Three Grizzlies . 1975. An active camera focuses on the movement of pacing bears as they lumber around their pen under the gaze of spectators at the Central Park Zoo. Semiotics of the Kitchen . Adopting the form of a parodic cooking demonstration, this performance-based work shows securely understood signs of domestic industry erupting into anger and violence. 2 Aspects .
Sturgeon explores videospace through ritualistically performed actions.
Program 4 Woody and Steina Vasulka. Vocabulary, The Matter, Telc., and Explanation . A hand used as a metaphor for expression and gesture, and a sphere that symbolizes form, are manipulated with a keyer, colorizer, and scan processor to convey the basic energy laws in electronic imaging. Three Transitions . 1973. One of the seminal works in video, this piece by Campus uses basic techniques of video technology to create succinct, almost philosophical metaphors for the psychology of the self.