ARTECINEMA 2017 / Bill Viola: the Road to St. Paul’s

Bill Viola: the Road to St. Paul’s

Saturday, October 21, 2017
16:00 - 17:50 Teatro Augusteo

Gerald Fox
United Kingdom / 2017 / 82’ / English
director: Gerald Fox
photography: Steve Haskett, Simon Fanthorpe
editing: John Street
sound: John Quinn
production: Foxy Films
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Il film segue il videoartista americano Bill Viola e la moglie Kira Perov, sua collaboratrice, nei dodici anni in cui si dedicano alla realizzazione delle opere Mary e Martyrs, nella Cattedrale di St. Paul a Londra. Nel documentare l’approccio di Bill Viola, il regista Gerald Fox coglie l’essenza del processo creativo dell’artista e i profondi cambiamenti che si susseguono in questo lungo periodo di tempo. Il film ripercorre la carriera di Viola la cui opera, sin dai primi anni ’70, ha portato la videoarte a un nuovo livello di accettazione come forma d’arte.

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This film follows American video artist Bill Viola and his wife and collaborator Kira Perov over a twelve-year period as they undertake and complete the installation of two video works, Mary and Martyrs, in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. In documenting Viola’s approach, director Gerald Fox captures the essence of his creative process, along with the significant changes that occur over the lengthy time period. He also looks back at the career of this artist, who since the early 1970s has taken video art to a new level of acceptance in contemporary art.

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