Release Date

01 Oct, 1994

Runtime

00:27: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

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Actors

Crew

Bill Viola

Edgard Varèse

Peter Kirby

Kira Perov

Bill Viola

Bill Viola

Bill Viola

Péter Eötvös

Udo Wustendörfer

Harry Dawson

Dennis Kightley

Joey Alvarado

Brian Garbellini

Donna Matorin