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Article: Art at the end of the optical age. (video artist Bill Viola)(Interview)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- March 1, 1998
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Bill Viola has long been recognized as a pioneer of video art. He began experimenting with the medium in 1970 as an undergraduate in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. His early interest in sound and his work with musician David Tudor clearly shaped some of his early videotapes and installations. In the years that followed, Viola met and worked for artists Nam June Paik and Peter Campus, gaining experience that he considers particularly important to his own artistic development. Viola's contributions helped define the emerging medium of video as it expanded to include multiple-screen projections and immersive spatial environments. From the ...
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