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