Pipilotti Rist. Apricots along the Streets (MUSEO NACIONAL CENTRO REINA SOFIA) - Tapa blanda

Catálogo de la exposición presentada por el Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Esta muestra de Pipilotti Rist,la primera que sobre su obra se realiza en España, se compone de cinco videoinstalaciones, una selección de lo que se consideran sus trabajos más representativos de los realizados desde 1994. El catálogo se plantea como un libro de artista, en palabras de Rist, "formado por fotografías y stills de vídeo, poemas, dibujos en reproducción facsímil y otros indicios con sus aclaraciones; es decir, una enciclopedia de las tardes en desorden alfabético".

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 für 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.