Open: Tue-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 1pm-5pm
Klapparstígur 16, 101 Reykjavík - Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
Open: Tue-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 1pm-5pm
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BERG Contemporary at LOOP Fair 2017
BERG Contemporary, Reykjavík
Thu 25 May 2017 to Fri 26 May 2017
Klapparstígur 16, 101 Reykjavík - Iceland BERG Contemporary at LOOP Fair 2017
Tue-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 1pm-5pm
Carrer Pelai 28, 08001 Barcelona
At LOOP Fair 2017, BERG Contemporary presents Golden Voyage (1973) by pioneering video artists Steina and Woody Vasulka.
In the mid-1970s, while working with various engineers and designers, the Vasulkas developed electronic tools specifically designed for art usage. They merged analog methods to digital methods, resulting in the precursor of many computer aided visualizations used today. In Golden Voyage, Magritte’s painting The Golden Legend (1958) becomes a pretext for exploring the possibilities of video, a medium that was still being defined at the time. The baguettes in the painting are the recurring motif in the video. The loaves of bread are manipulated electronically to change their location in the landscape.
Steina and Woody Vasulka, Golden Voyage (1973). Color, sound, 14:12 min.
