Human Expressions Etched in Video
By Marsha Bentley Hale
Bill Viola: The Passions
The National Gallery, London 22 Oct. 2003 – 4 Jan. 2004
Bill Viola: Five Angels for the Millenium
Tate Modern, London 20 Oct. 2003 – 4 Jan. 2004
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An Emotional Mystic-al Tour
LONDON, Dec 10, 2003/ FW/ --- Confronting emotions head on may not be for everyone; however, as
in movies or plays which are fictional, we can view the emotions displayed in The Passions
without the reality of loss.
The actors inThe Passions take us on a mystic-al tour in slow motion of emotional
passions of humankind, public and private.
Viola weaves human emotions on his video loom, taking communal threads of touch and tears
made of silent screams and silent joy.
Wearing humanitarian emotions on his sleeve Bill Viola brings the politics of humanness
to the forefront in his continued explorations in the world of video art.
Bill Viola (born 1951); Five Angels for the Millennium - Birth
(Still/Detail) Video Installation © Bill Viola.
[Purchased with funds provided by Lynn Forester de Rothschild,
jointly with the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,and the Centre Pompidou, Paris]
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