Sexy Sad I. 1987. Video (color, sound), 4:36 min
You Called me Jacky. 1990. VIdeo (color, sound), 4:06 min.
Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters)2008. Multichannel video (color, sound), projector enclosures, circular seating element, carpet.
Pipilotti Rist is so intriguing that I find it hard to stop viewing her images/videos. She is from Switzerland and was originally a musician in a band. She deals with gender, sexuality and the human body. "Her focus is video/audio installations because there is room in them for everything (painting, technology, language, music, movement, lousy, flowing pictures, poetry, commotion, premonition of death, sex and friendliness) - like in a compact handbag." I think that it is important to understand why you are using a certain medium for an art piece. She enjoys installation because it is the highest form of mixed media. Her opinion on art is that: "Arts task is to contribute to evolution, to encourage the mind, to guarantee a detached view of social changes, to conjure up positive energies, to create sensuousness, to reconcile reason and instinct, to research possibilities and to destroy clichés and prejudices." Her work is so inspirational. I love what she does with the presentation.
Artist Website
Representation
MOMA
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