Author Question: Consider the work of Bill Viola. What are the different ways that time is experienced in his Room ... (Read 69 times)

rl · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

Consider the work of Bill Viola. What are the different ways that time is experienced in his Room for St. John of the Cross?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Hokusai's The Great Wave makes a statement about scale, in part because

a) everyone in Japan knows the scale of Mount Fuji.
b) any black-and-white art causes scale to feel reduced.
c) the print is 86 inches in height.
d) the print presents nature in relation to the human figure.

marict · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. This video installation alludes to a time that St. John of the Cross was imprisoned in a small cell and to the saint's dreams, recorded in his poems, of flying away across the mountains.
2. A small television appears in a small cubicle. The television screen shows a color image of a mountain, evoking the saint's small cell and his dreams. The videotape is a single shot with little movement. A low voice, barely audible, is heard reading poetry.
3. Behind the cubicle, an image projected on a large screen depicts mountains shot with an unstable handheld camera that moves dramatically in contrast to the still image in the cubicle.
4. The viewer must move to see the piece, experiencing many of the elements of the work at once.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a