Bill Viola
Known for Directing
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.
Filmography
The Semi-Circular Canals
1975
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Déserts
1994
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The Raft
2004
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Going Forth By Day
2002
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Mary
2016
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Return
1975
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The Tristan Project
2004
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Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)
1979
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Ascension
2000
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Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
1981
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Martyrs
2014
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The Voyage
2002
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I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
1986
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Slowly Turning Narrative
1992
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The Passing
1992
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Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
2005
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The Reflecting Pool
1979
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Surrender
2001
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The Dreamers
2013
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The Encounter
2012
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