I was in a dark wood: (Jung, 1963).
video installation: "Scapes of Paradoxy: The Southwest and Iceland by Steina." Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico, November 15-30, 1986.
From catalogue interview:
MaLin Wilson: Months ago, when I asked you for a title for this new piece, Scapes of Paradoxy: The Southwest and Iceland seemed to come about by whimsy.
Steina Vasulka: I Actually thought to call it Landscapes of Paradoxy, but you heard 'scape' and I thought it was better because although there is landscape, there is also seascape. And, perhaps, the landscape is not that important: it is a moving image with which I perform the piece. There may be a camera pan, or a camera tilt, but mostly the Southwest landscapes move because I sweep them with water, either the ocean or steam from Icelandic hot springs."
In China: (Bloch,1994).
built around: C. Chaplin, "What People Laugh At." (McCaffrey, 1971).
the transformation: (Kris and Kurz, 1979).
a monkey: "In each major culture, the monkey carries the shadow of the culture. In the Middle Ages monkeys represented drunkenness. In Jewish religion they represented lasciviousness. The monkey in India is a redeemer but he's also a crafty trickster. Even Heraclitus remarked, 'We are to the gods as the monkeys are to us.'" J. Hillman. (Moore, 1983).
O Charlie Chaplin: From, O. Mandelstam, "The Charlie Chaplin Poem."
what he came: G. Sebba, "Introduction to the Dover Edition." (Sebba, 1973).
Contemporary: C. Owens. Catalogue for "The Heroic Figure," Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston TX.
Craig Owens was a Senior Editor for Art in America. Several years ago the magazine lost a manuscript of mine that was addressed to Owens. In Feb.1986, when he was at UNM to give a talk, I asked him about it. He said he'd been on sick leave and hadn't seen the work. Owens died from AIDS in 1990.
about the Donner: C. Chaplin. Quoted by C.W. Wood, "With the Bunk Left out." (McCaffrey, 1971).
on Amboy Street: (Shulman, 1947).
sudden rainfall: J. Weishaus. From, "Fourteen Brooklyn Poems."
The oldest: M. Simons, "Stone Age Art Shows Penguins at Mediterranean." The New York Times, 20 October 1992. pp C1, C10.
comes from being: J. Needleman. (Moyers, 1991).
'truth' can only: J. Derrida, "Spurs." (Derrida, 1979).
who the world is: "Fear reminds us that we have forgotten who the world is." (Murphy, 1977) .
The abolition: S. Giedion, "The New Space Conception: Space-Time." (Patrides, 1976).
Might not: F. Nietzsche.
one rainy day: J. Weishaus, "My Friend."
Konocti's flame: J. Weishaus, "Konocti." Mt. Konocti is in Lake County, CA., by Clear Lake, which is the largest lake entirely within the state.
through hot fireplace: J. Weishaus, "Fallen Trees."
Shih's oak: J. Weishaus, "Sacred Oak (after Chuang Tzu)."
sharp horns: After the Golden Calf was destroyed, Moses descended from Mount Sinai with a second set of Commandments, his head adorned with a set of horns. "It is said that [the horns] derive from an error made by Jerome in his translation of the Old Testament, namely, a mistranslation of the Hebrew word, geren, in Exodus 34.29...where geren can mean either 'horns' or 'rays of light.'" (Mellankoff, 1968).
the famous bull: Recollection of one who worked with Pablo Picasso in the lithographic workshop of Fernand Mourlot. (Lavin, 1993).
Who was there: "Fear reminds us that we have forgotten who the world is." (Murphy, 1977).
had come from: (Meltzer, 1979)
our conversations: Ibid.
the other Skinz: (Vollman, 1988).
the tradition: (Snyder, 1969).
tall boulders: J. Weishaus, "Who Survived This Winter: A Dream." Ettawa Springs, CA.
a black hole: J. Weishaus, "Space."
one reason: (Angier, 1993).
media, it was: (Leary, 1993).
shadows: J. Weishaus. From, "Eight New York Poems."
A gold-feathered bird: W. Stevens. From, "Of Mere Being."
cold bench: J. Weishaus, "Lustration."
special obligation: R. Venturi. (Tufle, 1990)
it is not: H. Melville. (Mumford, 1929).