(Déserts)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Germany

Genres:

Runtime:

27 minutes

Year:

1994

Directors:

Bill Viola

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Production companies:

ZDF/Arte

Actors:

Man in Room

Crews:

Director

Associate Producer

Music

Producer

Editor