A thematic monograph into the world and creative vision of Bill Viola whose imagination focuses on questions of perception in the world, human existence in the dimensions of space and time, life and death, the connections between people, nature, culture, civilization and on ideas of being in philosophy and religion. Through contributions by authors from many different disciplines the book offers an interpretive framework which draws on the aesthetic consideration of each individual work , and thus sheds new light on the complexity of Viola's entire oeuvre. In his introduction Rolf Leuter presents an overview of the installations and videos and draws out the "elective affinities" between the many different pieces.
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A savior to any research paper one could do on Bill Viola,
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This review is from: Bill Viola: Europaische Einsichten/European Insights : Werkbetrachtungen/Reflections on the Work of Bill Viola (Hardcover)
If you are looking for any information on Bill Viola, you know it is hard work. I have spent weeks working on a research paper about his "The Stopping Mind" piece. It was very frustrating not to find any decent descriptions about it. Then this book showed up in my search. This book is incredible. The descriptions in this book are phenomenal. In several pieces, including the one I am studying, the words that can be heard in the piece are written in this book. This aspect in itself is incredibly helpful for any formal analysis, questions or concerns that you may have within any of these pieces. The description also includes Bill Viola's inspiration as well as mental work and meanings behind his art. The title does look overwhelming, being partly in a foreign language, but it is very nicely laid out, English in the right column on every page of the book which makes it easy to follow.
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