Bill Viola Movies
- 1981
Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
Hatsu Yume (First Dream)6.41981HD
With a title referring to Japanese folklore, wherein things done on the first day of a new year are significant, the film - an ardent dream entirely...
- 2007
Ocean Without a Shore
Ocean Without a Shore62007HD
Offering a series of encounters at the intersection between life and death, the work documents a succession of people slowly emerging out of darkness...
- 2008
Three Women
Three Women02008HD
Part of Bill Viola's "Transfigurations" series, this work shows a mother and her daughters enacting a transfiguration when they choose to pass...
- 2003
Emergence
Emergence52003HD
- 2002
Fire Birth
Fire Birth02002HD
- 2001
Surrender
Surrender02001HD
Installation on two screens where the two characters burst into tears, gradually lowering their heads until their faces touch the water.
- 2013
Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity
Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity02013HD
Two naked, life-sized figures, each around 70 years old, track torches across their aging epidermises as if rooting out the pattern of their pasts....
- 1980
Vegetable Memory
Vegetable Memory01980HD
The title of Vegetable Memory derives from the writings of Jalaludin Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet. Evolving as what Viola terms a "kind of...
- 2002
The Path
The Path02002HD
- 2005
Fire Woman
Fire Woman82005HD
2005. Video/sound installation. Performer: Robin Bonaccorsi.
- 2011
A Phrase from Chris
A Phrase from Chris92011HD
“Transfiguration refers to a rare process whereby both the substance and essence of an entity is reconfigured. In physical terms, a...
- 1979
Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979
Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 197901979HD
Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979, by incorporating a large body of water, with video and sound recordings of nature, was pioneering in its use of...
- 1975
The Semi-Circular Canals
The Semi-Circular Canals01975HD
The title of The Semi-Circular Canals refers to the portion of the human ear that regulates balance. Viola constructed a platform on which he and the...
- 1975
Red Tape: Collected Works
Red Tape: Collected Works01975HD
Red Tape -- Collected Works Bill Viola 1975, 30 min, color, sound Playing Soul Music to My Freckles 1975, 2:46 min, color, sound A Non-Dairy...
- 1975
A Million Other Things (2)
A Million Other Things (2)01975HD
In A Million Other Things (2), changes in light and sound on the edge of a pond during an eight-hour period from day to night are composed in...
- 2002
Going Forth By Day
Going Forth By Day02002HD
The film is a five-part projection-based installation, which addresses the complexity of human existence through the themes of individuality,...
- 1992
Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth01992HD
Continuously running video installation: in a small alcove, a wood column extends from the floor and ceiling, with a gap in the center formed by two...
- 1977
He Weeps for You
He Weeps for You01977HD
A drop of water emerging from a small brass valve is magnified by a video camera and projected on a large screen. The close-up image reveals that the...
- 1992
Slowly Turning Narrative
Slowly Turning Narrative01992HD
Slowly Turning Narrative includes two projections on a large central rotating screen. One presents images of virtually everything that constitutes...
- 1976
Songs of Innocence
Songs of Innocence01976HD
Songs of Innocence, which directly references the visionary Romanticism of William Blake, is haunted with symbolic transformations, as shifting light...