Directing · b. 1951 · Queens, New York, USA

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 ...

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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde 2018 Mary 2016 Inverted Birth 2014 Martyrs 2014 Martyrs: Water 2014 Martyrs: Earth 2014 Martyrs: Air 2014 Martyrs: Fire 2014 Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity 2013 The Dreamers 2013 The Encounter 2012 Walking on the Edge 2012 Traveling on Foot 2012 A Phrase from Chris 2011 Three Women 2008 The Innocents 2008 Ocean Without a Shore 2007 Poem B (The Guest House) 2006 Fire Woman 2005 Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall) 2005 Ablutions 2005 Basin of Tears 2005 The Tristan Project 2004 The Raft 2004 Emergence 2003 Going Forth By Day 2002 Fire Birth 2002 The Path 2002 The Voyage 2002 Surrender 2001 Catherine's Room 2001 Four Hands 2001 Eternal Return 2000 Ascension 2000 Anima 2000 The Quintet of the Astonished 2000 The Crossing 1996 The Veiling 1995 The Greeting 1995 Interval 1995 Déserts 1994 The Passing 1992 Slowly Turning Narrative 1992 The Nantes Triptych 1992 Heaven and Earth 1992 The Sleepers 1992 The Stopping Mind 1990 Angel's Gate 1989 Silent Life 1986 I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like 1986 Sodium Vapor 1986 Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers 1984 Anthem 1983 Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House 1983 Ancient of Days 1982 Hatsu Yume (First Dream) 1981 Vegetable Memory 1980 Moonblood 1979 Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat) 1979 The Reflecting Pool 1979 Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979 1979 Memories Of Ancestral Power 1977 The Wheel of Becoming 1977 The Morning After the Night of Power 1977 Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers 1977 Sweet Light 1977 He Weeps for You 1977 Migration (for Jack Nelson) 1976 Truth Through Mass Individuation 1976 The Space Between the Teeth 1976 Four Songs 1976 Junkyard Levitation 1976 Songs of Innocence 1976 A Non-Dairy Creamer 1975 Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get Lonely 1975 A Million Other Things (2) 1975 Red Tape: Collected Works 1975 Return 1975 The Semi-Circular Canals 1975 Information 1973
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