Bill Viola Movies

  • 2012
    The Encounter

    The Encounter

    The Encounter

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    The Encounter
  • 1992
    The Sleepers

    The Sleepers

    The Sleepers

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    The Sleepers is a startlingly dark vision of sleeping people suspended under water, unable to make contact with the world outside. Viola describes...

    The Sleepers
  • 1990
    The Stopping Mind

    The Stopping Mind

    The Stopping Mind

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    The video installation's alternation between slow and fast-moving images, as well as soft and loud sounds, represents faltering thought processes. A...

    The Stopping Mind
  • 1995
    The Veiling

    The Veiling

    The Veiling

    01995HD

    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
  • 2003
    Emergence

    Emergence

    Emergence

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    Emergence
  • 2014
    Martyrs: Fire

    Martyrs: Fire

    Martyrs: Fire

    02014HD

    Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) consists of four plasma screens, each showing a single figure who is progressively overwhelmed by the onslaught of...

    Martyrs: Fire
  • 2001
    Catherine's Room

    Catherine's Room

    Catherine's Room

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    This video work is one of a group of pieces known as 'The Passions' which explores human emotions, inspired by early European devotional paintings....

    Catherine's Room
  • 2002
    The Path

    The Path

    The Path

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    The Path
  • 2014
    Martyrs: Water

    Martyrs: Water

    Martyrs: Water

    02014HD

    Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) consists of four plasma screens, each showing a single figure who is progressively overwhelmed by the onslaught of...

    Martyrs: Water