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Ancient of Days
1982
- Bill Viola
- 12m
- October 12, 1982
Overview
Ancient of Days is a remarkable series of "canons and fugues for video" that comprises Viola's most sophisticated structural and metaphorical explorations of time. Mathematical notations of precise time-code editing were applied to construct illustrations of temporal symmetry, duality and transposition — time-based equivalents of musical compositional principles such as counterpoint and serialism. Astonishing temporal interventions — a 180-degree pan gazing downward on a New York City street that progresses from day to night, an image of Mount Rainier in which the foreground and background unfold in different time planes — unfold as symbolic transformations of natural and urban landscapes.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 12, 1982
- Original language
- English
- Production
- New York State Council on the Arts,National Endowment For The Arts,National Endowment for the Arts
- Director
- Bill Viola
- Cinematography
- Kira Perov
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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