Vol. 1, August, 2001 

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Montreal, October 12, 2001 - The Daniel Langlois Foundation 

for Art, Science, and Technology is proud to present a new 

section of its Web site dedicated to two pioneers of electronic

art active since the late 1960s.

Based on the archival documents in The Steina and Woody 

Vasulka Archives, this section marks the beginning of a research process devoted to 

the collections acquired by the Foundation that will enrich the documentation offered on-line.

Steina and Woody Vasulka make instrumental video like others make instrumental 

music. More than video artists, the Vasulkas have been explorers of electronic 

media - first analog (from 1971 to approximately 1978) then digital - for over three 

decades. Steina, the "musician," is interested in the vision of machines (Machine 

Vision) and in the perception of landscape, developing her own editing syntax, 

and image and sound treatment processes. Woody, the "filmmaker," studies the 

possibilities of generating forms, both visual 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 States and made 

a home in New York in 1964. In 1971, they founded The Kitchen in New York. They 

subsequently moved to Buffalo (NY) in 1973 and then, in 1980, to Santa Fe, New 

Mexico where they reside today.

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

mailto:anavarre@fondation-langlois.org>

www.fondation-langlois.org <http://www.foundation-langlois.org>