A pioneer of video art and multimedia installations, Bill Viola was recognized this
year with one of the world's most prestigious cultural distinctions, the Japan Art
Association's Praemium Imperiale culture prize. Although Viola's works are often
described as "moving paintings," they engage with a broad set of concerns
developing from both an interest in what motivates human behavior and
expression, as well as from a consideration of the specifics of medium and place,
and the relations between artwork and viewer. As much as they create memorable
or even iconic images - images that could be paintings - Viola's recent videos
move in and out of time, extending an on-screen action for what can feel like an
eternity through the use of slow motion, or dramatically redefining what at first
appears to be an eternal image through the introduction of sudden, fleeting
action,
and it is often this aspect of the works - their use of images to facilitate a deep experience of time - that leaves the strongest impression on the viewer.
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