Renowned video artist Viola participates in a conversation that provides new insight into his current interests, his creative process, and the images and texts

Bill Viola (b. 1951) is one of today's premier video installation artists whose apparently straightforward imagery belies a decades-long investigation into the

Introduction by John G. Hanhardt.

In a world where an artist's importance is often conferred by small groups of experts and cognoscenti, Bill Viola's rich imagery touches a nerve with large inte