Steina Vasulka Movies

  • 1969
    Evolution

    Evolution

    Evolution

    01969HD

    Although the video artwork Evolution cites the well-known image of hominid evolution, it is more interested in the evolution of the media than in the...

    Evolution
  • 1970
    Interface

    Interface

    Interface

    01970HD

    An Interface not only between two continually switched over images but also between documentary tape, imagery taken from "reality", and its...

    Interface
  • 1982
    Somersault

    Somersault

    Somersault

    01982HD

    Using one half of a convex mirror mounted within a glass cylinder, Steina trains the video camera eye dead center as she records the space...

    Somersault
  • 2000
    Warp

    Warp

    Warp

    02000HD

    In Warp, Steina makes use of her two favourite features of the Image/ine software, written by Tom Demeyer. The first feature –...

    Warp
  • 1974
    Soundgated Images

    Soundgated Images

    Soundgated Images

    01974HD

    The Multikeyer and Scan Processor are used for creating the pulsating abstract composition showing six different cases of audio-video interface with...

    Soundgated Images
  • 1974
    Telc

    Telc

    Telc

    01974HD

    Telc
  • 1977
    Flux

    Flux

    Flux

    01977HD

    In Flux, Steina films a river from a wide angle, deforming the image to the point of creating a sort of radiating, aqueous ball - like a liquid...

    Flux
  • 1980
    Selected Treecuts

    Selected Treecuts

    Selected Treecuts

    01980HD

    “Selected Treecuts” is a formal examination of the distinction between camera-generated and digital images, and a layered juxtaposition...

    Selected Treecuts
  • 1978
    Vasulka Video: Steina

    Vasulka Video: Steina

    Vasulka Video: Steina

    01978HD

    In 1977 the Vasulkas were commissioned by public television to create six half-hour programs for broadcast on WNED in Buffalo, New York. In the...

    Vasulka Video: Steina
  • 1974
    Solo for 3

    Solo for 3

    Solo for 3

    01974HD

    In this early formal experiment with analog image processing, the Vasulkas investigate multiple camera set-ups and keyers to articulate spatial,...

    Solo for 3
  • 1976
    Switch! Monitor! Drift!

    Switch! Monitor! Drift!

    Switch! Monitor! Drift!

    01976HD

    B&W Vasulka project with a rotating camera, keyed and alternating directions. This experiment is excerpted in their 1977 work Orbital Obsessions.

    Switch! Monitor! Drift!
  • 1974
    Soundsize

    Soundsize

    Soundsize

    01974HD

    Soundsize continues the Vasulkas' investigation into the relationship of sound and image. Here a pattern of dots is modulated by sounds generated...

    Soundsize
  • 1978
    Group Portrait: Six Artists in Video

    Group Portrait: Six Artists in Video

    Group Portrait: Six Artists in Video

    01978HD

    This is a documentary about video artists Bill & Louise Etra, Woody & Steina Vasulka, and Kit Fitzgerald & John Sanborn.

    Group Portrait: Six Artists in Video
  • 2006
    Funtime at the Vasulkas

    Funtime at the Vasulkas

    Funtime at the Vasulkas

    02006HD

    A recording of a meeting in the studio where Jeffrey Schier and Woody show colleagues and teachers a new tool. Between 1976 and 1980, Woody and...

    Funtime at the Vasulkas
  • 1997
    Orka

    Orka

    Orka

    01997HD

    STEINA: “My background is in music. For me, it is the sound that leads me into the image. Every image has its own sound and in it I attempt to...

    Orka
  • 1996
    Binary Lives

    Binary Lives

    Binary Lives

    01996HD

    A short documentary on the life and art of Steina and Woody Vasulka, produced in 1996. The Vasulkas speak candidly about their work and worldviews,...

    Binary Lives
  • 1978
    Vasulka Video

    Vasulka Video

    Vasulka Video

    01978HD

    In 1977 the Vasulkas were commissioned by public television to create six half-hour programs (Steina, Objects, Digital Images, Transformations,...

    Vasulka Video
  • 1975
    Homemade TV: Vasulkas II

    Homemade TV: Vasulkas II

    Homemade TV: Vasulkas II

    01975HD

    Description from Portable Channel catalog: "This Program is a unique broadcast presentation of the Vasulka's recent experiments with the electronic...

    Homemade TV: Vasulkas II
  • 1970
    Sexmachine

    Sexmachine

    Sexmachine

    01970HD

    Sexmachine
  • 1989
    In the Land of the Elevator Girls

    In the Land of the Elevator Girls

    In the Land of the Elevator Girls

    01989HD

    In the Land of the Elevator Girls