The Age of Video
Chase began working in video in the early 1970s, using computer imaging, when video art was new. She began by integrating her sculptures with interactive dancers, using special effects to create dreamlike work. Victor Ancona said of Chase's dance videos, "Watching her tapes gave me the feeling of being transported to an enchanted, phosphorescent environment unceasingly in flux, a voyage I will long remember". The "phosphorescent environment" that so impressed Ancona was the Northwest's iridescent light shown for the first time as art turned video.
Chase formed a romantic and professional relationship with composer George Kleinsinger, and he composed the music for 12 of her videos.
As a video artist, Chase lectured and showed her work abroad under the auspices of the United States Information Agency, for whom she traveled to India, Europe, Australia, South America, Czechoslovakia, and Romania.
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