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LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — 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 at age 73. Viola died Friday at his home in Long Beach of Alzheimer's disease, his website announced.
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.
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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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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]
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 ...