Bill Viola
Directing · Born Jan 25, 1951 · Queens, New York, USA
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.
Directed
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
2018
Martyrs: Earth
2014
Martyrs: Water
2014
Martyrs: Fire
2014
Martyrs: Air
2014
Martyrs
2014
Inverted Birth
2014
Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity
2013
The Dreamers
2013
The Encounter
2012
Walking on the Edge
2012
Traveling on Foot
2012
A Phrase from Chris
20119.0
The Innocents
2008
Three Women
2008
Ocean Without a Shore
20076.0
Poem B (The Guest House)
2006
Basin of Tears
2005
Ablutions
2005
Fire Woman
20058.0
Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
20058.0
The Tristan Project
2004
The Raft
2004
Emergence
20035.0
Going Forth By Day
2002
Fire Birth
2002
The Path
20027.0
The Voyage
200210.0
Four Hands
2001
Catherine's Room
2001
Surrender
2001
The Quintet of the Astonished
2000
Anima
2000
Eternal Return
2000
The Crossing
1996
The Veiling
1995
Interval
1995
The Greeting
1995
Déserts
19946.0
The Passing
19925.5
Slowly Turning Narrative
1992
The Nantes Triptych
1992
Heaven and Earth
1992
The Sleepers
1992
The Stopping Mind
1990
I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
19866.7
Silent Life
1986
Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers
19846.0
Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
19835.2
Anthem
19836.3
Ancient of Days
19827.1
Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
19816.4
The Reflecting Pool
19795.3
Moonblood
1979
Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)
19796.3
Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers
1977
He Weeps for You
1977
The Space Between the Teeth
19767.0
Songs of Innocence
1976
Migration (for Jack Nelson)
19766.0
The Semi-Circular Canals
1975
Red Tape: Collected Works
1975
Information
19736.0
