[artinfo] FDL-Tribute to the Vasulkas / Hommage aux Vasulka (fwd)

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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:06:41 -0400
From: aplohman@fondation-langlois.org
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Subject: FDL-Tribute to the Vasulkas / Hommage aux Vasulka

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Press Release

Steina and Woody Vasulka : Instrumental Video
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/collection/vasulka/archives/index.html

Montreal, October 12, 2001 - The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Scienc=
e, and Technology is proud to present a new section of its Web site dedicat=
ed to two pioneers of electronic art active since the late 1960s. Based on =
the archival documents in The Steina and Woody Vasulka Archives, this secti=
on marks the beginning of a research process devoted to the collections acq=
uired by the Foundation that will enrich the documentation offered on-line.

Steina and Woody Vasulka make instrumental video like others make instrumen=
tal music. More than video artists, the Vasulkas have been explorers of ele=
ctronic media - first analog (from 1971 to approximately 1978) then digital=
 - for over three decades. Steina, the "musician," is interested in the vis=
ion of machines (Machine Vision) and in the perception of landscape, develo=
ping her own editing syntax, and image and sound treatment processes. Woody=
, the "filmmaker," studies the possibilities of generating forms, both visu=
al and sound-based, and works to develop an electronic synthesis that moves=
 away from the camera.

Steina is Icelandic, Woody is Czech. She was trained as a violinist, he is =
a poet, engineer and filmmaker. Together, they emigrated to the United Stat=
es and made a home in New York in 1964. In 1971, they founded The Kitchen i=
n New York. They subsequently moved to Buffalo (NY) in 1973 and then, in 19=
80, to Santa Fe, New Mexico where they reside today.

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Source :
Jean Gagnon, Director of Programs of the Daniel Langlois Foundation
Audrey Navarre, Assistant to the Director of Programs
(514) 987-7177, anavarre@fondation-langlois.org
www.fondation-langlois.org


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Steina et Woody Vasulka : De la vid=E9o instrumentale
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/f/collection/vasulka/archives/index.html

Montr=E9al, le 12 octobre 2001 - La fondation Daniel Langlois pour l=92art,=
 la science et la technologie est heureuse de pr=E9senter une toute nouvell=
e section de son site Web  consacr=E9e =E0 deux artistes pionniers des arts=
 =E9lectroniques =E0 l=92=9Cuvre depuis la fin des ann=E9es 60. =C9labor=E9=
e =E0 partir des documents d=92archives du Fonds Steina et Woody Vasulka, c=
ette section amorce un processus de recherche portant sur les fonds acquis =
par la fondation, ce qui permettra d=92enrichir la documentation offerte en=
 ligne.

Steina et Woody Vasulka font de la vid=E9o instrumentale comme d=92autres f=
ont de la musique instrumentale. Plus que des vid=E9astes, pendant trois d=
=E9cennies, les Vasulka ont =E9t=E9 des explorateurs des m=E9dias =E9lectro=
niques =97 d=92abord analogiques (de 1971 =E0 1978 environ), puis num=E9riq=
ues. Alors que Steina, la =AB musicienne =BB, s=92int=E9resse =E0 la vision=
 des machines (Machine Vision) et =E0 la perception du paysage tout en d=E9=
veloppant sa propre syntaxe du montage et du traitement de l=92image et du =
son, Woody, le =AB cin=E9aste =BB, =E9tudie la possibilit=E9 de g=E9n=E9rer=
 des formes, visuelles et sonores, et travaille =E0 une synth=E8se =E9lectr=
onique ne faisant plus appel =E0 la cam=E9ra.

Steina est Islandaise, Woody est Tch=E8que. Elle est violoniste de formatio=
n; il est po=E8te, ing=E9nieur et cin=E9aste. Ensemble, ils =E9migrent aux =
=C9tats-Unis et s=92=E9tablissent =E0 New York en 1964. En 1971, ils fonden=
t The Kitchen =E0 New York. Puis ils d=E9m=E9nagent =E0 Buffalo (NY) en 197=
3 et, en 1980, =E0 Santa Fe au Nouveau-Mexique o=F9 ils r=E9sident pr=E9sen=
tement.

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Source :
Jean Gagnon, Directeur des programmes de la fondation Daniel Langlois
Audrey Navarre, Adjointe =E0 la direction des programmes
(514) 987-7177, anavarre@fondation-langlois.org
www.fondation-langlois.org