Bill Viola’s Martyrs At St Paul’s Cathedral — londonist.com

| Art & Photography | By: Gillian Da Costa Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water), the powerful video commission by American artist Bill Viola at St Paul’s Cathedral is just a few weeks old but already feels like it’s always lived within these hallowed walls. One of the first moving image pieces to be permanently installed within a British cathedral, it references the fact that spirituality and art have typically inspired and interrogated each other across centuries. And a Viola video installation that addresses the multi-denominational audience that visits the Cathedral fits the bill perfectly in the 21st century.

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