Adapting Sufism to Video Art: Bill Viola and the Sacred
Alif, 2008, no. 28, pp. 127-149
The author analyzes Bill Viola's usage of religious iconography and themes, specifically those prevalent in Sufism, as an overarching theme in the majority of his work and how he uses these concepts to study individualism, the human body and other aspects of the human condition.
ITEM 2008.186 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
The Passing – Bill Viola
Nantes Triptych – Bill Viola
Going Forth by Day – Bill Viola
I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like – Bill Viola
The Space Between the Teeth – Bill Viola
Chott El-Djerid – Bill Viola
The Messenger – Bill Viola
The Fall into Paradise – Bill Viola
The Veiling – Bill Viola
To Pray without Ceasing – Bill Viola
He Weeps for You – Bill Viola
Slowly Turning Narrative – Bill Viola
The Sleepers – Bill Viola
Ocean without a Shore – Bill Viola