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Binary Lives: Steina and Woody Vasulka

Peter Kirby

1997 00:46:00 United StatesEnglishColorStereo4:3

Description

In 1964, Steina Vasulka (then Steinunn Bjarnadottir) married Woody Vasulka, a Czech engineer with a background in film. They later moved to New York where, with Andreas Mannik, they founded the Kitchen, a performance space dedicated to new media. The Vasulkas collaborated on a series of video works whose imagery arose primarily through the manipulation of the video signal at the level of the electron beam itself. This masterfully constructed documentary by Peter Kirby gives insight into the pioneering impact of their lives and work. A must-see for any follower of electronic media.

About Peter Kirby

Since 1985 Peter Kirby has produced and directed over 60 works, including a series of works on contemporary artists and architects, a three hour evening for KCET on Los Angeles artists, and multi-screen media components for four major touring exhibitions organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

In addition to these works, he has produced and directed films and multi screen installations for a variety of clients, both in the art world and the commercial, with clients as diverse as; the J. Paul Getty Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Newport Harbor Museum of Art; Lannan Foundation; The Whitney Museum of American Art and The National Portrait Gallery, Universal Studio Tours, Florida and The Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas.

He has received a Western States Regional Media Arts Fellowship and awards for commercial work from the International Film and TV Festival of New York, the Houston International Film Festival and was nominated for a Los Angeles area Emmy.

His works have been shown in festivals and museums around the world.