Déserts

Name: Déserts
Released: 1994
Duration: 27 min
Rating: 6

1994 · 27 min

★ 6.0

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Déserts was created to accompany a live performance of the work of avant-garde composer Edgard Varèse (1885-1965). The Ensemble Modern, a contemporary music group based in Frankfurt, commissioned Viola to create a visual score for Varèse's Déserts after discovering notes by the composer referring to an unrealized image component of his composition. The resulting film/videotape was produced with the European television stations ZDF/Arte. In October 1994 Viola's Déserts premiered in a live performance in Vienna with conductor Peter Eötvös and the Ensemble Modern.

Crew

Director Bill Viola
Writer Bill Viola
Director of Photography Bill Viola
Director of Photography Harry Dawson

Cast

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Phil Esposito
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Crew

Director — Bill Viola
Writer — Bill Viola
Director of Photography — Bill Viola
Director of Photography — Harry Dawson

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