Opening Bill Viola: Passions

Bill Viola (b. 1951 in New York) is generally seen as one of the leading international representatives of video art. For over 30 years he has been working with video tapes, video installations, sound environments, electronic-music performances and TV productions. In 2005, Viola’s presentation of his art at the Venice Biennial was highly acclaimed. It therefore comes as a surprise that, to date, his work has only been shown in group exhibitions in Switzerland. A coming solo exhibition will change this situation and will be taking place both at Bern Minster and the Kunstmuseum Bern.