bill viola - the crossing

the Crossing, which revolves around a freestanding, double-sided projection screen. On one side, a man walks in slow motion out of the blackness to eventually confront the viewer at over life-size. Dripping water from above gradually becomes a torrent, overwhelming the figure, whose form is eradicated. Rich in metaphor and based on common spiritual beliefs of the East and West, The Crossing  reveals the cycles and paired sides of life through the universal symbols of fire and water. This work is indicates Viola’s ability to convey quite complex meanings through simple action and scale and sound

Tung Nguyen says this piece is about balance. "The concept of balance is presented through opposite concepts that each alone is an extreme that can only be balanced by one of the other extreme. Left - right, fire - water, red - blue, warm - cool, hot - cold, bottom - top, and so on. The viewer can even sense the artist's desire for moderation, for compromise, and the message that the extremes are what harming us (burnt by fire or washed away by water) and we need a common ground to survive." 

i like the double screened effect and i think this shows how mutiple  screens can work together without it being the same clip running but also shows that they need to be linked quite closly for the video to work