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Steina Vasulka (born Steinunn Briem Bjarnadottir in 1940) and Woody Vasulka (born 1937) are pioneers of video art
Video art

Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and comprises video and/or sound reproduction data. . Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s, is still widely practiced and has given rise to the widespread use of video installations....
, having practiced in the genre since its early days in the late 1960s.

Steina was born in Reykjavík
Reykjavík

is the Capital and largest city of Iceland. Its latitude at 64?08' N makes it the world's most northern national capital city. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxafl?i Bay....
, Iceland
Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
 and trained as a classical musician before receiving a scholarship at the Prague Conservatory
Prague Conservatory

Prague Conservatory, sometimes also Prague Conservatoire, in Czech language Pra?sk? konzervator, is a Czech Republic secondary school in Prague dedicated to teaching the arts of music and theater acting....
 in 1959. Woody was born in Brno
Brno

Brno is the second-largest city in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 1243, although the area had been settled since the 5th century. Today Brno has 403,304 inhabitants and is the seat of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Court, Supreme Administrative Court, Supreme Prosecutor's Office and Ombudsman....
, now in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
 and trained as an engineer before studying television and film production at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague is a university level school of music, dance, drama, film, TV and multi-media studies....
.






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Steina Vasulka (born Steinunn Briem Bjarnadottir in 1940) and Woody Vasulka (born 1937) are pioneers of video art
Video art

Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and comprises video and/or sound reproduction data. . Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s, is still widely practiced and has given rise to the widespread use of video installations....
, having practiced in the genre since its early days in the late 1960s.

Steina was born in Reykjavík
Reykjavík

is the Capital and largest city of Iceland. Its latitude at 64?08' N makes it the world's most northern national capital city. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxafl?i Bay....
, Iceland
Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
 and trained as a classical musician before receiving a scholarship at the Prague Conservatory
Prague Conservatory

Prague Conservatory, sometimes also Prague Conservatoire, in Czech language Pra?sk? konzervator, is a Czech Republic secondary school in Prague dedicated to teaching the arts of music and theater acting....
 in 1959. Woody was born in Brno
Brno

Brno is the second-largest city in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 1243, although the area had been settled since the 5th century. Today Brno has 403,304 inhabitants and is the seat of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Court, Supreme Administrative Court, Supreme Prosecutor's Office and Ombudsman....
, now in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
 and trained as an engineer before studying television and film production at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague is a university level school of music, dance, drama, film, TV and multi-media studies....
. The couple met in the early 1960s and moved to New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 in 1965, where they pioneered the showing of video art at the Whitney Museum and founded The Kitchen
The Kitchen

The Kitchen is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary art space in New York City.The Kitchen was founded in Greenwich Village in 1971 and it takes it name from its original location, the kitchen of the Mercer Arts Center....
 in 1971. Since 1980 they have been based in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe is the Capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the List of cities in New Mexico and is the county seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 62,203 at the United States Census, 2000; the estimate for July 1, 2006, is 72,056....
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