Bill Viola

The videos I saw on YouTube are Reflection Pool, Tristan's Ascension, The Passing and The Tone Of Being. Bill Viola's work is very literal because he had a near death experience at a  very young age. A family member saved him, that is why he is so fascinated with water. Sound is more important to him even if the image is still. It's just the way that the two blend together. Some of his titlted art show works include five angels of the millennium 2001, ancient of days 1979, and lansdscape cut the passing 1991. A lot of Viola's creativity came from his grandfather. The last time he saw him was in 1962 or 1963. At the time his aunt and grandfather on his mother's side were living in Florida and Viola was young living in New York. It wasn't Summer but early Spring.  Viola's grandfather taught him to listen to background sounds. The tone of the sound that is invisible to most and such.  In the passing the darkness represents the depth of the water. The figure has water flowing engulfing it. This is the trauma I suppose from when he was drowning. He went to High School and University. In the reflection pool the video moves really slow the torment of falling into the water. Viola walks, then jumps like he is going to do a cannon ball before freezing in mid air and very very slowly going into the water, you can see the ripples and then he comes out. The trauma of his young near death experience resonates in his works.