Bill Viola

In our visit to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park there was an exhibition taking place about the work of Bill Viola, an american contemporary video-artist. He is considered as one of the most influential figures in the generation of artists that use electronic media. His work includes video-installations, auditory environments and his topics are around experiences and concerns of human condition, such as birth, dead and conscience.

I was quite surprised by this exhibition and how he represented passing from life to death, like a waterfall that once you cross it you lose your colour and you cannot come back. All you can do is waiting for the others.

There were other pieces of art, like a projection on to several layers fabric, which made the images look bigger as getting far from the projector. There was another room where you were surrounded by screens with several people sleeping under the water. I could almost feel that sensation of floating myself!

It was a very interesting experience and it was a shame not being able to document it with photographs nor videos. Even though, there is a video in French on YouTube that presents his exhibition.