Part of the ongoing "Pushkin XXI" project, which focuses on bringing together classical tradition and contemporary practice to offer a new way of engaging with art, Bill Viola. The Journey of the Soul is the first solo presentation of the artist‘s work in Russia, and the first large-scale exhibition of media art at the Pushkin Museum. Since the early 1970s, Viola has used video to explore the phenomena of sense perception as an avenue to self-knowledge. His works focus on universal human experiences—birth, death, the unfolding of consciousness—and have roots in both Eastern and Western art as well as spiritual traditions, including Zen Buddhism, Islamic Sufism, and Christian mysticism. He has been instrumental in the establishment of video as a vital form of contemporary art, and in so doing has helped to expand its scope in terms of technology, content, and historical reach. Bill Viola. The Journey of the Soul is on view from March 2 to May 30, 2021.