A recording of the open interview of Kira Perov “Bill Viola: The Creative Process”

A recording of an open online interview with the curator of the exhibition “Bill Viola. Journey of the Soul” presented. Following the interview, there was a Q&A-session via ZOOM. The discussion was held in English with simultaneous translation into Russian. Moderator: project producer Alina Stulikova. Kira Perov is Executive Director of Bill Viola Studio. She has been working closely with Bill Viola since 1979, managing, creatively guiding and more recently collaborating on the production of his video works and installations. She edits all Bill Viola publications, selecting materials from an extensive archive and collaborating with a wide variety of museums around the world. She also curates, organizes and coordinates exhibitions of the work worldwide. Together with Bill Viola they have explored cultures from Japan to Tunisia, where they collected elements of the artist’s image system. For decades, they have been experimenting with technologies and methods of influencing a viewer’s perception. In this o