Woody Vasulka Movies

  • 1970
    Calligrams

    Calligrams

    Calligrams

    01970HD

    A film by Steina and Woody Vasulka

    Calligrams
  • 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
    Vasulka Video

    Vasulka Video

    Vasulka Video

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

    Vasulka Video
  • 1973
    Vocabulary

    Vocabulary

    Vocabulary

    01973HD

    Vocabulary
  • 1974
    Reminiscence

    Reminiscence

    Reminiscence

    01974HD

    This tape was created when Woody visited his native Moravia with a Portapak camera. In the course of signal modulation an alteration in the field of...

    Reminiscence
  • 2020
    The Vasulka Effect

    The Vasulka Effect

    The Vasulka Effect

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    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
  • 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
  • 1987
    Art of Memory

    Art of Memory

    Art of Memory

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    Manipulating a variety of sources, Vasulka uses creative imaging tools to situate historical images against Southwestern landscapes of incredible...

    Art of Memory
  • 1974
    C-Trend

    C-Trend

    C-Trend

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    C-Trend
  • 1980
    Artifacts

    Artifacts

    Artifacts

    01980HD

    Short film.

    Artifacts
  • 1977
    Orbital Obsessions

    Orbital Obsessions

    Orbital Obsessions

    01977HD

    Documentation and experimentation in real time, "Orbital Obsessions" is an example of early video self-portraiture, eerie and calm in its radical...

    Orbital Obsessions
  • 2006
    Funtime at the Vasulkas

    Funtime at the Vasulkas

    Funtime at the Vasulkas

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    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
  • 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
  • 1980
    Artifacts

    Artifacts

    Artifacts

    01980HD

    Artifacts
  • 1972
    Mars: An Optic Aspic

    Mars: An Optic Aspic

    Mars: An Optic Aspic

    01972HD

    Set to Holst's Mars, the Bringer of War, Bill Etra's original performance on 9 B&W monitors was shot in real-time on 16mm color film by Woody...

    Mars: An Optic Aspic
  • 1989
    In the Land of the Elevator Girls

    In the Land of the Elevator Girls

    In the Land of the Elevator Girls

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    In the Land of the Elevator Girls uses the elevator as a metaphorical vehicle to reveal an outsider's gaze into contemporary Japanese culture. The...

    In the Land of the Elevator Girls
  • 1975
    Homemade TV: The Electronic Image

    Homemade TV: The Electronic Image

    Homemade TV: The Electronic Image

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    A broadcast presentation of Steina and Woody Vasulka's experiments with the electronic image. Featuring a 15-minute "jam session" of improvised video...

    Homemade TV: The Electronic Image
  • 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
  • 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!
  • 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