Pipilotti Rist is a pioneer of spatial video art and a central figure within the international art scene since the mid-1980s. Astounding the art world with the energetic exorcistic statement of her single channel videos her artistic work has co-developed with technical advancements and in playful exploration of its new possibilities to propose footage resembling a collective brain.  Through large video projections and digital manipulation, she has developed immersive installations that draw life from slow caressing showers of vivid color tones. For Rist, showing vulnerability is a sign of strength on which she draws for inspiration. With her curious and lavish recordings of nature (to which humans belong as an animal), and her investigative editing, Rist seeks to justify the privileged position we are born with, simply by being human. Her installations and exhibition concepts are expansive, finding within the mind, senses and body the possibility for endless discovery and poetical invention. Since 1984, Rist has had countless solo and group exhibitions, and video screenings worldwide.

Photo cover credit: © Philipp Ottendörfer - Courtesy Pipilotti Rist, Hauser & Wirth, Luhring Augustine and videoart.ch