Bill Viola Quotes
Video artists being at the low end of the totem pole economically, one of the ways we survive is to go around showing work and giving these talks.
Topics
Economic Disadvantage
Economic Security, Economic Insecurity, Financial Security, Financial Insecurity
Live Performance
Totem Pole
Low-Income
Art Community
Artistic Resilience
Artistic Survival
Creative Profession
Creative Survival
Economic Challenges
Economic Struggle
Financial Hardship
Financial Struggles
Art Survival
Artist Livelihood
Citations
Viola, Bill. Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House: Writings 1973-1994. Edited by Robert Violette, MIT Press, 1995.
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Bill Viola (born 1951) is a contemporary video artist whose artistic expression depends upon electronic, sound, and image technology in new media. His works focus on the ideas behind fundamental human experiences such as birth, death and aspects of consciousness.