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Bill Viola: le tecnologie dell'intangibile
Presentation of the book
Presented at the 17th edition of Lo schermo dell’arte, 2024
Presentation of the book Bill Viola: le tecnologie dell’intangibile by Valentina Valentini (postmedia books, Milano, 2024).
The author in conversation with Alessandra Cigala, professor Accademia di Belle Arti of Florence.
The monograph retraces the 1990s, a decade that marks a profound turning point in Bill Viola’s artistic journey: with the advent of digital technologies, both her production methods and visual themes transform, indicating a shift toward a painterly iconosphere. This approach, enabled by the art historical framework, facilitates her entry into the world of visual arts, sublimating technological mediation.
Valentina Valentini is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Pianificazione, Design, Tecnologie dell’Architettura at “La Sapienza” University of Rome, where she teaches Electronic and Digital Arts. Her research explores the intersections between theater, art, and new media, to which she has dedicated in-depth study. She has also also conducted various historical and theoretical studies on 20th-century theater. She curated the first monograph on Bill Viola, Seeing with the Mind and with the Heart (1993), as well as the volume Bill Viola: Texts and Conversations (2021). From 1986 to 1995, she served as Artistic Director of the International Video Art Review at Taormina Arte. She has curated exhibitions and programs dedicated to video and performance arts, including the recent Video Makes You Happy: Video Art in Italy at Palazzo delle Esposizioni and Gallery of Modern Art.