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«The Commission». — [1980-1992]. — Set of 59 elements. — File. — The person who processed the documents established the arrangement of items. — Includes eight programs, three descriptions of the videotape, one press release, one leaflet, one shooting script, three versions of the text of the cue lines of the videotape, four notes written by Woody Vasulka, fourtheen black and white photocopies of photographies, two photocopies of books parts, one budget, one speech, one test chart, four periodical articles, twenty three articles with a mention of the work, five letters.
CR+D Code number : VAS B04-C01

File
- Document in French and English
- State in the CR+D Collection : ORIGINAL
- Fonds/Collections : Vasulka
- Is part of the series Vasulka : Vidéogrammes et installations

This document contains the following documents :
- [Lettre à Woody Vasulka], May 09, 1986 [(sic)].
- Poetic license, [1986].
- Video festival, [ca 1987].
- Taidevideonäyttely, [ca 1985].
- Tone roads west : poetry and new music, [ca 1983].
- Film and video at Astoria, [s.d.].
- Moca lapa : under grand music, [ca 1990].
- Electronic narrative, [ca 1984].
- The territory, [ca 1985].
- [The kitchen : video, music, dance, performance], [ca 1983].
- Vasulka, Woody. — [The commission], [s.d.].
- Sturken, Marita. — [The commission : Woody Vasulka], [s.d.].
- Vasulka, Woody. — [Hector], [s.d.].
- Vasulka, Woody. — [The commission], [s.d.].
- Vasulka, Woody. — Death of Pagini, [s.d.].
- Vasulka, Woody. — The commission scores.
- Haller, Robert A. — «In 1971, Woody and Steina opened New York’s Kitchen, an arts exhibition space for videomakers». — American Film. — [?].
- [Tournage de «The commission»], [s.d.].
- Vasulka, Woody. — The commission, [s.d.].
- [The commission], [s.d].
- Wooster, Ann-Sargent. — [Lettre à Woody & Steina Vasulka], March 1, 1983.
- [?, Bob]. — [Lettre à Woody Vasulka].
- Carpenter, Kim. — [Lettre à Woody Vasulka], April 28, 1992.
- [?, Ernfe]. — [Lettre à Steina & Woody Vasulka], Oct. 8/’80 [(sic)].
- Vasulka, Woody. — Paganini’s speech, [s.d.].
- Vasulka, Woody. — Rough ideas on staging a performance based on Paganini, [s.d.].
- The commission, [s.d.[.
- Paganini notes, [s.d.].
- Cast of hand of Paganini, [s.d.].
- Furlong, Lucinda. — «Notes toward a history of image-processed video : Steina and Woody Vasulka». — Afterimage. — Vol. 11, no. 5 (Dec. 1983).

The CR+D Database contains the following indexation:
(Please note that indexation is not always exhaustive.)

Individuals:
- Robert Ashley
- Cosimo Corsano
- François Girard
- Ernest Gusella
- Gary Hill
- Joan Jonas
- Gerald L. O'Grady
- Niccolò Paganini
- Steina Vasulka
- Woody Vasulka
- Reynold Weidenaar

Events:
- Poetic license, 1986, Long Beach
- Video festival, 1987, London
- Taidevideonäyttely, 1985, Suomen
- Tone Roads West : poetry and new music, 1983, Santa Fe
- Moca Lapa : under grand music, 1990, Los Angeles
- Electronic Narrative, 1984, Buffalo
- Commission (The ), 1983, New York

Artworks:
- Woody Vasulka, The Commission, 1983
- Steina Vasulka, Summer Salt, 1982
- Steina & Woody Vasulka, In Search of the Castle, 1981
- Steina & Woody Vasulka, Progeny, 1981
- Woody Vasulka, Artifacts, 1980
- Steina Vasulka, Cantaloup, 1980
- Steina Vasulka, The West, 1983

Themes:
- Electronic Arts
- Image
- Video Installation
- Art AND Video