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September 21, 2005
Reading Assignment 2, Bill Viola
I found it reassuring to read Bill Viola’s 1989 statement, especially the part in which he talks about the state of confusion and ‘unclarity,’ or the unfinished thought, that precedes creative breakthroughs. I also enjoyed his discussion of time-based art as experiential and non-objective.
I like the way he approaches the world by not separating inner and outer and by sensing an entire space at once. The sense of joining as opposed to dissecting or compartmentalizing experience is something that is so important. I think work which addresses a whole experience, welcomes a viewer or user to personally experience the piece. While, people do need to shut down certain aspects of their awareness in order to navigate the consistent experiential bombardment of everyday life---cell phones, subways underfoot, planes overhead and traffic in the street, as sense receptors we have the capacity to simultaneously take in a great deal of information.
I especially enjoyed the Migration piece in relation to our two most recent assignments. It is such a quiet and powerful statement, which simply and radically alters the space and the perception of the viewer.
Posted by Kati London at September 21, 2005 08:16 AM