Steina: Playback Audio Companion: Steina: Playback
For over fifty years, the artist Steina has been creating groundbreaking work by embracing the tools of video processing. The exhibition Steina: Playback organized by the MIT List Visual Arts Center and in collaboration with the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, explores the artist’s work from 1969 to 2000. In this audio guide, we’ll hear from Steina’s students, former colleagues and collaborators, and those she influenced and inspired.
Featured Voices
• Chris Hill, former Video Curator at Hallwalls, professor and video artist
• Kathy High, a student of Steina's, Professor of Video and New Media at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Arnold Dreyblatt, Steina's first student, Berlin-based composer and artist
• Ed Cardoni, Executive Director of Hallwalls
• Brian Milbrand, professor and technical director at Buffalo State University, and Jeff Mace, Multimedia Producer at the Buffalo AKG
• Jennifer Reeder, artist and filmmaker, and Professor in Moving Image at the University of Illinois Chicago
Introductions
The Magic of Violin Power
With Chris Hill
Listen to curator and artist Chris Hill describe the magic of witnessing Violin Power in Steina’s classroom.
Take Chances
With Kathy High
Listen to artist and professor Kathy High describe how Steina inspired her to take chances in her work and life.
Steina’s First Student
With Arnold Dreyblatt
Listen to composer and artist Arnold Dreyblatt describe what it was like to be a student of Steina and Woody Vasulka in the the 1970s.
The Video Scene
With Ed Cardoni
Listen to Hallwalls Executive Director Ed Cardoni describe the media arts scene in Buffalo that Steina and Woody Vasulka helped build.
Playing Along with Steina
With Brian Milbrand and Jeff Mace
Listen to artist and Buffalo State University professor Brian Milbrand and the Buffalo AKG Art Museum’s Multimedia Producer Jeff Mace describe collaborating with Steina.
Do-It-Yourself Inspiration
With Jennifer Reeder
Listen to artist and filmmaker Jennifer Reeder describe the impact that seeing Steina’s video work had on her work.
