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Bill Viola

Bill Viola

Biography

A pioneer in the medium of video art, Bill Viola's work explores the spiritual and perceptual side of human experience. Since 1970 he has created videotapes, architectural video installations, sound environments, electronic music performances and pieces for television. Works include Hatsu Yume (First Dream), The Passing, and installations Room for St. John of the Cross, The Messenger and The Quintet of the Astonished, recently shown at the National Gallery, London in "Encounters, New Art from Old". A 25-year survey exhibition of his work organized by The Whitney Museum of American Art recently traveled to 6 institutions in the USA and Europe. MacArthur Fellow.

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

123

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-01-25

Place of Birth

Queens, New York, USA

Also Known As

Known For

The Voyage Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House Return I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart The Reflecting Pool Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's What Is Cinema? Going Forth By Day Processing the Signal Migration (for Jack Nelson) Trovoada The Deluge The Stopping Mind The Passing Moonblood Vegetable Memory Silent Life Slowly Turning Narrative Memories Of Ancestral Power Anthem Hatsu Yume (First Dream) The Veiling Ancient of Days Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat) The Nantes Triptych The Raft The Greeting Fire Woman A Phrase from Chris Truth Through Mass Individuation The Space Between the Teeth Songs of Innocence Junkyard Levitation Four Songs Sodium Vapor Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get Lonely A Non-Dairy Creamer The Semi-Circular Canals A Million Other Things (2) Red Tape: Collected Works Déserts Heaven and Earth Surrender Inverted Birth Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity Three Women The Dreamers The Tristan Project Fire Birth The Path The Crossing Sweet Light Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers The Wheel of Becoming Angel's Gate The Morning After the Night of Power Martyrs He Weeps for You Ocean Without a Shore Eternal Return Mary Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Ascension Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall) Emergence The Encounter Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979 The Sleepers The Crossing Information Catherine's Room Anima Four Hands The Quintet of the Astonished Ablutions Walking on the Edge Martyrs: Earth Martyrs: Air Martyrs: Fire Martyrs: Water Basin of Tears The Innocents Traveling on Foot Interval Poem B (The Guest House) The Silent Sea
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