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“There is an invisible world out there, and we are living in it.”

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Bill Viola, born on January 25, 1951, is a renowned video artist known for his exploration of human emotions and life experiences. His works blend traditional art with modern technology, making a profound impact on the contemporary art world. more

“Performance wasnt something that I intended to do. I was doing work that was about process, about the meaning of the making, trying to have a love-hate relationship with the object. I always feel safer if I can bring the viewer back to the making of it. I try to do that in a lot of different ways, by residue, by touch, by these processes that are basic to all of our lives...that people might relate to in terms of process, everyday activities- bathing, eating, etc.”

“I mopped the floor with my hairThe reason I’m so interested in taking my body to those extreme places is that that’s a place where I learn, where I feel most in my body. I’m really interested in the repetition, the discipline, and what happens to me psychologically when I put my body to that extreme place.”

Feels Reason Body Happens Learning Hair Discipline Extremes Experiments Repetition Sculptors Mopping

Author:Janine Antoni

“Our life is half natural and half technological. Half-and-half is good. You cannot deny that high-tech is progress. We need it for jobs. Yet if you make only high-tech, you make war. So we must have a strong human element to keep modesty and natural life.”

Ifs Needs Humans War Jobs Life Is Strong Natural Half Technology Our Lives Progress Elements Deny Modesty Technological Natural Life

Author:Nam June Paik

“The only way to win a race is to run alone.”

Way Running Winning Race

Author:Nam June Paik

“When too perfect, lieber Gott böse.”

Perfect

Author:Nam June Paik

“There is no rewind button for life.”

Buttons Rewind

Book:Nam June Paik and Korea, from fantasy to hyperreality

Source: Nam June Paik and Korea, from fantasy to hyperreality

“Without electricity, there can be no art.”

Art Electricity

Author:Nam June Paik

“When I close my eyes, my imagination roams free. In the same way I want to create spaces for video art that rethink the very nature of the medium itself. I want to discover new ways of configuring the world, both the world outside and the world within”

World Way Want Art Eye Imagination Space Creativity Creating Video Mediums New Ways My Imagination Roaming Closed Eyes Rethinking Closing Your Eyes

Author:Pipilotti Rist

“Art is the accomplice of love.”

Art Art Is Accomplices

Book:Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas

Source: Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas

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