Bill Viola: Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House: Writings 1973-1994 (Painters & Sculptors)

Bill Viola: Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House: Writings 1973-1994 (Painters & Sculptors)

by Bill Viola (Author), RobertViolette (Author)

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Bill Viola ia a leading artist working in video and sound installations. Born in 1951, Viola began working with film and electronic sound as a student in the early 1970s . For the last 25 years, he has used innovative multi-media technologies to explore the phenomena of sense perception as a language of the body and avenue of self-knowledge. In his work, Viola has integrated many discliplines and philosophies to present a broad view of contemporary art's relevance to the modern world, a view which has roots in the history of both Western and Eastern art.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 04 Dec 1995

ISBN 10: 0500278377
ISBN 13: 9780500278376

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The larger struggle we are witnessing today . . . [is] an ecological drama where the outcome rests not only on our realization that the natural physical environment is one and the same as our bodies, but that nature itself is a form of Mind. -- Bill Viola
& quot; The larger struggle we are witnessing today . . . [is] an ecological drama where the outcome rests not only on our realization that the natural physical environment is one and the same as our bodies, but that nature itself is a form of Mind.& quot; -- Bill Viola
The larger struggle we are witnessing today . . . [is] an ecological drama where the outcome rests not only on our realization that the natural physical environment is one and the same as our bodies, but that nature itself is a form of Mind. --Bill Viola