Overview
Déserts was created to accompany a live performance of the work of avant-garde composer Edgard Varèse (1885-1965). The Ensemble Modern, a contemporary music group based in Frankfurt, commissioned Viola to create a visual score for Varèse's Déserts after discovering notes by the composer referring to an unrealized image component of his composition. The resulting film/videotape was produced with the European television stations ZDF/Arte. In October 1994 Viola's Déserts premiered in a live performance in Vienna with conductor Peter Eötvös and the Ensemble Modern.
Year 1994
Studio ZDF/Arte
Director Bill Viola
Crew Bill Viola (Director), Kira Perov (Associate Producer), Edgard Varèse (Music), Peter Kirby (Producer), Bill Viola (Editor), Harry Dawson (Director of Photography)
Popularity 27
Language No Language
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