Bill Viola, USA
The Reflecting Pool
USA, 1977-79
Video, 7 min
In „The Reflecting Pool“ all movement and change in an otherwise still scene is confined to the reflections on the surface of a pool in the woods. Suspended in time, a man hovers in a frozen, mid-air leap over the water, as subtle techniques of still-framing and multiple keying join disparate layers of time into a single coherent image.
The Space Between The Teeth
USA, 1976
Video, 9:10 min
The tape is based on the structure of acoustic phenomena and the psychological dynamics of a man screaming at the end of a long dark corridor. With each successive scream, the camera point of view is hurtled at high velocity along the length of the hallway in decreasing increments. The corridor and the cinematic structuring of the camera’s advance act as metaphors for passage and transition between two worlds, bridged by the individual’s carthartic screams.