Pipilotti Rist

I checked out Pipilotti Rist’s, I’m Not The Girl Who Misses Much, and I wasn’t sure what to think since I am very familiar with the famous Beatles song, I guess it was hard for me to put that aside. While I didn’t feel a deep connection or intense reaction to the work immediately, I did at least get a chuckle out of it. I tried not to laugh but I just found it funny, the chipmunk like singing and the floppy body dancing just made me laugh, it’s probably not the reaction she intended. After checking out a few other pieces I gained more of an appreciation for her work because you can tell that she is experimenting and putting herself out there. I did however, feel at times that there were some images that were a bit cliched. The tub filled with floating flowers in Transposicion and her emerging in and out of it, was beautiful, but done before, as well as the bare feet in the grass. But what’s important is that she does it and puts it out there. I’m not sure why, but I felt her videos have a retro feel to them, like they were done in the 60’s or 70’s. I really liked Aujourd’Hui for the camera angles the intense eye connections to the camera, and that reflective image that changes from a figure to some sort of vegetation, to more naked figures, along with the sort of ambient music, very beautiful.

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