thanks Michael On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Michael Szpakowski <szp...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> <Wish I could be there> > > Likewise! > > There was a great show by the Vasulkas a few years back at the ICA which > really brought home to me the extent of their originality & the scale & > depth of their contribution. > I think sometimes people making work that, whilst it clearly prefigures or > anticipates work now being done but whose main arena pre-dated the net, get > somewhat overlooked (until recently this has also been the case with a lot > of wonderful avant-garde film, but I think, hope, things are changing) > > We put some clips of their work up on DVblog in 2008: > > http://dvblog.org/?p=1073 > > hope the talk goes well > michael > > --- On Mon, 2/22/10, ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org < > ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org> wrote: > > > From: ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org> > > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Digital Arts Pioneers - Steina and Woody > Vasulka, Bournemouth University, 24th Feb, 13.15 - 14.45 > > To: netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org > > Date: Monday, February 22, 2010, 5:39 PM > > Wish I could be there Helen! > > > > Original Message: > > ----------------- > > From: Helen Sloan he...@scansite.org > > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:59:22 +0000 > > To: netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org > > Subject: [NetBehaviour] Digital Arts Pioneers - Steina and > > Woody > > Vasulka,Bournemouth University, 24th Feb, 13.15 - 14.45 > > > > > > So... With a deep breath and hoping that this does not come > > back to bite me > > ;), I'd like to draw your attention to the Vasulkas talk > > here in Bournemouth > > on Weds. They are doing some very interesting work in > > Second Life and will > > be talking about that in their presentation. If you're in > > the vicinity or > > fancy a day by the sea, please come along. > > > > Best > > Helen, SCAN > > ------------- > > > > Apologies for cross posting > > > > Dear Colleagues and Friends > > > > Bournemouth University and SCAN Models of Practice Series > > Steina and Woody Vasulka Presentation > > Shelley Lecture Theatre > > Poole House > > Bournemouth University > > 24th February, 1.15 - 2.45pm > > All welcome. FREE > > Please arrive early to ensure that you get a seat > > > > Presenting only at two venues in UK in February 2010, > > Bournemouth University > > and SCAN (Models of Practice Series) are pleased to host > > major figures in > > the history of video art and electronic media, Steina and > > Woody Vasulka. > > They will show their work from the 1970s through to their > > recent > > interventions in the online platform Second Life. The two > > artists, who have > > worked together since the 1960s, have contributed > > enormously to the > > development of digital arts through a prolific body of work > > exploring the > > manipulation of electronic energy and the interrelation of > > sound and image. > > > > In 1971, they co-founded The Kitchen, New York with Andreas > > Mannik and in > > the same year established the first annual video festival > > there. > > Concurrently they were leaders in the development of a > > video art programme > > at the Whitney Museum. > > > > Their early collaborative efforts, produced from 1970 - 74, > > were primarily > > focussed on explorations that deconstructed the materiality > > of video and > > audio signals. In the mid 70s they collaborated with > > Geoffry Schier to build > > the first real-time, computer-controlled video processor. > > Since then, their > > work has expanded to include video installations with > > robotic sculptural > > elements and live interactive performance. > > > > > > Since 1980, the Vasulkas have lived and worked in > > Santa Fe, New Mexico > > (USA), where Steina has continued her work in video, > > media performance, and > > video installation, and Woody has continued to > > produce work in video, > > three-dimensional computer graphics, and media > > constructions. In 1992, the > > Vasulkas organized Eigenwelt der Apparate-Welt: > > Pioneers of Electronic Art, > > an exhibition of early electronic tools for Ars > > Electronica, Linz, Austria, > > with a laserdisc interactive catalogue. The Vasulkas > > have been > > artist-in-residence at the National Center for > > Experiments in television > > (NCET), at KQED in San Francisco, and at WNET/Thirteen > > in New York. > > > > > > For further details please contact i...@scansite.org > > or 01202 961451 > > > > I do hope that you will be able to attend > > > > With best wishes > > Helen Sloan > > Director > > SCAN > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > mail2web.com – What can On Demand Business Solutions do > > for you? > > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- Solo exhibition "If not you not me" 12 February - 20 March 2010, HTTP Gallery, London. http://www.http.uk.net/exhibitions/ifnotyounotme/ Shared Still Life / Nature Morte Partagée http://aabrahams.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/ssl/
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