“Those working in the pioneering days of the media arts had a keen sense of their historical moment. Yet few responded with the seriousness and lifelong dedication of Steina and Woody Vašulka. Not only were the Vašulkas in the centre of electronic culture from its inception, they were the centre of that culture during its formative decade and beyond … ”

“There are larger collections than the Vašulkas’, though not many. What distinguishes this archive is the remarkable breadth of its technological and cultural purview. On one hand, it’s evidence of one of the most inspiring investigations into the nature of a medium in the history of any art form. At the same time, it documents a ferment of activity across a constellation of avant-garde art and culture. It’s a panoptic portrait of a society and an era … ”

“Woody has told the story often about how his childhood world was a junkyard after the war. Whole cities had been destroyed and thrown into holes. He rummaged through them and collected photo albums. It was his first anthropology lesson, recovering what had been destroyed. History was in peril and its value became immeasurable. When he came to the United States and saw how obscenely Americans treat their history, how they undervalue and discard it, he realized that documenting electronic culture was his destiny.”