Bill Viola Movies

  • 2008
    The Innocents

    The Innocents

    The Innocents

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    Part of Bill Viola’s Transfiguration series, The Innocents explores the presence of the dead in the world of the living. The video documents a...

    The Innocents
  • 1986
    Silent Life

    Silent Life

    Silent Life

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    Silent Life records the first hours and days of life through a series of portraits of newborn babies in a hospital nursery. The alienating hospital...

    Silent Life
  • 1995
    Interval

    Interval

    Interval

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    Video/sound installation featuring two channels of color video projections from opposite walls of a large, darkened gallery; custom video switching...

    Interval
  • 1983
    Anthem

    Anthem

    Anthem

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    A series of shots depicting "America" are laid over a classic Gregorian Chant recreated through the distortion of a woman's screams.

    Anthem
  • 2001
    Surrender

    Surrender

    Surrender

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    Installation on two screens where the two characters burst into tears, gradually lowering their heads until their faces touch the water.

    Surrender
  • 1995
    The Veiling

    The Veiling

    The Veiling

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    The sculptural video installation consists of nine scrims suspended parallel to one another. Projectors at either end of the row of scrims show...

    The Veiling
  • 1977
    Sweet Light

    Sweet Light

    Sweet Light

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    Using a camera moving along a predetermined path to create the effect of a simulated zoom, Sweet Light refers to the seduction of illumination,...

    Sweet Light
  • 1970
    The Deluge

    The Deluge

    The Deluge

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    The Deluge