Object Details
- Artist
- Steina Vasulka, born Reykjavik, Iceland 1940
- Exhibition Label
- Steina Vasulka, who was trained as a classical violinist, describes this work as “a demo tape on how to play video on the violin.” Violin Power weaves the audio signal into the video image, linking sight with sound and outlining a new electronic aural-imaging “syntax.” The video ties the two senses together in a single signal and demonstrates natural assumptions about what is seen and what is simultaneously heard. As the tape progresses through three performances, audio wave forms produced by the musical instrument begin to affect the video image and eventually become the video generator itself.
- Watch This!: Revelations in Media Art, 2015
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company
- Copyright
- © 1978 Steina Vasulka. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
- 1970-1978
- Object number
- 2008.21.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Media Arts
- Medium
- single-channel video, black and white, sound; 10:04 minutes
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Time-Based Media Art
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Performing arts\music\violin
- Figure female\waist length
- Object\musical instrument\violin
- Record ID
- saam_2008.21.12
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk72af6994f-8e5c-4e0e-8a8b-54615726e82d
