Book launch
Lenka Dolanová: A Dialogue with the Demons of the Tools: Steina and Woody Vašulka

The English edition of Lenka Dolanová's book about Steina and Woody Vašulka, A Dialogue with the Demons of the Tools: Steina and Woody Vašulka, is published ten years after the original Czech version (Prague: NAMU and JSAF / International Documentary Film Festival, 2011). It is a revised version of the publication in graphic design by Martin Odehnal, which was published by the Vašulka Kitchen Brno with the aim of introducing the Vašulka's work to an international audience. The publication Dialogue with the Demons of Instruments - Steina and Woody Vasulka is the only monographic publication to date that evaluates the work of these two artists, who significantly influenced the beginnings of video art and the development of electronic art.

The book launch will be attended by its author, art historian and curator Lenka Dolanová and her colleagues who participated on the book. The launch will be accompanied by an exhibition opening and a concert by artist Gijs Gieskes.

PROGRAMME

18:00⠀Opening of the exhibition machines with no need of humankind

18:30⠀Christening of Lenka Dolanová's publication A Dialogue with the Demons of the Tools: Stein and Woody Vašulka. The biography of the Vašulkas is now published by Vašulka Kitchen Brno for the first time in an English edition. 

from 19:00/19:30⠀Concert by Gijs Gieskes and Ondřej Merta. With a set on the gameboy, Gijs Gieskes will recall the chiptune scene that peaked around 2007, when the documentary Reformat the planet was made and the Blip fest in New York took place. Ondřej Merta will dust off the cartridges from the noughties.

Despite the undeniable contribution of Steina and Woody Vasulka to the art of electronic media, their work has not yet been sufficiently appreciated in a global context. The English translation of a revised and expanded version of the book by Lenka Dolanová, who dedicated her doctoral thesis at FAMU to their work, will introduce their art and life to an international audience for the first time in a comprehensive way. The book has been expanded with a new introduction by Tomáš Ruller, and the text has been revised and expanded to include additional chapters dealing with the duo's work over the last ten years and their work with the Vasulka archives and the restoration of Woody Vasulka's installations. The publication is supplemented by a complete inventory of the Vasulka's works and a list of exhibitions, and also includes a selection of Woody Vasulka's poetry. The book has a rich photographic appendix. 

The book can be purchased at Vasulka Kitchen Brno for 490 Czech crowns, or individually ordered online. In this case, please contact us at [obfuscate_1_|103|110|102|106|63|116|97|115|112|107|105|97|107|100|115|97|104|101|105|45|109|114|103]. Postage will be added to the book price.,

The Vašulka Kitchen Brno program is financially supported by the Statutory City of Brno and the Ministry of Culture of Czech Republic.