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Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House

Aug 6, 1983 · 19m
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Drama

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This haunting installment contains a solitary wood chair with headphones attached, facing a television monitor. A man (the artist himself), looking visibly fatigued, appears on the screen, sitting in his own chair. Here, the artist compels viewers into an intimate relationship: they sit at eye level with him, listening to the sound of his breathing through the headphones. —Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa.

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Bill Viola
Directed by Bill Viola

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EN
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Bill Viola Studio
Country
US
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