Vašulka Mediascape
Recognition of a time/energy object
Woody: “Compared to my previous work on videotape, the work with the [Rutt-Etra] scan processor indicates a whole different trend in my understanding of the electronic image… The rigidity and total confinement of time sequences have imprinted a didactic style on the product. Improvisational modes have become less important than an exact mental script and a strong notion of the frame structure of the electronic image. Emphasis has shifted toward a recognition of a time/energy object and its programmable building element – the waveform.”
Linda Cathcart, “Woody Vašulka,” in Vašulka: Steina – Machine Vision; Woody – Descriptions, Linda Cathcart, curator, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1978; link: https://www.vasulka.org/Catalogues/PDFs/Cat_KNOX.pdf.