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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.
Cast: Phil Esposito
Writer: Bill Viola (Writer)
Cinematographer: Bill Viola, Harry Dawson
Production Designer: Dennis Kightley
Editor: Bill Viola
Composer: Edgard Varèse
Producers: Peter Kirby, Kira Perov, Gabrielle Faust
Production: ZDF/Arte
