Bill Viola's Love and Death



After giving a walk around Southwark for 6 teachers poppy and I cycled off to see Derek and Ruth but on the way popped into Bill Viola's Love and Death which was installed at the Old St Olaves Grammar School (opened in the 1850's).

Its a lovely building and the installation is free which is surprising. Inside were 2 rooms and one great hall with a video showing in a dark and quiet room. In the hall was Fire Woman and Tristan's Ascension. This was a film of a huge fire and its reflection in the water with a hooded figure in the centre. The figure plunges into the water - quite beautiful.


Upstairs are a couple of other galleries - one showing the Lovers Path a black and white film of a couple walking through the trees and to the coast where they disappear under the water.

The final film was an underwater shot in blue into which a body falls - obviously filmed and then turned upside down.

But again beautiful.


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