Bill Viola
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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.
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (2018)
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Going Forth By Day (2002)
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Junkyard Levitation (1976)
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The Raft (2004)
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Mary (2016)
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Eternal Return (2000)
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The Passing (1992)
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Ancient of Days (1982)
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Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers (1984)
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Walking on the Edge (2012)
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Traveling on Foot (2012)
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Surrender (2001)
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The Tristan Project (2004)
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Anima (2000)
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Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House (1983)
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Ocean Without a Shore (2007)
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He Weeps for You (1977)
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The Silent Sea (2002)
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Angel's Gate (1989)
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Inverted Birth (2014)
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A Phrase from Chris (2011)
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The Reflecting Pool (1979)
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Catherine's Room (2001)
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Slowly Turning Narrative (1992)
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Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall) (2005)
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Ascension (2000)
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Three Women (2008)
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Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity (2013)
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Return (1975)
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The Stopping Mind (1990)
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Martyrs: Earth (2014)
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Déserts (1994)
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Basin of Tears (2005)
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Poem B (The Guest House) (2006)
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I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986)
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The Voyage (2002)
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A Million Other Things (2) (1975)
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Interval (1995)
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Heaven and Earth (1992)
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Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979 (1979)
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Truth Through Mass Individuation (1976)
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The Space Between the Teeth (1976)
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The Wheel of Becoming (1977)
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Martyrs: Air (2014)
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Sweet Light (1977)
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Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get Lonely (1975)
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Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat) (1979)
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Fire Woman (2005)
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The Dreamers (2013)
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The Semi-Circular Canals (1975)
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Anthem (1983)
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Ablutions (2005)
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Fire Birth (2002)
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The Crossing (1996)
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Silent Life (1986)
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Sodium Vapor (1986)
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Memories Of Ancestral Power (1977)
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Martyrs (2014)
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Emergence (2003)
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Red Tape: Collected Works (1975)
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The Morning After the Night of Power (1977)
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The Sleepers (1992)
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A Non-Dairy Creamer (1975)
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Vegetable Memory (1980)
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The Crossing (—)
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Hatsu Yume (First Dream) (1981)
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Songs of Innocence (1976)
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Moonblood (1979)
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Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers (1977)
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Information (1973)
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The Path (2002)
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The Nantes Triptych (1992)
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The Veiling (1995)
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Martyrs: Fire (2014)
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Four Songs (1976)
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Migration (for Jack Nelson) (1976)
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The Greeting (1995)
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The Quintet of the Astonished (2000)
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The Encounter (2012)
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Four Hands (2001)
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Martyrs: Water (2014)
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The Innocents (2008)
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