Artist Research: Bill Viola

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Bill Viola, Tristan's Ascension, 2014

Bill Viola's creates a lot of immersive installation art through the use of videos and sound that focus a lot on themes like birth, life, death, grief, and love. There are a few articles that have referred to him as being a pioneer for video art. I really like his piece Tristan's Ascension, I find the piece to be so visually striking. I also find it so interesting how even though the water is moving in reverse the physical person does not and it confuses me about how this piece was created.




Sources
https://www.theartstory.org/artist-viola-bill.htm
http://www.billviola.com/biograph.htm
https://www.artsy.net/artist/bill-viola

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