BILL VIOLA
Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979, 1979
Color videotape playback with rear projection reflected off water surface of a pool in a large, dark room; aquarium aerator with timing circuit; amplified stereo sound
Continuously Running
JCG9578.2
BILL VIOLA
The Sleepers
1992
Seven channels of black-and-white video
images on seven small monitors, each
sumerged on the bottom of a 55-gallon white
metal barrel filled with water; large dark room
Room dimensions: 12 x 20 x 25 ft (3.7 x 6.1 x
7.6 m)
Continuously running
Edition of 2
JCG0295.2
BILL VIOLA
The Sleepers
1992
Seven channels of black-and-white video
images on seven small monitors, each
sumerged on the bottom of a 55-gallon white
metal barrel filled with water; large dark room
Room dimensions: 12 x 20 x 25 ft (3.7 x 6.1 x
7.6 m)
Continuously running
Edition of 2
Bill Viola: A Retrospective
Installation view, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, 2017
Bill Viola: A Retrospective
Installation view, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, 2017
Bill Viola: A Retrospective
Installation view, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, 2017
Bill Viola: A Retrospective
Installation view, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, 2017
BILL VIOLA
Installation view from Electronic Renaissance, 2017
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
BILL VIOLA
Installation view from Electronic Renaissance, 2017
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
BILL VIOLA
Installation view from Electronic Renaissance, 2017
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
BILL VIOLA
Crossroads
2014
Comission for Hamad International Airport, Doha Qatar
Installation view
BILL VIOLA
Mary
2016
Video/sound installation
Color high-definitin video triptych on vertical plasma displays
Photo: Kira Perov
BILL VIOLA
Mary
2016
Installation view from St. Paul's Cathedral, London United Kingdom
Photo: Peter Mallet
BILL VIOLA
Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water)
2014
Color High-Definition video polyptych on four vertical plasma displays
55 x 133 x 4 in., 140 x 338 x 10 cm
Duration 7:15 minutes
Installation view: St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Photo: Peter Mallet
BILL VIOLA
Inverted Birth
2014
Video/sound installation Color High-Definition video projection on screen mounted on wall in dark room
Projected image size: 16 ft 5 in x 9 ft 3 in, 5 x 2.81 m
Duration 8:22 minutes
Performer: Norman Scott
BILL VIOLA
Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water)
2014
Color High-Definition video polyptych on four vertical plasma displays
55 x 133 x 4 in, 140 x 338 x 10 cm
Duration 7:15 minutes
Installation view: St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Photo: Peter Mallet
BILL VIOLA
Walking on the Edge (I)
2012
Color High-Definition video on plasma display mounted on wall
Edition of 5
BILL VIOLA
Ancestors
2012
Color High-Definition video on plasma display mounted vertically on wall
61.2 x 36.4 x 5 in.
Edition of 5
BILL VIOLA
Ocean Without a Shore
2007
Video/sound installation Color High-Definition video triptych, two 65" plasma screens, one 103" screen mounted vertically, six loudspeakers (three pairs stereo sound)
Room dimensions variable
Installation view, Church of San Gallo, Venice
Photo: Thierry Bal
BILL VIOLA
Ocean Without a Shore
2007
Video/sound installation Color High-Definition video triptych, two 65" plasma screens, one 103" screen mounted vertically, six loudspeakers (three pairs stereo sound)
Room dimensions variable
Installation view, Church of San Gallo, Venice
Photo: Thierry Bal
BILL VIOLA
Ocean Without a Shore
2007
Video/sound installation Color High-Definition video triptych, two 65" plasma screens, one 103" screen mounted vertically, six loudspeakers (three pairs stereo sound)
Room dimensions variable
Installation view, Church of San Gallo, Venice
Photo: Thierry Bal
BILL VIOLA
Ocean Without a Shore
2007
3-channel High Definition Video/Sound Installation Production stills
Photo: Kira Perov
BILL VIOLA
Ocean Without a Shore
2007
3-channel High Definition Video/Sound Installation Production stills
Photo: Kira Perov
BILL VIOLA
Ocean Without a Shore
2007
3-channel High Definition Video/Sound Installation Production stills
Photo: Kira Perov
BILL VIOLA
Ocean Without a Shore,
2007
3-channel High Definition Video/Sound Installation Production stills
Photo: Kira Perov
BILL VIOLA
Ocean Without a Shore
2007
3-channel High Definition Video/Sound Installation Production stills
Photo: Kira Perov
BILL VIOLA
Ocean Without a Shore
2007
3-channel High Definition Video/Sound Installation Production stills
Photo: Kira Perov
BILL VIOLA
Acceptance
2008
Black and white video on a plasma display mounted vertically on wall
61 1/4 x 36 3/8 x 5 in.
155.5 X 92.5 X 12.7 cm
Edition of 5
JCG3772
BILL VIOLA
Helena
2008
Color high-definition video on LCD panel
24 3/4 X 14 X 2 3/8 in.
Edition of 3
BILL VIOLA
Two Women
2008
Color video on a plasma display mounted vertically on wall
Approximate dimensions: 36 x 22 x 3.5 in.
Edition of 5
BILL VIOLA
Isolde's Ascension (The Shape of Light in the Space After Death)
2005
Video and sound installation
61.2 X 36.4 in.
10 minutes 30 seconds
Edition of 12
Photo: Kira Perov
BILL VIOLA
The Fall into Paradise
2005
Video/sound installation
Screen size: 10.5 ft. X 14 ft., 320 cm x 427 cm
9 minutes and 58 seconds
Photo: Kira Perov
BILL VIOLA
Becoming Light
2005
Color video on a plasma display mounted vertically on wall
47 1/2 X 28 1/2 X 3 3/4 in.
Edition of 12
Photo: Kira Perov
BILL VIOLA
Passage Into Night
2005
Color high-definition video installation
47.6 X 28.5 in.
50 minutes and 14 seconds
Photo: Kira Perov
BILL VIOLA
The Darker Side of Dawn
2005
Color video projection on wall in dark room
128 1/4 X 228 in.
Edition of 3
Photo: Kira Perov
BILL VIOLA
Ablutions
2005
Color video diptych on plasma displays mounted vertically on wall
82 X 48 X 4 1/4 in.
Edition of 7
Photo: Kira Perov
BILL VIOLA
Dissolution
2005
Color video diptych on plasma displays mounted vertically on wall
82 X 48 X 4 1/4 in.
Edition of 7
Photo: Kira Perov
BILL VIOLA
Tempest (Study for The Raft)
2005
Color video on LCD flat panel mounted on wall
26 X 43 1/2 X 5 in.
Edition of 5
BILL VIOLA
The Lovers
2005
Color video on a plasma display mounted vertically on wall
85 3/4 X 28 1/4 X 4 1/2 in.
Edition of 12
BILL VIOLA
Study for Emergence
2002
Color video on freestanding vertical LCD flat panel LCD
screen: 11 3/4 X 14 5/8 in.
Edition of 3
BILL VIOLA
Four Hands
2001
Video on four LCD panels
9 X 51 X 8 in.
BILL VIOLA
The Quintet of the Silent
2001
Color video on plasma display mounted horizontally on wall
24 3/4 X 42 1/2 X 7 in.
Edition of 5
BILL VIOLA
Union
2000
Two channels of color video on two plasma displays mounted side-by-side, vertically on wall
8 minute loop
40 1/2 X 50 X 7 in.
Edition of 5
BILL VIOLA
The Quintet of Remembrance
2000
Video installation, Color video rear projection on large screen in darkened room
15 1/2 minute loop
12' x 18' x 24' (room dimensions)
Edition of 3
BILL VIOLA
Mary
2000
Video and sound installation
Edition of 3
BILL VIOLA
Ascension
2000
Video/sound installation
Large color video projection on white wall in darkened room; two channels amplified sound
10 minute loop
Edition of 3
BILL VIOLA
Six Heads
2000
Color video on plasma display mounted vertically on wall
40 1/2 X 24 3/4 X 7 in.
Edition of 12
BILL VIOLA
Dolorosa
2000
Color video diptych on two freestanding vertical LCD flat panels framed and hinged together
11 minute loop
16 X 24 1/2 X 5 3/4 in.
Edition of 5
BILL VIOLA
Anima
2000
Color video triptych on three LCD flat panels framed and mounted vertically on wall
83 minute loop
16 1/4 X 75 in.
Edition of 5
BILL VIOLA
The Veiling
1995
Nine scrims, two video laser disc projectors and players, speakers
Edition of 2
BILL VIOLA
Il Vapore
1975
Video and sound installation
144 X 192 X 240 in.
Edition of 2
