pipilotti rist

»very private...*«
19. november 1999 – 5. december 1999, otvoritev 19.11.1999 ob 18. uri
Galerija likovnih umetnosti Slovenj Gradec*
Kustos razstave: Vanesa Cvahte
Koordinacija: Katarina Hergold

Pipilotti Rist

Piplotti Rist se je rodila v švicarskem mestu Rheintal leta 1962. Študirala je na Akademiji za uporabno umetnost na Dunaju in na Šoli za dizajn v Baslu. Za svoje delo, ki obsega eksperimentalni video, performans in instalacije je prejela številne nagrade, med drugim: 1992 Züriško filmsko nagrado, 1994 Manor-umetniško nagrado Sveti Gallen, 1997 Renta nagrado Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Kwangju Biennale Award in Premio 2000 Bienala Benetke. Nominirana je bila ta Hugo-Boss-nagrado muzeja Guggenheim v New York-u. Ristova je razstavljala na vidnejših bienalih (Sao Paulo, Benetke), v pomembnejših svetovnih razstaviščih in sodelovala na mnogih filmskih in video festivalih. Živi in dela v Zürichu.
»Pipilotti Rist pripada tradiciji Girlisma iz osemdesetih let, ki je bilo aktivno predvsem na področju pop kulture, ki stoji za svojo ženskostjo, jo podpira in celo presega, da bi se tako spoprijelo z rasizmi in seksizmi - z njimi lastnimi orožji. 'Privatno je javno': v tem smislu transportira Ristova emocionalno-individualne vsebine, ki s tem dobijo družbeno relevantnost.« (iz razstavne publikacije, Kunsthalle Wien im Museumsquartier, 1998)
BLUTCLIP, video, 3 min, 1993, Galerija Hauser & Wirth (Zürich)
V tem videu Ristova tematizira fenomen ženske menstruacije na neposreden način – menstruacija ni več mučno doživetje lastne ženstvenosti ali prikrit proces v ženskem telesu.
»Trdi rez, toda vseeno mehko prepletanje podob: kamera v drsečem premikanju zasleduje ostanke žareče rdeče krvi po golih delih telesa. Dozdeva se, kot bi kamera božala telo in bi tako taktilne občutke med nežnostjo in gnusom transformirala v slikovne. Ko gledalec izgublja orientacijo, ga video popelje v breztežno lebdenje, kjer se vsakršna oporna točka izgubi.» (Konrad Bitterli, I'm Not Girl Who Misses Much ali Lotti v globalni vasi, v: I'm Not Girl Who Misses Much, razstavni katalog, Stuttgart 1994)

PIPILOTTI RIST

Pipilloti Rist was born in Riental, Switzerland, in 1962. She studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna and the School for Design in Basel. She is engaged in experimental video, performance and installations. She won numerous awards for her work, including: 1992 Zürich Film Award; 1994 Manor-Art Award, St. Gillen; 1997 Renta Award Kunsthalle, Nürnberg; Kwangju Biennial Award; and Premio 200 at the Venice Biennial. She was also nominated for the Hugo Boss Award by the Guggenheim Museum in New York. She exhibited at most eminent biennials (Sao Paolo, Venice) and important exhibition premises around the world, and participated at many film and video festivals. She lives and works in Zürich.

»Pipilloti Rist belongs to the tradition of Girlism from the eighties, which was primarily active in the domain of pop culture; it was firm in its femininity, it supported and even surpassed it in order to fight against racism and sexism with their own weapons. ‘Private is public’: in this sense Rist conveys her emotional-individual contents and thus make them socially relevant.« (From the exhibition catalogue, Kunsthalle im Museumsquartier, Vienna, 1998.)

BLUTCLIP, video 3 min, Hauser & Wirth Gallery, Zürich, 1993

In this video work Rist openly deals with the phenomenon of menstruation, which no longer represents a distressing experience of femininity or a hidden process in woman’s body.

»Although roughly edited, the images are nevertheless softly intertwined: the gliding movement of the camera follows the remains of bright red blood on the naked parts of the body. It seems as if the camera caresses the body, as if tactile sensations – from tenderness to disgust – transform into pictorial ones. When the viewer loses orientation, the video carries him/her into the state of weightless hovering without a firm point.« (Konrad Bitterli, »I'm Not a Girl Who Misses Much, or Lotti in a Global Village«, in: I'm Not a Girl Who Misses Much, exhibition catalogue, Stuttgart 1994.)

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