Déserts (1994)
Déserts was created to accompany a live performance of the work of avant-garde composer Edgard Varèse (1885-1965). The Ensemble Modern, a contemporary music group based in Frankfurt, commissioned Viola to create a visual score for Varèse's Déserts after discovering notes by the composer referring to an unrealized image component of his composition. The resulting film/videotape was produced with the European television stations ZDF/Arte. In October 1994 Viola's Déserts premiered in a live performance in Vienna with conductor Peter Eötvös and the Ensemble Modern.
Director: Bill Viola
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Phil Esposito as Man in Room |
| Directing | Bill Viola | Director |
| Production | Kira Perov | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Edgard Varèse | Music |
| Production | Peter Kirby | Producer |
| Editing | Bill Viola | Editor |
| Camera | Harry Dawson | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Brian Garbellini | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Péter Eötvös | Conductor |
| Writing | Bill Viola | Writer |
| Sound | Udo Wustendörfer | Recording Supervision |
| Camera | Bill Viola | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Joey Alvarado | Gaffer |
| Art | Dennis Kightley | Art Direction |
| Editing | Randy Lowder | Online Editor |
| Production | Kira Perov | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Rick Hassen | Thanks |
| Crew | Eduardo Lipschutz-Villa | Thanks |
| Production | Russell Nordman | Production Assistant |
| Production | Donna Matorin | Production Assistant |
| Editing | David Bernstein | Colorist |
| Production | Gabrielle Faust | Supervising Producer |
