Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
4.5
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 Director
United States release August 6, 1983 · Produced in United States
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Bill Viola Studio
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English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · August 6, 1983
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Brazil
September 1, 1992 · Videobrasil International Electronic Art Festival
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