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When I started in video I was one of two or three dozen video artists in 1970. And now, to paraphrase Andy Warhol, everyone's a video artist. Video, through your cellphone and camcorder, has become a form of speech, and speech is not James Joyce. It's great, and to be celebrated, but it has to find its own level.

Bill Viola

Bill Viola

Bill Viola

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Born: January 25, 1951

Died: July 12, 2024 (aged 73)

Bio: Bill Viola is a contemporary video artist whose artistic expression depends upon electronic, sound, and image technology in New Media.

Known for:

The Greeting (1995)
Bill Viola: The Passing (1991)
Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart (2005)
Bill Viola: First Dream (1981)

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