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http://dx.doi.org/10.17703/JCCT.2020.6.3.261

Aesthetic Strategies in Steina and Woody Vasulka's Video Art  

Lim, Shan (Dept. of Curatorial Studies, Dongduk Womens' Univ)
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The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology / v.6, no.3, 2020 , pp. 261-266 More about this Journal
Abstract
As pioneers of the early video art, Steina Vasulka(1940-) and Woody Vasulka(1937-2019) had lead not only their own experimental arts, but also entire changes of contemporary avant-garde performance, music, and visual art. Two artists invented and developed electronic machines for video image-processing by collaborating with engineers, and performed creative experiment on transformation of digital image. For them, video art is not just a means of documentation. The Vasulkas' artistic practices were not bounded by conventional canons and rules in art world, and preferably were parts of active aesthetic strategies for coexistence of vision of human and vision of machine. Particularly, their video art recognized the video as the key medium in an era where media technology began to dominate the system of communication, and established artist's authority over manipulation of moving image electronically without depending on video camera. In that regard, we can value on their video art. Therefore, the paper reflects on the Vasulkas' art and life which have not yet been studied, and suggests academic interests in the context of their artistic activities and aesthetic strategies.
Keywords
Steina Vasulka; Woody Vasulka; Video Art; The Kitchen; Image-Processing;
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