Das Filmforum der HBK präsentiert im Sommersemester 2020:

Montag | 18.05.20 | 19:00 h

Bill Viola – I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

One of the major works in video, 'I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like' envisions an epic quest for transcendence and self-knowledge. Viola describes this work as a "personal investigation of the inner states and connections to animal consciousness we all carry within." The title is taken from the Rig-Veda, the Sanskrit spiritual text that defines a procession through birth, consciousness, primordial existence, intuition, knowledge, rational thought, and faith, to arrive at a transcendent reality "beyond the laws of physics." Unfolding in powerful, emblematic images and allegorical passages, Viola articulates a dramatic quest for self-knowledge through an awareness of the Other, embodied here by a shamanistic vision of animal consciousness. (www.eai.org)

Bill Viola – I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
89 min | 1986 | digifile (4:3) | col | stereo | OV (nodialog) | US

[ Abbildung oben: aus dem Film 'I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like' (1986) von Bill Viola ]