Bill Viola is widely regarded as one of the world's leading visual artists, considered a pioneer in the medium of video art, he has been working in video and experimental music since 1970.During this time, Viola assisted Nam June Paik and Peter Campus with various projects, and between 1973 and 1980 worked with the composer David Tudor and the avant-garde music group Composers Inside Electronics.
Viola has made a major contribution to the establishment of video art as a sustainable form of art. He has constantly pushed the limits of technology, but has also been inspired by traditional art. He uses video to explore the phenomena of sense perception as an avenue to self-knowledge his work draws on intimate personal experiences, but has universal resonance.
Bill Viola creates installations that combine video and sound in intriguing ways, using a high level of technical skill.His evocative pieces focus on universal human experiences and are inspired by both western and eastern art as well as religion and mystical traditions.His work is profoundly spiritual and never afraid to make big statements about human life and its relation to the universe, to the soul and human spirit, to nature, and to death.
Bill Viola: Anthem
The piece centers on a single piercing scream and on the extension of this scream by a little girl. This initial cry, which only lasts a few seconds, is prolonged in time and its frequency is profoundly transformed and multiplied by the use of slow motion.
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