When American artist Bill Viola (b.1951) was a child, his grandfather introduced him to the distant hum of cars and the wind in the trees – a kind of sound of nothing, which is in fact the sound of the world of movement, which is a constant, invisible sound. Viola calls it an “undersound” or a tone of being. He also explains that his choices are in fact “guided by tones.”

Bill Viola was interviewed by Christian Lund in London, 2011.

Camera: Marie Friis
Grading: Honey Biba Beckerlee
Edited by: Martin Kogi
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2013

Supported by Nordea-fonden