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The Dreamers /Seven channels of color High-Definition video on seven plasma displays mounted vertically on wall; four channels of stereo sound/Each screen: 61 ¼ x 36 3/8 x 5 in. (155.5 x 92.5 x 12.7 cm) /Room dimensions: 11 ft 6 in. x 21 ft 4 in. x 21 ft 4 in. (3.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 m) /Continuously running /Performers: Gleb Kaminer, Rebekah Rife, Mark Ofugi, Madison Corn, Sharon Ferguson, Christian Vincent, Katherine McKalip/Keith D. Stoltz © Bill Viola
Exhibition
Bill Viola. The Moving Portrait
18 Nov 2016 – 17 May 2017
Address
- Victor Building
- 750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
- Washington
Washington - 20001
- United States
Video-art pioneer Bill Viola believes that cameras are the keepers of souls. From the moment he first picked up a video camera as an art student in 1970, he was captured by the technology.
About
The exhibition “Bill Viola and the Moving Portrait” is the National Portrait Gallery’s first exhibition devoted to media art.
This exhibition reveals Viola’s constant, yet previously unrecognized, thematic interest in portraiture. “Bill Viola and the Moving Portrait” offers a selection of Viola’s works that focus on the face and the body, using his signature metaphors of water, light and spirituality. Unlike the selfies we see on social media each day, Viola’s works connect viewers of all backgrounds by using cutting-edge technology to create moving images that are emotional, searing, and profound. The exhibition includes Viola’s most contemplative portraits, such as his recent dual portrait of old age, Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity (2013).