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Most of us do not live near an installation by Bill Viola or other video artists
Most of us do not live near an installation by Bill Viola or other video artists, but there is a great deal of video art online, including
some of Viola’s. This Perception Key relies on your having the opportunity to see some of the important online sites.
1. The James Cohan Gallery website contains a good deal of information about Bill Viola and his work. It includes video excerpts of him talking about what he does, and it includes video still samples of his work. Do you find the noncommercial approach he takes
to art satisfying or unsatisfying? What do you feel Viola expects of his audience?
2. Search online for a still from Viola’s installation City of Man (1989), composed of three projections, at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. In this installation, the images move with speed. The three images are very different and together form a
triptych. Which can you interpret best? Which seems most threatening? What seems to be the visual message of this installation?
How do you think the alternation of images on and off would affect your concentration on the imagery? 3. Sample video art by going online to the websites of the following artists: Bill Viola, David Hall, Shana Moulton, and Tine Louise Kortermand. Which work of art seems most interesting and most successful? What qualities do you find revealing in the piece you
most admire? In which is the participative experience most intense? In which work is it easiest to interpret the content? 4. Video art is still in its infancy. If you have access to a video camera and a video monitor, try making a short piece of video art that avoids the techniques and clichés of commercial television. How do your friends react to it? Describe the techniques you relied
upon to make your work distinct.
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