HALL OF WHISPERS
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HALL OF WHISPERS
Fao Angus Carlyle
Christian Richards ba film & video 1st yr
Stud id#Ric 99024666
BILL VIOLA FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES HAS CONTINUED TO PRESENT & ANALYSE PROGRESSIVE THEMES THAT MANY EITHER DO NOT CONSIDER TO BE VALID OR ARE RELUCTANT TO ADDRESS. THROUGH THE VIEWING OF HIS WORK THE CHALLENGE ARISES TO ROUSE SOMETHING THAT LIES DORMANT WITHIN OURSELVES & WITHIN THIS SOCIETY.
INTEGRATED VIDEO & SOUND JUXTAPOSED TO EVOKE SPIRITUAL & EMOTIONAL REALMS OF EXPERIENCE; VIOLA SEEKS TO FUSE THE POWER OF THE VIDEO WITH ELEMENTS OF THE TEMPORAL, AURAL & VISUAL TO PROBE THE ESSENCE 0F HUMAN CONCIOUSNESS.
ROMANTISCIST IDEALS ARE EVIDENTLY PRESENT WITHIN THE THOUGHT PROCESS'S ON DISPLAY. BILL VIOLA WORKS CONTAIN REAL EVENTS & IMAGES TO TRANSCEND MERE REPRESENTATION TO ELEVATE AWARENESS OF OUR PLACE WITHIN THE UNIVERSAL ORDER.
MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. A METHODICAL QUEST TO TRANSMIT TO THE WIDER POPULACE A QUESTION, PERHAPS THE ANSWER IS INSIDE OURSELVES. THE QUEST FOR HUMAN CONCIOUSNESS IS FRAMED ALTERNATELY IN PSYCHOLOGICAL, SPIRITUAL & PERSONAL TERMS.
FUNCTIONING AS A SUBSTITUTED MINDS EYE, VIOLA'S VIDEO INSTALLATION EXPLORES THE EPHERMERAL INTERACTION WITH IMAGE & MEMORY, THE SUBCONSCIOUS & IT'S DREAMS. VIOLA'S WORKS ARE SYMBOLIC, EMOTIONAL, ARENAS COMPOSED OF ELEMENTS DRAWN FROM THE EVERYDAY TAPESTRY TP ALLUDE TO HIGHER PLAINS...