Károly Halász – Transition
(Title was before: An Indian in Holland)

Description

Károly Halász, prior to Works and Words collaborated with Videoheads in Amsterdam. Videoheads founded by Jack Moore, was a production studio for video-art. They collaborated with artists and helped in the production of their video-works. Among others, Nan Hoover and Raoul Marroquin work with Videoheads. The studio also assisted De Appel in the organization of Works and Words. In a letter to De Appel Károly, Halász mentioned that Videoheads had his videotape, Transition that De Appel could use for the exhibition. De Appel contacted Jack Moore for permission for Halász’s video. It is not clear whether the video was screened during the exhibition at the end. When Halász was in Amsterdam he didn’t have the money to buy a cassette to get a copy of his video, so in his letter in 1979 also asked De Appel to send it to him. Almost 30 years later, in 2007 Halász contacted De Appel again in search for Transition. This time De Appel sent a DVD copy of the video.