Bill Viola

Bill Viola. “The real things are under the surface.”

When video artist Bill Viola was 6 years old he fell into a lake, all the way to the bottom, to a place which seemed like paradise. “There’s more than just the surface of life.” Viola explains. GUGGENHEIM SOHO : MEDIASCAPE : Bill Viola. Bill Viola - Selected Works - James Cohan Gallery. BILL VIOLA Inverted Birth, 2014 Video/sound installation Color High-Definition video projection on screen mounted on wall in dark room Projected image size: 16 ft 5 in x 9 ft 3 in (5 x 2.81 m) Duration 8:22 minutes Performer: Norman Scott BILL VIOLA Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water), 2014 Color High-Definition video polyptych on four vertical plasma displays 55 x 133 x 4 in. (140 x 338 x 10 cm) Duration 7:15 minutes Installation view: St.

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