Oct 24, 2024 5 min read

Water and Fire

Scene Notes from the Best Part of the Second Temple era

A person stands in one frame, drenched in water, and the other, with fire consuming him
Bill Viola, "The Crossing," 1996. It's a video installation, really in which each image is projected onto a side of a sheet, but you can watch them simultaneously here.
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