Woody Vasulka
[b. 1937, Brno]
About Woody Vasulka | Biography | Works in the Exhibition
1952-1956 Studied hydraulic mechanics and metallurgy at the Industrial Engineering School of Brno, Czechoslovakia
1956 Completed Bachelor of Engineering degree at the Industrial Engineering School of Brno
1960 Moved to Prague
1960-1965 Attended the Academy of Performing Arts, Faculty of Film and Television. Obtained a diploma in production and direction of documentary films
1962 Met Steina in Prague
1964 Married Steina in Prague
1965 Moved to New York City
1966-1969 Worked as a freelance multi-screen editor and industrial display designer. Started to experiment with electronic sound, stroboscopic projections derived from moving images and light-activated screens, due to those activities becoming involved with video
1971 Co-founded The Electronic Kitchen (later shortened to The Kitchen) an Electronic Media Theater in New York (together with Steina and Andres Mannik)
1973 Moved to Buffalo, New York
1973-1979 Associate Professor for video at the Department of Media Study, SUNY, Buffalo
1975 Untertook his first digital experiments
1980 Moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico
1992 Co-curated the exhibition Eigenwelt der Apparate-Welt (Pioneers of Electronic Art) for Ars Electronica Linz, Austria
2000 Co-foundet with Steina the Art and Science Laboratory
Since 2003 Artist-in-residence at ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe |