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Ancient of Days

10/12/1982

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0hr 12min

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STORY

Ancient of Days is a remarkable series of "canons and fugues for video" that comprises Viola's most sophisticated structural and metaphorical explorations of time. Mathematical notations of precise time-code editing were applied to construct illustrations of temporal symmetry, duality and transposition — time-based equivalents of musical compositional principles such as counterpoint and serialism. Astonishing temporal interventions — a 180-degree pan gazing downward on a New York City street that progresses from day to night, an image of Mount Rainier in which the foreground and background unfold in different time planes — unfold as symbolic transformations of natural and urban landscapes.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

    Director

  • Bill Viola

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • New York State Council on the Arts

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

    Cast

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