Luca Pietro Vasta: Antiphony. 1999


We are usually reassured by the certainty of our view of events; at least, 
until the same event shown us from another viewpoint turns everything up 
side down.
There is no question that art is the view of the world, the interpretation 
of the enterprise of mankind, time, and culture which surrounds the artist. 
The perceptive eye of the artist grasps what escapes us due to lack of 
attention, out of habit.
And again, if it is correct that art is the daughter of her time, then it 
is, objectively speaking, true that modern art has reached its 
technological maturity in which this technology steps forward as the main 
player.
But let's not forget that art is first of all communication, at some stages 
and in some cases universal- a privileged form of expression.

Gertrude Moser-Wagner and Beverly Piersol use the video camera like a 
written text focusing on a given object, from two different viewpoints, at 
different times, from different angles, in a kind of antiphony, a crossed 
dialogue. In this way they reinvent the given situation.
Technology and poetry are the two factors, on which the research of the 
artists is concentrated. The poetry, seen etymologically, is the art of 
doing (from the greek póein: to do) to which technology is added; that is, 
the medium which is used. 
The results are an interrelation which enriches us and challenges our 
perception thanks to the creation of a new language, a kind of coining of 
art, which fascinates and, in a certain way, enslaves us.
The idea of dualism and melting together are the principium vitae of 
Gertrude and Beverly. At the same time the films of the  two artists bear 
witness to our times, to Time itself.
This makes their work part of the extremely complex picture of contemporary 
art, which has an intensified awareness for its environment. This is the 
way the two artists work and, by devoting their energy to a heterogeneous 
public bring them closer to the world of art.