Déserts
60 %|Sep 5, 1994|
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
Featured Crew
Bill Viola
Director
Edgard Varèse
Music
Gabrielle Faust
Producer
Peter Kirby
Producer
Kira Perov
Associate Producer
Harry Dawson
Cinematography
Bill Viola
Cinematography
Bill Viola
Editor
