The Passing: obrazy z soli i pieprzu

• Authors: Pitrus Andrzej

Title variants

EN

The Passing: images made of salt and pepper

Abstracts

EN

This article focuses on analysis and interpretation of Bill Viola’s The Passing. The author of the article deals with autobiographical aspects of the work, but also tries link them to the most important topics of Viola’s previous works. In The Passing the American artist explores the problem of perception – one of the most crucial motives in his career. Andrzej Pitrus looks at the balance between emotional and “conceptual” aspects of the work and discusses this with other authors who tried to interpret the video. Viola’s work is presented as the most personal work of the artist.

Keywords

EN

Bill Viola; video art; media art; autobiography

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Media – Kultura – Komunikacja Społeczna
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 163-171

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Pitrus Andrzej

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński

References

• Cubitt S., On Interpretation: Bill Viola’s “The Passing”, „Screen” 1995, vol. 36, nr 2.
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• Viola B., Reason for Knocking at an Empty House. Writings 1973–1994, Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London – Cambridge 1995.
• Walsh J., Emotions in Extreme Time: Bill Viola’s Passion Project, w: Bill Viola: The Passions, red. B. Viola, P. Sellars, J. Walsh, H. Belting, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2003.