Distant Activities, Evolution, Matrix

Still shots from three videos: (top) Distant Activities, 1972; (center) Evolution (excerpt), 1969; (bottom) Matrix (excerpt from R.F. Feedback), 1971. (See also Color Plate B No. 1.)

© Steina and Woody Vasulka

Curators' Note: Video feedback is now cited in scientific textbooks as a canonical example of deterministic chaos, and the early artistic explorations by Steina and Woody Vasulka anticipated contemporary complexity science by many years. They were among the first to use video feedback as a generative system. In conversation about their work, the Vasulkas recommended the 1992 exhibition catalog that accompanied Eigenwelt der Apparatewelt for a discussion of issues surrounding video feedback and the pioneers of electronic art.

Contact: Steina and Woody Vasulka, Art and Science Laboratory, 369 Montezuma Avenue (312), Santa Fe, NM 87501-2626, U.S.A. E-mail: <Vasulka@Vasulka.org>.