Viola uses video as a form of contemporary art to explore the phenomena of sense perception as an avenue to self-knowledge. His works focus on universal human experiences—birth, death, the unfolding of consciousness. Most of his videos are silent and play in slow motion. i think this so that we can see and appreciate natural phenomena such as a drop of water falling.
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| The Crossing (1996) |
When i first saw Bill Viola's work I just kept thinking... I want the big exciting thing to happen already. But as i kept watching more videos i started to pay closer attention and i really got to feel the big exciting thing when it happened. I like Viola's work because i feel like it captures true emotion and i think the slow motion effect builds a lot of suspense. The Crossing was my favorite video because i liked the scene when the water starts to fall on the man's head. It stirred the most emotion in me. I don't know how to explain how i felt except that it made me feel new. like my mind went blank and the water was the only thing i was thinking about.
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