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