DARLING AND STOCKTONTIMES
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| Modern martyr images at Auckland Castle courtesy of Bill Viola and Blain Southern. Picture: Kira Perov. |
UNITED KINGDOM---American artist
Bill Viola’s installation on the theme of martyrdom in the chapel at Auckland Castle heralds a new chapter for the former palace of the Bishops of Durham where the UK’s first museum in faith history is scheduled to open in 2018. The four flat screen panels – Earth Martyr, Air Martyr, Fire Martyr and Water Martyr – are derived from his large-scale video work, Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) first shown at St Paul’s Cathedral in London last year. [
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