Pipilotti Rist: Big Heartedness, Be My Neighbor

The artshow “Big Heartedness, Be My Neighbor” by the Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist is the first big survey on American West Coast.

The exhibition explores more than thirty years of the Zürich-based artist’s work, including early single-channel videos; large-scale installations brimming with color and hypnotic musical scores; and sculptures that merge everyday objects, video, and decorative forms.

Rist’s installations analyse relationships of video and the body; exterior environments and interior psychological landscapes; and reason and instinct. They exuberantly probe the video medium’s capaciousness—for vivid colour; sweeping views and extreme close-ups; introspection and cultural critique; and, importantly, the creation of shared experiences within the public space of the museum.