Didactic Video Reading

Didactic Video: Organizational Models of the Electronic Image starts out with a short bio of Woody Vasulka introducing him and giving a little back story. It then moves on to describe and document the Rutt/Etra video synthesizer that the authors of this article used to achieve video effects in their work. It then turns to discussing Vasulka's current work at the time of this publication. A specific work entitled "Time/Energy Structure of the Electronic Image" in the Statement section. The reading then displays images of the work and explains what is happening in each. It then goes on to discuss five lectures that Vasulka held at Media Study/Buffalo in 1976. He speaks about many facets of video art but at the end he comes to the conclusion that everyone uses the tools at their disposal to further learn about themselves.

This writing was rather lengthy and was full of information. At times it became difficult to focus because the of the incredibly detailed explanations and discussions of certain topics. The reading does everything from the giving a bio of the artist, to introducing technology, to details of the work, to the artist's personal beliefs about the field of video art.