SPECIAL
PROGRAM : LES DÉSERTS DE BILL VIOLA
Courtesy
Electronic Arts Intermix On-Line Catalogue: www.eai.org
Bill Viola is a major figure in video art. His works,
which have received international recognition, are
distinguished by a confluence of allegorical resonance
and virtuosic control of technology. Viola explores
video's temporal and optical systems to metaphorically
examine modes of perception and cognition, and ultimately
chart a symbolic quest for self. His ritualized investigations
of visual and acoustic phenomena, illusion and reality,
achieve a poetic articulation of visionary transcendence.
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Bill
Viola
Chott el-Djerid
vidéo, 1979, 28 min, color, sound, USA
Chott el-Djerid is a remarkable study of perception
and transcendence. Viola writes that "Chott
el-Djerid is the name of a vast dry salt lake in
the Tunisian Sahara desert where mirages are most
likely to form in the midday sun.
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Bill Viola
The passing
vidéo, 1991, 54:13 min, b&w, sound, USA
The Passing hauntingly travels the terrains of the
conscious, the subconscious, and the desert landscapes
of the Southwest, melding sleep, dreams and the drama
of waking life into a stunning masterpiece.
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Bill Viola
Déserts
vidéo, 1994, 26 min, color, sound, USA
Déserts was created to accompany a live performance
of the work of avant-garde composer Edgard Varèse
(1885-1965). The Ensemble Modern, a contemporary music
group based in Frankfurt, commissioned Viola to create
a visual score for Varèse's Déserts
after discovering notes by the composer referring
to an unrealized image component of his composition. |
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