Five Angels for the Millennium
E443980
Five Angels for the Millennium is a large-scale video installation by Bill Viola that explores themes of transformation, death, and rebirth through slow-motion underwater imagery and immersive sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Five Angels for the Millennium canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4483107 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Five Angels for the Millennium Context triple: [Bill Viola, notableWork, Five Angels for the Millennium]
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A.
Three Strange Angels
Three Strange Angels is a film production company known for its involvement in producing the movie "Stranger Than Fiction."
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B.
You Bright and Risen Angels
You Bright and Risen Angels is William T. Vollmann’s sprawling, experimental debut novel that blends political allegory, technological rebellion, and visionary prose in a surreal conflict between humans and insects.
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C.
Omens of Millennium
Omens of Millennium is a critical work by literary scholar Harold Bloom that explores themes of prophecy, Gnosticism, and religious imagination at the turn of the millennium.
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D.
Angels Don’t Die
Angels Don’t Die is a memoir by Patti Davis reflecting on her relationship with her mother, former First Lady Nancy Reagan, and her experiences within the Reagan family.
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E.
Angels with Instruments of the Passion
Angels with Instruments of the Passion is a group of Baroque angel sculptures, each bearing symbols of Christ’s Passion, created for Rome’s Ponte Sant’Angelo.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Five Angels for the Millennium Target entity description: Five Angels for the Millennium is a large-scale video installation by Bill Viola that explores themes of transformation, death, and rebirth through slow-motion underwater imagery and immersive sound.
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A.
Three Strange Angels
Three Strange Angels is a film production company known for its involvement in producing the movie "Stranger Than Fiction."
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B.
You Bright and Risen Angels
You Bright and Risen Angels is William T. Vollmann’s sprawling, experimental debut novel that blends political allegory, technological rebellion, and visionary prose in a surreal conflict between humans and insects.
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C.
Omens of Millennium
Omens of Millennium is a critical work by literary scholar Harold Bloom that explores themes of prophecy, Gnosticism, and religious imagination at the turn of the millennium.
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D.
Angels Don’t Die
Angels Don’t Die is a memoir by Patti Davis reflecting on her relationship with her mother, former First Lady Nancy Reagan, and her experiences within the Reagan family.
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E.
Angels with Instruments of the Passion
Angels with Instruments of the Passion is a group of Baroque angel sculptures, each bearing symbols of Christ’s Passion, created for Rome’s Ponte Sant’Angelo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artwork
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video installation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Bill Viola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| displayFormat |
immersive installation environment
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large-scale projection in darkened space ⓘ |
| exhibitionContext |
contemporary art galleries
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museum exhibitions ⓘ |
| genre | video art ⓘ |
| hasInfluence |
installation art
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video installation practice ⓘ |
| hasPart | multiple projected images ⓘ |
| intendedExperience |
contemplative viewing
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immersive spatial experience ⓘ |
| language | none (non-verbal work) ⓘ |
| lightingCondition | darkened room ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
death
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rebirth ⓘ spiritual experience ⓘ the body ⓘ transformation ⓘ water ⓘ |
| medium |
large-scale video projection
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multi-channel sound ⓘ video ⓘ |
| movement |
contemporary art
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new media art ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | nonlinear ⓘ |
| soundCharacteristic |
ambient sound
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immersive soundscape ⓘ low-frequency resonance ⓘ |
| theme |
metamorphosis
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spiritual transcendence ⓘ the passage of time ⓘ the unknown ⓘ transition between life and death ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
digital video manipulation
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slow-motion imagery ⓘ underwater cinematography ⓘ |
| viewingMode |
installation-based experience
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surround viewing ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic |
figures entering and emerging from water
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high-contrast lighting ⓘ slow-motion underwater imagery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Five Angels for the Millennium Description of subject: Five Angels for the Millennium is a large-scale video installation by Bill Viola that explores themes of transformation, death, and rebirth through slow-motion underwater imagery and immersive sound.
Referenced by (1)
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