Viola

Bill Viola is a contemporary video artist. His artistic elements draw on electronic, sound, and video technology in order to create his work. Viola focuses on fundamental topics such as human birth, death, and the way the mind works. A lot of his work is very blunt and simplistic – given his focus; that is really the only way he can describe what he is trying to describe. The interesting part of Viola is not just his art, but also the way he sees the world; his art serves simply as a catalyst…

Congratulations to Viola Davis for being the first ever African American woman to receive 3 Oscars Nominations. Viola Davis is nominated for “Best Supporting Actress”, “Best Picture”, and “Adapted Screenplay” for her hit movie “Fences” starring Denzel Washington. The film Fences, which was directed by Denzel Washington was adapted from the 1983 play by August Washington, focuses in on the experiences of Troy and Rose Maxon in Pittsburg during the 1950’s. "Thank you to the Academy for…

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…

Women in Television In her speech at the Emmy’s, Viola Davis the first black women ever to win an Emmy said “The only thing that separates women of color from anyone is opportunity.” This quote broke the Emmy’s and motivated women of color to get notice by Hollywood. Women on the screen were never portray right compare to their male characters. Behind the screen females were hardly hire to direct or write the script. Female actress aren’t recognize, female directors and writers had a hard time…

‘Not for Vicky’. That referred to the fact that I was the only person who chose to learn the viola. I was the only one who dove into the world of an unknown instrument that was based on a completely different language: alto clef. It is the one clef used solely by violists and detested by other musicians, but I thought that was unique. I wanted to be unique. That started my process of learning the viola, reading and trying to utilize a foreign tongue. All around me exerted the pressure of the…

and fame. Listed below 10 people rise as shining example of determination and fortitude. 1. Viola Davis star of How To Get Away With Murder is an example of the rise from tattered housing, clothes and food with the ability to buy whatever her heart 's desire. She says about her upbringing, "I lived in abject poverty and dysfunction." Her father was a horse and her mother a maid, and factory worker. When Viola Davis was two-months old her family moved her and two siblings from South Carolina to…

Viola and orsino talked again of love. if ever you love boy remember me for i am the quintessential man in love orsino mused. no man pursues their woman as passionately as me I love someone to my lord boldly confessed viola. tell me. she is a lot like you proffered viola. how old is she. about youre age my lord dared viola orsino felt positively paternal toward viola much to violas dismay. viola in desperation becomes even bolder telling orsino that women could love as passionately…

She’s actually the man, a girl has gone to shocking lengths to display her soccer talents while being deviously disguised as a boy. In a world class performance Viola Hastings has beaten the boys at their own game, as well as her previous boyfriend team by crashing to victory with a final goal that could only be described as aerial ballet in a game full of twists turns and excitement. Principal Horatio Gold said he couldn’t be prouder of his team’s performance against the opposition thugs who…

illustrates many love triangles whose characters become the core of the plot; Viola and Olivia have the most significant relationship. Viola and Olivia are both women raised to self-esteem, manners, intelligence, and wealth. Both characters are strong willed in receiving what they deserve. Shakespeare was defying social expectations though these two strong willed characters; unlike women in the 16th Century Olivia and Viola oppose from leaning on a man in times of hardship and when getting…

Viola Davis was born on August 11, 1965. She was the second oldest of six children all belonging to Mary Alice (mother) and Dan Davis (father). Davis was born on her grandparents’ farm which was known as the former Singleton Planation. Her father, with completing only a fifth grade education, was a race horse groomer; while her mother only completing an eighth grade education, was a maid, factory worker, homemaker and a civil rights activist. Once Davis was two months old, the family moved to…