Movies

  • 2020
    The Vasulka Effect

    The Vasulka Effect

    The Vasulka Effect

    12020HD

    The opening of The Vasulka Effect couldn’t be more apt: Steina Vasulka addresses her husband Woody through various TV screens. He does the same...

    The Vasulka Effect
  • 1974
    1-2-3-4

    1-2-3-4

    1-2-3-4

    91974HD

    This work shows paradoxical space relations in electonic depths, where the common space coordinates no longer apply and where the images become...

    1-2-3-4
  • 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
  • 1973
    Golden Voyage

    Golden Voyage

    Golden Voyage

    01973HD

    The work is inspired by the surrealist René Magritte's unsettling painting La Legende doree, depicting French baguettes flitting in a window...

    Golden Voyage
  • 1974
    Telc

    Telc

    Telc

    01974HD

    Telc
  • 1975
    Video: The New Wave

    Video: The New Wave

    Video: The New Wave

    01975HD

    The New Wave is the seminal compendium of independent video work in the early 1970s. Written and narrated by Brian O'Doherty, this overview of the...

    Video: The New Wave
  • 1970
    Calligrams

    Calligrams

    Calligrams

    01970HD

    A film by Steina and Woody Vasulka

    Calligrams
  • 1986
    Voice Windows

    Voice Windows

    Voice Windows

    01986HD

    With Voice Windows (1986), Steina renews her efforts to generate a complex sound-image interface

    Voice Windows
  • 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
  • 1983
    The Commission

    The Commission

    The Commission

    01983HD

    This work is Woody's first entry into the narrative sphere, whereby the "story" is continually undermined with the aid of various anti-narrative...

    The Commission
  • 1970
    Discs

    Discs

    Discs

    01970HD

    In Discs, originally made as installation for a set of monitors, the creators experiment with the phenomenon of horizontal drift trhough the...

    Discs
  • 1974
    Noisefields

    Noisefields

    Noisefields

    01974HD

    This is an attempt to process abstract images without the use of camera. The central circle divides the creen into two parts that continually vibrate...

    Noisefields
  • 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
  • 1970
    Tissues

    Tissues

    Tissues

    01970HD

    In Studies cycle, abstract studies are assembled, which document the Vasulka's early work with electronic material. The visual aspect of Tissues is...

    Tissues
  • 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
  • 1972
    Distant Activities

    Distant Activities

    Distant Activities

    01972HD

    Real time development of a video feedback, processed and controlled through a video keyer. Sound results from video signals, interfaced with audio...

    Distant Activities
  • 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
  • 1970
    Old Lady El Toppo

    Old Lady El Toppo

    Old Lady El Toppo

    01970HD

    A 3-minute study of a wrinkle-faced old woman by one or both of the Vasulkas, produced late-career.

    Old Lady El Toppo
  • 2002
    Music in the Afternoon

    Music in the Afternoon

    Music in the Afternoon

    02002HD

    Fellow violinist and artist Tony Conrad, in collaboration with software engineer Tom Demeyer, made for Steina the instrument seen in this title....

    Music in the Afternoon
  • 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