Bill Viola
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
2018Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
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2014Inverted Birth
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2014Martyrs
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2014Martyrs: Earth
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2014Martyrs: Air
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2014Martyrs: Fire
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2014Martyrs: Water
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2013Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity
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2013The Dreamers
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2012The Encounter
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2012Walking on the Edge
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2012Traveling on Foot
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2011A Phrase from Chris
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2008Three Women
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2008The Innocents
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2007Ocean Without a Shore
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2006Poem B (The Guest House)
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2005Fire Woman
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2005Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
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2005Ablutions
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2005Basin of Tears
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2004The Raft
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2004The Tristan Project
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2003Emergence
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