Light Revisited – Noisefields 

The installation Light Revisited from the permanent exhibition of works by Steina and Woody Vašulka will be presented in the new premises of Vašulka Kitchen Brno in the House of Lords of Kunštát. 

This installation is a reincarnation of the video Noisefields (1974), one of the Vašulka’s most famous works and for its hallucinatory nature, a viewer-favourite. The image structure directly refers to its derivation from electronic signals. A centre circle divides the screen into two halves that vibrate constantly in hypnotic fashion, in synchronization with sound. One half pulsates with colour while the other consists of the “noise” video (the “rough material” of the video). The piece allows video flickering, usually invisible, to be visualised, something that is usually hidden to create the illusion of a motion picture. Thus, it points out the role our own minds play in video perception. The video itself was realised through the use of a video sequencer made by George Brown, based on the request to separate the individual frames within the video. Their objective was to demonstrate that a video image arises through the succession of two half-frames, creating an altogether recognizable image. In Woody Vašulka’s Light Revisited (2002) the projection is divided onto three projected surfaces through the use of by the use of semipermeable chromatic dichroic mirrors. 

The installation will be open in August on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am to 6 pm. 

6. 8.–29. 8. 2024 

6. 8. 2024 from 2 PM

Photo: Miloš Strnad