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Hatsu-Yume(FirstDream)isBillViola’smasterpiece,thegreatestworkbyoneofthemostimportantvideoartistsintheworld.Aspiritualallegoryequatinglightanddarkwithlifeanddeath.Hatsu-YumewasproducedinJapanin1981whileViolawasartist-in-residenceattheSonyCorporation.ThetitlereferstoJapanesefolklore,whereinthingsdoneonthefirstdayofanewyeararesignificant.Butthetapeisnottobetakenliterallyasadream.ForViola,it’smoreliketheaboriginalconceptofdreamtime,thecreationoftheworld.That’swhy,asawholeandinitsparts,Hatsu-Yumeprogressesfromdarknesstolight,stillnesstomotion,silencetosound,simplicitytocomplexity,naturetocivilization.Therearetwointerwoventhemes:thedarkwaterworldoffish,andBuddhistritualsinvokingthesoulsofdeadancestors.Asinadream,wefrequentlycan’ttellifthesewordlessstreamsofimageandsoundareunfoldinginrealtime,slow-motionortime-lapse.Aworkofextravagantpictorialbeauty,Hatsu-Yumerepresentsthemostpainterlyuseoflightinthehistoryofvideo.Formiscontent:thelightthatluresfishtotheirdeathprotectshumanlife.Atonceominousmajestic,anddeeplyspiritual,Hatsu-Yumeistheworkofavisionarypoetofimageandsound.
