Holland HopsonSleep Well, Bill Viola
I was saddened to hear that media artist Bill Viola died earlier this week.
One of the first pieces I saw of Viola's has stuck with me. The Sleepers (1992) shows video of people sleeping. Simple enough, but the CRT monitors are on their backs in the bottoms of 55-gallon drums, submerged in water. The peaceful glow of the light from the barrels and the images of
