The Raft
E443981
The Raft is a video art installation by Bill Viola that depicts a diverse group of people suddenly overwhelmed by a powerful deluge of water, exploring themes of human vulnerability, crisis, and collective endurance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Raft canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4483108 — 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: The Raft Context triple: [Bill Viola, notableWork, The Raft]
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A.
The Pit
The Pit is a famed college basketball arena in Albuquerque, New Mexico, renowned for its intense atmosphere and distinctive sunken design.
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B.
Overboard
Overboard is a 1987 romantic comedy film starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, known for its amnesia-based plot and lighthearted take on class differences and family.
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C.
High Seas
High Seas is a Spanish mystery drama television series set on a luxury ocean liner in the 1940s, following a string of murders and dark family secrets uncovered during its transatlantic voyages.
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D.
Rotten Sea
Rotten Sea is an alternative name for Syvash, a large system of shallow, hypersaline lagoons on the northern coast of the Crimean Peninsula.
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E.
The Rudder
The Rudder is a foundational compendium of Eastern Orthodox canon law and church regulations, widely used as an authoritative guide for ecclesiastical discipline and practice.
- 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: The Raft Target entity description: The Raft is a video art installation by Bill Viola that depicts a diverse group of people suddenly overwhelmed by a powerful deluge of water, exploring themes of human vulnerability, crisis, and collective endurance.
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A.
The Pit
The Pit is a famed college basketball arena in Albuquerque, New Mexico, renowned for its intense atmosphere and distinctive sunken design.
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B.
Overboard
Overboard is a 1987 romantic comedy film starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, known for its amnesia-based plot and lighthearted take on class differences and family.
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C.
High Seas
High Seas is a Spanish mystery drama television series set on a luxury ocean liner in the 1940s, following a string of murders and dark family secrets uncovered during its transatlantic voyages.
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D.
Rotten Sea
Rotten Sea is an alternative name for Syvash, a large system of shallow, hypersaline lagoons on the northern coast of the Crimean Peninsula.
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E.
The Rudder
The Rudder is a foundational compendium of Eastern Orthodox canon law and church regulations, widely used as an authoritative guide for ecclesiastical discipline and practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
video art work
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video installation ⓘ |
| artisticMovement | contemporary video art ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Bill Viola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
a diverse group of people
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a powerful deluge of water ⓘ people being overwhelmed by water ⓘ |
| exhibitionFormat |
immersive installation
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large-scale projection ⓘ |
| featuresCast |
non-professional actors
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people of different ages ⓘ people of different ethnic backgrounds ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary art
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video art ⓘ |
| hasNo | spoken dialogue ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
collective trauma
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empathy ⓘ precariousness of everyday life ⓘ resilience ⓘ shared human experience ⓘ solidarity in crisis ⓘ sudden disaster ⓘ |
| intendedEffect |
contemplation of human fragility
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heightened emotional engagement ⓘ reflection on collective responsibility ⓘ |
| language | non-verbal ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
collective endurance
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crisis ⓘ human vulnerability ⓘ natural forces ⓘ |
| movement | slow-motion action ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
emotional reactions to crisis
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group response to sudden catastrophe ⓘ |
| partOf | Bill Viola’s body of work on human condition ⓘ |
| portrays |
individual psychological states under stress
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social dynamics in emergencies ⓘ |
| setting | neutral stage-like space ⓘ |
| symbolism |
the group as human community
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water as destructive force ⓘ water as purifying force ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
high-definition video
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multi-channel sound ⓘ slow-motion imagery ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
cinematic composition
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dramatic lighting ⓘ staged tableau ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Raft Description of subject: The Raft is a video art installation by Bill Viola that depicts a diverse group of people suddenly overwhelmed by a powerful deluge of water, exploring themes of human vulnerability, crisis, and collective endurance.
Referenced by (1)
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