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From 1973 to 1980, Viola studied and performed with composer David Tudor in the new music group "Rainforest" (later named "Composers Inside Electronics" [9]).From 1974 to 1976, Viola worked as technical director at Art/tapes/22 [], a pioneering video studio led by Maria Gloria Conti Bicocchi, in Florence, Italy where he encountered video artists Nam June Paik, Bruce Nauman, and Vito Acconci.
Artist Bill Viola, whose pioneering work with video since the 1970s opened the door to what would become a major artform internationally, has died. He was 73.
Bill Viola, a video artist who combined with director Peter Sellars on a groundbreaking production of Wagner's “Tristan und Isolde” originally seen in Los Angeles, Paris and New York, has died ...
Reverse Television is a series of 44 video portraits made by American video artist Bill Viola in 1983, originally produced for broadcast television and later documented as a 15-minute video. These portraits depict people throughout Boston sitting in their living rooms, silently staring at the video camera as though it were a TV set. [1]
CV Productions was the subject of the book Godfathers of MMA (2014) and Tough Guys (2017) written by Bill Viola Jr. Viola and Caliguri also starred in Showtime Documentary film Tough Guys (2017) which chronicled the first mixed martial arts league in America.
Watch firsthand, in 360 video, as Susan Sarandon listens and learns about refugees' hopes, dreams and journeys
Bill Viola Jr William Viola II (born November 5, 1947) is an entrepreneur , martial arts instructor, and mixed martial arts pioneer credited by some as the co-creator of the sport of MMA. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 1979, he co-founded CV Productions, Inc. , the first mixed martial arts company in America and the Tough Guy Contest .
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