239. The Crossing. Bill Viola. 1996 C.E. video/sound installation.
Bill Viola’s The Crossing, created in 1996 C.E., is a room-sized video installation that is made up of a large two-sided screen onto which two video sequences are projected at the same time. They each open in the same fashion: having a male figure walking slowly towards the front of the camera, his body dramatically lit from above, appearing to glow against the black background. After some time, he pauses and stands completely still in the foreground. He faces forward, staring directly into the lens, motionless. At that moment, scenes diverge. One had a small fire igniting below the man’s feet, spreading his legs and torso (eventually his whole body). The body remains calm …show more content…
A whole range of sizes of the cultural institutions had commissioned stone structures (recognized by pedimented fronts, long colonnades, and rotundas). The galleries of art were arranged into their own individual rows with decorations that matched the artworks presented. The most regarded among the projects was the 1997 branch in Bilbao, Spain. It had a huge venue for all of the 20th century and contemporary art, but shifted the as the direction of museum design did. Frank Gehry had handfuls of venues to be able to his credit his work. The Guggenheim Bilbao was in the blueprints of a special program directed by the Basque regional government. Bilbao served as a long-standing port and industrial center with the city entering a time of major economic decline during the late 1900s. This building/work of art had been urged to be constructed as to “make it better than Wright”, which the Guggenheim Museum in New York was no comparison. The building itself created a modern space of amazing architectural force and energy. The Guggenheim was a major source of money from tourists and artists that helped pick up their economy. In the planning an actual creation, Gehry looked to construct a personal aesthetic re-assemble the obscure architectural forms. Essentially, it is a giant sculpture that has been devised with a refined vision, using a more costly material to produce the designs. He used sophisticated computer software, intentionally evoking aspects of the Italian Baroque style. The outside has juxtaposed steel sheets that bend, ripple and unfurl. The interior adds to the effects by twisting a glass-and-steel volume that combines irregularly-shaped limestone and plaster walls. The atrium is the centermost and accessible point in order to access different are galleries on the separate
Bill Viola’s The Crossing, created in 1996 C.E., is a room-sized video installation that is made up of a large two-sided screen onto which two video sequences are projected at the same time. They each open in the same fashion: having a male figure walking slowly towards the front of the camera, his body dramatically lit from above, appearing to glow against the black background. After some time, he pauses and stands completely still in the foreground. He faces forward, staring directly into the lens, motionless. At that moment, scenes diverge. One had a small fire igniting below the man’s feet, spreading his legs and torso (eventually his whole body). The body remains calm …show more content…
A whole range of sizes of the cultural institutions had commissioned stone structures (recognized by pedimented fronts, long colonnades, and rotundas). The galleries of art were arranged into their own individual rows with decorations that matched the artworks presented. The most regarded among the projects was the 1997 branch in Bilbao, Spain. It had a huge venue for all of the 20th century and contemporary art, but shifted the as the direction of museum design did. Frank Gehry had handfuls of venues to be able to his credit his work. The Guggenheim Bilbao was in the blueprints of a special program directed by the Basque regional government. Bilbao served as a long-standing port and industrial center with the city entering a time of major economic decline during the late 1900s. This building/work of art had been urged to be constructed as to “make it better than Wright”, which the Guggenheim Museum in New York was no comparison. The building itself created a modern space of amazing architectural force and energy. The Guggenheim was a major source of money from tourists and artists that helped pick up their economy. In the planning an actual creation, Gehry looked to construct a personal aesthetic re-assemble the obscure architectural forms. Essentially, it is a giant sculpture that has been devised with a refined vision, using a more costly material to produce the designs. He used sophisticated computer software, intentionally evoking aspects of the Italian Baroque style. The outside has juxtaposed steel sheets that bend, ripple and unfurl. The interior adds to the effects by twisting a glass-and-steel volume that combines irregularly-shaped limestone and plaster walls. The atrium is the centermost and accessible point in order to access different are galleries on the separate