"People thought that I was an idiot and that video would never last" Known affectionately as "the Rembrandt of the video age", artist Bill Viola has more than made his name over the course of his vibrant career. Beginning in the 1970s, Viola attached himself to the video camera whilst it was still in its clunky, analogue phases, unearthing a deep beauty in the grainy, washed out images that it produced. The blue glow of the video screen revealed a new world in the eyes of the art student and fro...
"People thought that I was an idiot and that video would never last" Known affectionately as "the Rembrandt of the video age", artist Bill Viola has more than made his name over the course of his vibrant career. Beginning in the 1970s, Viola attached himself to the video camera whilst it was still in its clunky, analogue phases, unearthing a deep beauty in the grainy, washed out images that it produced. The blue glow of the video screen revealed a new world in the eyes of the art student and fro...
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