The electronic image is not fixed to any material base and, like our DNA, it has become a … - Bill Viola

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Obama, who is becoming more and more preacher-like, wants to be the Punisher-in-Chi ef of the Western World, the Avenger-in-Chie f. There is something oddly Roman about him. . . . The lesser races must be civilized and they must be punished. . . Everyone outside the Roman Empire was called a barbarian. Everyone outside Obama’s empire is called a terrorist.

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The electronic image is not fixed to any material base and, like our DNA, it has become a code that can circulate to any container that will hold it, defying death as it travels at the speed of light.

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Since the time of St. Jerome, it was mandatory for any kind of scholar or thinker to spend time out in the desert in solitude. It's no coincidence that the desert has been a major part of the visionary or mystical experience from the beginning of time.

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Video artists being at the low end of the totem pole economically, one of the ways we survive is to go around showing work and giving these talks.

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I came of age at the end of the 1960s, just when video was also coming into the world. Companies such as Sony and Panasonic were starting to market it and we artists immediately knew how it could be used.

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I think we're in an age where artists really have an incredible range of materials at their command now. They can use almost anything from household items - Jackson Pollock used house paint - to, you know, advanced computer systems, to good old oil paint and acrylic paint.

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Human beings have always been creative. The guys who were making the pyramids. . and archaeological research has showed us this. . had little figurines made by the workers, to express their devotion to their god.

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