Bill Viola, as mentioned in that early video presentation post I made – certainly a big influence where the water screen is concerned. Please see that video if you want to see how.
I have purchased nearly all of the parts to make said screen and tested the water pump. I cannot work too big, for practical reasons – but I don’t think that matters. I have other tricks up my sleeve.
I would like to re-use the screen in the future, and hence am making it to be ‘mobile’. I will project onto a wider area than the screen, using it as the central part of a projected film. I believe that I can make the area around the screen as important as the screen is.
I feel that it will be an installation that I shall make. I also feel that I want the visitor to be perturbed. After all – this is death we’re talking about.
I have also been thinking about burning, smashing-up, drowning, and ageing things. It’s a nice life.
TateShots: Venice Biennale 2007: Ocean Without A Shore, by Bill Viola
