CONTEMPORARY VIDEO ARTIST. HE IS CONSIDERED A LEADING FIGURE IN THE GENERATION OF ARTISTS WHOSE ARTISTIC EXPRESSION DEPENDS UPON ELECTRONIC, SOUND, AND IMAGE TECHNOLOGY IN NEW MEDIA. FROM 1973 TO 1980, HE STUDIED AND PERFORMED WITH COMPOSER DAVID TUDOR IN THE NEW MUSIC GROUP "RAINFOREST" (LATER CALLED "COMPOSERS INSIDE ELECTRONICS"). FROM 1974-1976, VIOLA WORKED AS TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AT ART/TAPES/22, A PIONEERING VIDEO STUDIO IN FLORENCE, ITALY WHERE HE ENCOUNTERED VIDEO ARTISTS NAM JUNE PAIK, BRUCE NAUMAN, AND VITO ACCONCI. IN 2003,THE PASSIONS WAS EXHIBITED IN LOS ANGELES, LONDON, MADRID, AND CANBERRA. THIS WAS A MAJOR COLLECTION OF VIOLA'S EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SLOW MOTION WORKS INSPIRED BY TRADITIONS WITHIN RENAISSANCE DEVOTIONAL PAINTING.
CONTEMPORARY VIDEO ARTIST. HE IS CONSIDERED A LEADING FIGURE IN THE GENERATION OF ARTISTS WHOSE ARTISTIC EXPRESSION DEPENDS UPON ELECTRONIC, SOUND, AND IMAGE TECHNOLOGY IN NEW MEDIA. FROM 1973 TO 1980, HE STUDIED AND PERFORMED WITH COMPOSER DAVID TUDOR IN THE NEW MUSIC GROUP "RAINFOREST" (LATER CALLED "COMPOSERS INSIDE ELECTRONICS"). FROM 1974-1976, VIOLA WORKED AS TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AT ART/TAPES/22, A PIONEERING VIDEO STUDIO IN FLORENCE, ITALY WHERE HE ENCOUNTERED VIDEO ARTISTS NAM JUNE PAIK, BRUCE NAUMAN, AND VITO ACCONCI. IN 2003,THE PASSIONS WAS EXHIBITED IN LOS ANGELES, LONDON, MADRID, AND CANBERRA. THIS WAS A MAJOR COLLECTION OF VIOLA'S EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SLOW MOTION WORKS INSPIRED BY TRADITIONS WITHIN RENAISSANCE DEVOTIONAL PAINTING.
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