Steina, “Violin Power” (1969–1978) from The Kitchen on Vimeo.
1/2" Open Reel video, b&w, sound, 10:04 min. Courtesy of the artist and BERG Contemporary.
Steina terms this procedural work "a demo tape on how to play video on the violin." Her background as a violinist and her evolution from musician to visual artist is referenced through an analogy of video camera to musical instrument. Steina is first seen in footage from 1969, playing the violin and then singing to The Beatles' Let It Be. As succeeding segments trace a chronological progression, Steina layers imagery and time. The violin itself ultimately becomes an image generating tool, as she connects it to imaging devices, creating abstract visual transpositions of sound and vibrations. This unconventional self-portrait is a study of the relationship of music to electronic image.
“Violin Power” is an ongoing work, with experiments dating back to 1969. It is a study of the relationship between music and electronic image, in which Steina's violin becomes an image generating tool. The sounds, movements and vibrations of the violin affect the sculptural patterns and images that we see in live performances, and video documentations. Originally interfacing the sounds of her acoustic violin with a microphone, the classically trained Steina performed for a camera on the violin which was connected to multiple image-processing devices. Since 1992 these acoustic demonstrations have been replaced by performance using a 5-string Zeta Violin with MIDI output, allowing for a much wider variety of control. Since the late nineties Steina has used a PowrBook and the software program Image/ine, which she developed at STEIM in consultation with Tom Demayer.
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