Lucifer’s Commission
2014
At the origin of Lucifer’s Commission, there is the desire to offer a rereading of the existing archives of Woody Vasulka.
Starting from the wheel and cylinder model, the Alamos and Analog series of photographs were thus revisited with the software invented by the SLIDERS_lab. This results in new circulations in image architectures that placed in the 3D virtual pace, give rise to original points of view and innovative perspectives on the work.
This reuse updates the initial images which then leave their archive status to appear as creations.
Generic
• Concept, artistic direction: Frédéric Curien, Jean-Marie Dallet, Hervé Jolly, Woody Vasulka.
Production
• Labex Arts-H2H (University of Paris 8, France), Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, Turcoing, France.
Technical
• 3 screens on which video projection images are displayed. 3 video projectors are suspended which send images to the screens using 3 multimedia players in which a USB key is inserted. 2 speakers connected to an amplification system are placed behind each screens.
Expositions
• 2020 : Point Zero. Woody Vasulka, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, School of Art and Design at Algred University, NY, United States.
• 2019 : Mémoires vives: from Nam June Paik to SLIDERS_lab, curator Jean-Marie Dallet, Zebrastraat (Ghent) & Bozar (Brussels), Belgium.
• 2017 : Les vitrines du Labex Arts-H2H, Labex Arts-H2H, ENS Louis-Lumière, Saint-Denis, France. Matrix Sculptures 2, 7, 8.
• 2016 : Flux et reflux du signal, Steina & Woody Vasulka and SLIDERS_lab, Le Cube, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
• 2016 : Vasulka’s Variations : Steina et Woody Vasulka & SLIDERS_lab, LAIT Art center, Albi, France.
• 2014-2015 : Au commencement était le bruit, Gantner Multimedia Center, Bourogne, France.
