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Ancient of Days
1982 | 12m | English
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| Director: | Bill Viola |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 12, 1982 |
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| Director: | Bill Viola |
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| Production Companies | New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
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Updated: Jan 23, 2026 Entered: Jun 21, 2024 |
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| Bill Viola | Director |
| Kira Perov | Director of Photography, Production Assistant |
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