Pipilotti Rist. Apricots Along the Streets - Softcover

Pipilotti Rist

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ISBN 10: 3908247500 ISBN 13: 9783908247500

Publisher: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Ministero de Cultura, 2001

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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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Synopsis:

"I shall make a classical artist's book, and it will fulfill no expectations, except that this volume will become a book I would love to get from my twin sister who only exists in my dreams. The book will consist of photographs and video stills, poems, facsimilies of drawings and other traces with explanations. An encyclopedia of afternoons without any alphabetical order. The book will praise life, it will be charming and compassionate, with numerous details to get lost in, and survival strategies to discover. A pocket book that one wants to look at again and again. The book will be created on the carpet of my apartment on the 15th floor and in designer Thomas Rhyner's generous house. His house leaks when it rains, and I am shortsighted and have to go closer to see. The eye is a blood-driven camera..." With such poetic and enigmatic words internationally acclaimed artist Pipilotti Rist describes her new book. Rist has exhibited in all major museums of the world and is represented in all important collections of contemporary art. One of her latest projects that made her world famous was a public video installations on Times Square/New York City.

Rist's imagery oscillates between video clips and the melancholic desire to daydream (im-) possible worlds. Her installations and videos attract a large public that might never have visited a museum before - Pipilotti Rist indeed has a following that reaches far beyond the public of contemporary art! Published on the occasion of Pipilotti Rist's exhibition at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in October 2001.

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 f�r 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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