Steina Vasulka

Icelandic (Reykjavik, Iceland, 1940)

The West

1983
video installation | two-channel multi-monitor video installation with sound, 1 hr.
Not currently on view in the museum
The West
72 in. x 144 in. x 144 in. (182.88 cm x 365.76 cm x 365.76 cm)
Acquired 1989
Collection SFMOMA
Accessions Committee Fund purchase: gift of Mimi and Peter Haas, Susan and Robert Green, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Walker Jr., and Thomas Weisel
© Steina Vasulka
89.53.A-Y
Keywords

landscapes, grids, monitors, patterns, horizontal, technology


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