p POZA GRANICE PERCEPCJI: „MEMORY SURFACES AND MENTAL PRAYERS” BILLA VIOLI

Andrzej PITRUS

doi:10.31648/cetl.1822

Opublikowane: 2014-03-271

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p POZA GRANICE PERCEPCJI: „MEMORY SURFACES AND MENTAL PRAYERS” BILLA VIOLI

Andrzej PITRUS

Civitas et Lex

Dział: Nauki o komunikacji społecznej i mediach

https://doi.org/10.31648/cetl.1822

Abstrakt

Andrzej Pitrus analyzes and interprets Bill Viola’s tape „Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers”
(1977). The cycle was created as one of the earlier works by Viola, and deals with the issue of
perception. The artist also refers to his fascination with cultures, philosophy, and religions of the
East. All three pieces included in the tape are discussed: „The Wheel of Becoming”, „The Morning
After the Night of Power” and „Sweet Light”. Each of them uses different techniques and creative
strategies to explore the medium, which was a relatively new artistic tool in the second part of the
seventies. Bill Viola’s work seems to be quite unique as it combines explorations of technology with
musings about the very nature of human perception. The artist is quite convinced that a human
being is not able to see the world as it really is. His perception is limited both by his own senses,
and technologies he creates and uses.

Słowa kluczowe:

Bill Viola, video art, perception, contemporary art, religions of the East

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PITRUS, A. (2014). p POZA GRANICE PERCEPCJI: „MEMORY SURFACES AND MENTAL PRAYERS” BILLA VIOLI. Civitas Et Lex, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.31648/cetl.1822

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