Bohuslav (Woody) Vašulka (1937, Brno, Česká republika – 2019, Santa Fe, USA)
Steina Vašulka (1940, Reykjavík, Island)
This robotic installation with responsive projection is as much an apparatus of art as it is a tool for music and an instrument of psychology and physics. Tautophone is a reference to the projective “auditory Rorschach” tests developed by psychologists Skinner, Rosenzweig, and Shakow in the 1930s and 1940s, while Curious here refers to the robot's motivation to explore its surroundings and to learn.
Upcoming concert from the Borders of Experiments series that is happening in the office/library of Centre for New Media Art – Vasulka Kitchen Brno and is dedicated to showcase various artists that build their own DIY instruments or who are exploring sound possibilities of using electricity as a material will introduce on Monday 16 June a performance of Ctrl Freq.
It is our pleasure to announce that for Vašulka Kitchen Brno 2025 residency program we selected media artist Cailean Finn.
The decision was certainly not easy and we thank everyone else for their interest and the many excellent projects!
Bohuslav (Woody) Vašulka (1937, Brno, Česká republika – 2019, Santa Fe, USA)
Steina Vašulka (1940, Reykjavík, Island)
Art experimentation, image deconstruction, observation process. For over half a century now, the pioneers of video art Woody and Steina Vasulka have been exploring human memory, media memory and memory of art as an institution. A taste of life-long cohabitation of this partner and creative couple presents a personal story of a journey along places marked by their common fate: Brno, Prague, Reykjavik, New York and Buffalo. The odyssey of artistic fame of the living legends is put in contrast with their fragile social world and uncertain life perspectives. The heritage of video art is structured according to the texture of media of individual eras of film (35mm, video and hard disk). Fifty years of avant-garde saved on an external disk (Ji.hlava IDFF).
Awards
EDDA Award - The best Icelandic documentary of 2019
Audience Award at Skjaldborg documentary film festival, Island
Director: Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir
Lenght: 87 min.
Production: Sagafilm & Krumma Films
Co-production: Produkce Radim Procházka, Bullitt Film & Nonami
Production: Margret Jonasdottir, Radim Procházka
Camera: Arnar Pór Pórisson, Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir
Editing: Jakob Halldórsson
Music: Hugar
Sound: Václav Flegl
Česká republika, Island, Švédsko, 2019
Distribution: Michal Jiřinec, michael@radimprochazka.com, tel: 737 655 227
The film is available to watch online at DAFILMS or České televizi.
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