Woody Vasulka, Sketches: Charles’ Story, 1970, b/w, sound, 5 min
Steina & Woody Vasulka, Sketches: Alfons, 1970, b/w, sound, 3 min
Steina & Woody Vasulka, Sketches: Thierry, 1970, b/w, sound, 2 min
Steina & Woody Vasulka, Sketches: Gun Dance, 1970, b/w, sound, 3 min
The Vasulkas capture the counter-cultural spirit of the era in a series of performances by Larry, Jackie Curtis, Steina, Charles Hayworth, Helen Wong, Alfons Schilling, Thierry Benizeau and Daniel Nagrin. These ‘sketches’ also reveal the Vasulkas’ early experiments with electronic image manipulation.

Steina & Woody Vasulka, Studies: Interface, 1970, b/w, sound, 4 min
Performer: Charles Hayworth. Audio: Gino Piserchio.

Steina & Woody Vasulka, Studies: Discs, 1970, b/w, sound, 5.5 min
A circular image of a reel is set in a rapid motion by a difference in horizontal camera drives. The image repetition results from a time delay produced by re-entering the signal into the system: a visual echo. Sounds result from a video signal interfaced with a sound synthesiser.

Steina & Woody Vasulka, Studies: Calligrams, 1970, b/w, sound, 3.5 min
A re-scan camera is pointed at the television monitor displaying a pre-recorded tape. A misalignment of the horizontal hold causes a vertical multiplication of the image.

Steina & Woody Vasulka, Studies: Tissues, 1970, b/w, sound, 1.5 min
Various camera images are randomly inserted onto a pre-recorded tape. These forced edits become the source of abrupt voltage changes in the audio when looped through a sound synthesizer.

Steina & Woody Vasulka, Studies: Descends, 1970, b/w, sound, 4 min

Steina & Woody Vasulka, Studies: Decay I, 1970, colour, sound, 2 min
Dual Colorizer: Eric Siegel
A face, pre-recorded on a videotape, is manually forwarded on the playback to produce image decay.

Steina & Woody Vasulka, Studies: Decay II, 1970, colour, sound, 1 min
Dual Colorizer: Eric Siegel
An audio generated shape is pre-recorded on a videotape which is then manually moved on the video playback to produce image decay.

Steina & Woody Vasulka, Distant Activities, 1972, colour, sound, 5 min
Dual Colorizer: Eric Siegel
The protagonist is a video feedback, processed and controlled through a video keyer. Sound is from video signals interfaced with an audio synthesiser.

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