#projectio

Elizabeth “Pipilotti” Rist is a visual artist born in Switzerland in 1962, her multimedia projections are renowned for their provocative subjects and bright colours. Whilst studying in college she began film making. She often draws inspiration from issues related to gender, sexuality, and the human body. During the 1980′s she started to produce vivid and intimate projections and videos altering in sound and speed but only lasting a few minutes. She prefers to work in video installations because she says there is room for everything in them; music, painting, movement, technology and poetry.  I was drawn towards her work more focused on nature such as ‘Mercy Garden’ and ‘Pixel Forest’. I find it interesting how her work is often based upon nature and outdoors but is still a very digital, modern experience, the extremely saturated colours and LED trees give it a strange ‘ideal world’ slightly unearthly feel to it. She intends to make it as relaxing as possible and places beans bags, rugs and cushions in every exhibition in order to provide the viewer with the best sensory experience.

 “Art’s task is to contribute to evolution, encourage the mind, guarantee a detached view of social changes, to conjure up positive energies, create sensuousness, reconcile reason and instinct, to research possibilities and destroy clichés and prejudices.”   - Pipilotti RIst

Mercy Garden Retour Skin, 2014, video installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.

Mercy Garden Retour Skin, 2014, video installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.

Mercy Garden Retour Skin, 2014, video installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.

Pixel Forest, 2013, lights and projected video at the New Museum NY.