Bill Viola
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.
Fotos
Películas (90)

Das Theater im Sucher - Die Fotografin Ruth Walz
2026 · Self

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
2018 · Director

Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
2017 · Self
Mary
2016 · Writer, Director

Martyrs: Earth
2014 · Director

Martyrs: Water
2014 · Director

Martyrs: Fire
2014 · Director

Martyrs: Air
2014 · Director

Martyrs
2014 · Director

Inverted Birth
2014 · Director

What Is Cinema?
2013 · Self

Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity
2013 · Director

The Dreamers
2013 · Director

The Encounter
2012 · Director

Walking on the Edge
2012 · Director

Traveling on Foot
2012 · Director

A Phrase from Chris
2011 · Director

The Innocents
2008 · Director

Three Women
2008 · Director

Ocean Without a Shore
2007 · Director

Poem B (The Guest House)
2006 · Director

Basin of Tears
2005 · Director

Ablutions
2005 · Director

Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
2005 · Idea, Director

Fire Woman
2005 · Director

The Tristan Project
2004 · Director

The Raft
2004 · Writer, Director

Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart
2003 · Self

Emergence
2003 · Director

Going Forth By Day
2002 · (segment "The Voyage"), Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor

Fire Birth
2002 · Director

The Path
2002 · Director

The Voyage
2002 · Gatekeeper, Director
The Silent Sea
2002 · Director

Four Hands
2001 · Director

Catherine's Room
2001 · Director

Surrender
2001 · Director

The Quintet of the Astonished
2000 · Director

Anima
2000 · Director

Eternal Return
2000 · Director
Ascension
2000 · Director

The Crossing
1996 · Director

The Veiling
1995 · Director

Interval
1995 · Director

Trovoada
1995 · Self (voice)

The Greeting
1995 · Director

Déserts
1994 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer

The Passing
1992 · Director

Slowly Turning Narrative
1992 · Director

The Nantes Triptych
1992 · Director

Heaven and Earth
1992 · Director

The Sleepers
1992 · Director

The Stopping Mind
1990 · Director
Angel's Gate
1989 · Director of Photography, Idea, Editor, Director
Sodium Vapor
1986 · Director

I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
1986 · Himself, Director, Producer, Cinematography

Silent Life
1986 · Director

Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers
1984 · Director

Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
1983 · Writer, Director

Anthem
1983 · Director, Writer

Ancient of Days
1982 · Director

Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
1981 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
Vegetable Memory
1980 · Director

The Reflecting Pool
1979 · Performer, Director, Director of Photography, Writer

Moonblood
1979 · Director

Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)
1979 · Director, Creator
Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979
1979 · Director
Memories Of Ancestral Power
1977 · Director

Guadalcanal Requiem
1977 · Director of Photography
The Wheel of Becoming
1977 · Director
The Morning After the Night of Power
1977 · Director

Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers
1977 · Director
Sweet Light
1977 · Director

He Weeps for You
1977 · Director
Truth Through Mass Individuation
1976 · Director

The Space Between the Teeth
1976 · Director
Four Songs
1976 · Director
Junkyard Levitation
1976 · Director

Songs of Innocence
1976 · Director

Migration (for Jack Nelson)
1976 · Director of Photography, Idea, Editor, Director
Return
1975 · Director, Writer
A Non-Dairy Creamer
1975 · Director
Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get Lonely
1975 · Director
A Million Other Things (2)
1975 · Director

Red Tape: Collected Works
1975 · Director

The Semi-Circular Canals
1975 · Director

Information
1973 · Director
Processing the Signal
· Himself

The Deluge
· Director, Writer
The Crossing
· Director
Series (0)
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