The Reflecting Pool, 1977-9/1997
Video/sound installation
Color video projection on rigid screen hanging in center of dark room; mono sound, four loudspeakers
7 minutes
Performer: Bill Viola
Color video projection on rigid screen hanging in center of dark room; mono sound, four loudspeakers
7 minutes
Performer: Bill Viola
Projected image size 5 ft 3 in. x 7 ft. (160 x 213.5 cm)
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
A man emerges from the forest and stands before a pool of water. He leaps up and time suddenly stops. All movement and change in the otherwise still scene is...
A man emerges from the forest and stands before a pool of water. He leaps up and time suddenly stops. All movement and change in the otherwise still scene is limited to the reflections and undulations on the surface of the pond. Time becomes extended and punctuated by a series of events seen only as reflections in the water. The work describes the emergence of the individual into the natural world, a baptism into a world of virtual images and indirect perceptions.
https://vimeo.com/video/347578104
PW: Viola
https://vimeo.com/video/347578104
PW: Viola
Exhibitions
The Campus, Inaugural Exhibition, June 29 - October 27, 2024James Cohan, Bill Viola, February 25 - March 25, 2023
Redtory Museum of Contemporary Art, Bill Viola, September 23, 2017 - March 27, 2018
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bill Viola: A Retrospective, June 30 - November 9, 2017
Palazzo Strozzi, Bill Viola: Electronic Renaissance, March 10 - July 23, 2017
National Portrait Gallery, Bill Viola and the Moving Portrait, November 11, 2016 - April 9, 2017
Grand Palais, France, Bill Viola, March 3 - July 28, 2014
MoCA North Miami, Bill Viola: Liber Insularum, December 5, 2012 - March 3, 2013