Sykes 32 / Darsan sub master
This is a documentation of Barbara Sykes’ video installation work “d/stabilize/d” (1987).
A single-channel version of a multi-monitor live, interactive electronic installation and performance by Barbara Sykes on the video synthesizer and Michael Sterling on the audio synthesizer. And a NASA computer simulation of celestial orbit.
This is a reel consisting of Barbara Sykes’ works “By the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak” (1978), “Electronic Masks” (1978), and “Clowns” made with the Sandin Image Processor.
This is a reel consisting of Barbara Sykes’ live performance of “Circle 9 Sunrise” (1976) and the work “The Poem” (1975) and made with the Sandin Image Processor.
The work presented on this tape is one excerpt of three pieces in a live performance of dance, audio, and video synthesis. Originally conceived by Barbara Sykes and Michael Sterling in November, 1976, the “Ngoma Dance” was a total interaction work with an electronic environment performed at the University of Illinois, Chicago Circle Campus.