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5 things to know about Bill Viola, now on show in Milan

Bill Viola, Catherine’s Room, 2001
Color video polyptych on five LCD flat panel displays mounted on wall, 38x246x5,7 cm 18:39 minutes Performer: Weba Garretson
Photo: Kira Perov © Bill Viola Studio

Bill Viola, Emergence, 2002
Video installation Color high-definition video rear projection on screen mounted on wall in dark room Projected image size: 213x213 cm 11:40 minutes Performers: Weba Garretson, John Hay, Sarah Steben
Photo: Kira Perov © Bill Viola Studio

Bill Viola, Fire Woman, 2005
Video/sound installation Color high-definition video projection; four channels of sound with subwoofer (4.1) Projected image size: 5,8x3,25 m 11:12 minutes Performer: Robin Bonaccorsi
Photo: Kira Perov © Bill Viola Studio

Bill Viola, Four Hands, 2001
Black-and-white video polyptych on four LCD flat panels mounted on shelf 22.9x129,5x20,3 cm Continuously running Performers: Blake Viola, Kira Perov, Bill Viola, Lois Stark
Photo: Kira Perov © Bill Viola Studio

Bill Viola, Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity, 2013 (detail)
Video installation Color high-definition video diptych projected on large vertical slabs of black granite leaning on wall, 227x128x5 cm each 18:54 minutes Performers: Luis Accinelli, Penelope Safranek
Photo: Kira Perov © Bill Viola Studio

Bill Viola, The Quintet of the Silent, 2000
Color video on flat panel display mounted on wall, 72,4x120,7x10,2 cm 16:28 minutes Performers: Chris Grove, David Hernandez, John Malpede, Dan Gerrity, Tom Fitzpatrick
Photo: Kira Perov © Bill Viola Studio

Bill Viola, Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall), 2005
Video/sound installation Color high-definition video projection; four channels of sound with subwoofer (4.1) Projected image size: 5,8x3,25 m 10:16 minutes Performer: John Hay
Photo: Kira Perov © Bill Viola Studio

Bill Viola, Air Martyr, 2014
Air Martyr, 2014 Color high-definition video on flat panel display mounted vertically on wall 107,6x62,1x6,8 cm 7:10 minutes Executive producer: Kira Perov Performer: Sarah Steben
Photo: Kira Perov © Bill Viola Studio
