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