At its simplest, mindfulness is calm awareness—of one's thoughts, feelings and body
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/archive/audioonly/sfs_20091224.mp3 waking meditation / walking meditation - a kinaesthetic engagement with the world
The nature of art and the creative process that underpins the practice of artmaking is mindful meditation in its full, un-dual, embodied form.
For Bill Viola, this mindful awareness comes in part from the fact that video art is performing in the present moment and in part from a certain dialogue with the self that video enables.
In conversation with Sherre DeLys, Viola discusses the flow of time in his work and how his study of Zen Buddhism, Islamic Sufism, and Christian mysticism have informed his artistic investigation into the relationship between an individual's inner life, the experience of the body and the outer world.
Bill Viola and Mindfulness ~ http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/archive/audioonly/sfs_20100114.mp3
Two Women 2008
Color High-Definition video on plasma display mounted on wall
Performers: Pamela Blackwell and Weba Garretson
Photo: Kira Perov
Performers: Pamela Blackwell and Weba Garretson
Photo: Kira Perov
BILL VIOLA
Ocean Without a Shore, 2007
Video/sound installation
Ocean Without a Shore, 2007
Video/sound installation
Bill Viola - video extracts from The Eye of the Heart
Viola BBC interview Soundcheck
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