MU’s Division of Fine & Performing Arts will be debuting a screening of “The Passing” by the late video artist Bill Viola at the David McCune International Art Gallery at an exhibit reception on Friday, Nov. 22 (6-9 p.m.). Additional screenings will be held Saturday, Nov. 23 (6-7 p.m.) and Friday, Dec. 6 (6-7 p.m.). The reception and screenings are free for anyone to attend.
Created by Viola – who died in July – “The Passing” hauntingly travels the terrains of the conscious, the subconscious, and the desert landscapes of the Southwest, melding sleep, dreams, and the drama of waking life into a stunning masterpiece. Viola places himself at the center of the personal exploration of altered time and space by representing mortality in the forms of a glistening newborn baby, his deceased mother, and the artist himself, floating and submerged under water.
Funding for this program is provided by The William Frederick Bethune Fund for the Arts of Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc.
