Serial Video Art [for Filipa]

19.08.2007


Going Forth by Day.

Serial works contrast with single works. A serial structure arises whenever an artwork presents distinct fragments under the same title. Bill Viola’s impressive video installation comprised of five projections, Going Forth by Day (2002) — “Fire Birth”, “The Path”, “The Deluge”, “The Voyage”, and “First Light” — about the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, is a cogent example.

Filipa, do you remember seeing it with me?