Pipilotti Rist: Apricots Along the Street - Softcover

Rist, Pipilotti

 
9783908247500: Pipilotti Rist: Apricots Along the Street

Synopsis

The exhibition that Pipilotti Rist presented in the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, her first show in Spain, consists of five video installations: a selection of which are considered the best works by the artist since 1994 until today. Monitors with images, music, objects that form the scenes and projectors are the basic elements of these five installations in which you can perceive the essence and the most recent evolution of the artist's work.

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About the Author

Elisabeth Charlotte Rist was born in 1962 in Grabs, Sankt Gallen, in Switzerland. Rist studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in Vienna, through 1986. She later studied video at the School of Design (Schule für Gestaltung) in Basel, Switzerland. In 1997 her work was first featured in the Venice Biennial, where she was awarded the Premio 2000 Prize.From 1988 through 1994 she was member of the music band and performance group Les Reines Prochaines. From 2002 to 2003, she was invited by Professor Paul McCarthy to teach at UCLA as a visiting faculty member. From 2005 to 2009 she worked on her first feature film, Pepperminta. During her studies Pipilotti Rist began making super 8 films. Her works generally last only a few minutes, and contained alterations in their colors, speed, and sound. Her works generally treat issues related to gender, sexuality, and the human body.

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