Steina
1940–
Introduction
Steina Vasulka (born Steinunn Briem Bjarnadottir in 1940) and Woody Vasulka (born Bohuslav Vašulka on 20 January 1937 – 20 December 2019) are early pioneers of video art, and have been producing work since the early 1960s. The couple met in the early 1960s and moved to New York City in 1965, where they began showing video art at the Whitney Museum and founded The Kitchen in 1971. Steina and Woody both became Guggenheim fellows: Steina in 1976, and Woody in 1979.
The VASULKAs, as they are sometimes called, were experimenting since the early 1960s with images, video tapes, computer graphics, and Digital Video Effecter (DVE), a technique that was important for television programmes.
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Introduction
She trained as a violinist and played with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. She met Woody Vasulka in Prague in the early 1960s. Together they later founded The Kitchen in New York City in 1971, where they had settled in 1965.
Roles
Artist, director, installation artist, musician, sound artist, video artist
ULAN identifier
500104306
Names
Steina Vasulka, Steinunn Briem Bjarnadóttir, Steina, Steina Vesulka
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