Woody Vasulka Movies

  • 1983
    The Commission

    The Commission

    The Commission

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    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1974
    Matrix II

    Matrix II

    Matrix II

    01974HD

    Matrix II explores the properties of images and sounds in the medium of video. Geometric shapes travel across a ‘matrix’ (grid) of...

    Matrix II
  • 2026
    Odjezd branců

    Odjezd branců

    Odjezd branců

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    Odjezd branců
  • 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    In Discs, originally made as installation for a set of monitors, the creators experiment with the phenomenon of horizontal drift trhough the...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
  • 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
  • 1996
    Binary Lives

    Binary Lives

    Binary Lives

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    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
  • 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
  • 1980
    Cantaloup

    Cantaloup

    Cantaloup

    01980HD

    Cantaloup is an informal documentary on the Vasulkas' Digital Image Articulator, an imaging device they designed with Jeffrey Schier. Using a...

    Cantaloup
  • 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
  • 1970
    Thierry

    Thierry

    Thierry

    01970HD

    One of the works assembled in the series Sketches. These early sketches, created not without the irony, examine ways of manipulating the video image....

    Thierry
  • 1970
    Sexmachine

    Sexmachine

    Sexmachine

    01970HD

    Sexmachine
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    Calligrams

    Calligrams

    Calligrams

    01970HD

    A film by Steina and Woody Vasulka

    Calligrams
  • 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
  • 1981
    Progeny

    Progeny

    Progeny

    01981HD

    Progeny is a collaboration with sculptor Bradford Smith. Smith's organic and sensual sculptural forms are transformed by the merging of one of...

    Progeny
  • 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 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