Woody Vasulka

After producing a pioneering body of tapes in collaboration with Steina in the early 1970s, Woody Vasulka has investigated the narrative, syntactical and metaphorical potential of electronic imaging. His development of an expressive image-language began as a rigorous deconstruction of the materiality of the electronic signal, and has evolved to the application of imaging codes and digital manipulation to narrative strategies.   full biography

Supporting Documents

 
 

Poster

Alfons Schilling, Woody Vasulka

January 4, 1972

 
Included in A Kinetic History: The EAI Archives Online, Sponsored Projects, The Kitchen.

This black and white poster announces 3-D Binocular Vision/ "14 Street-Out," a "stereo-slide show" by Alfons Schilling, with live sound by Woody Vasulka.

 

Photograph

1972

 
Included in A Kinetic History: The EAI Archives Online, Sponsored Projects, The Kitchen.

From left to right: Dimitri Devyatkin, Woody Vasulka, Rhys Chatham and Steina Vasulka. The Kitchen, Mercer Arts Center, 1972.

 

Interview

Stewart Kranz

1974

 
Included in A Kinetic History: The EAI Archives Online, Sponsored Projects, Vasulka Video.

In this 1974 interview, Woody Vasulka describes his evolution from documentary filmmaking, via multi-screen projections, to the electronic medium of video.

 

Calendars and Newsletters

Andres Mannick, Woody Vasulka

Apr 29, 1971

 
Included in A Kinetic History: The EAI Archives Online, Sponsored Projects, The Kitchen.

This one-page document is the Kitchen's first newsletter, dated April 29, 1971, and titled Mercer Media Repertory Theatre.