Pipilotti Rist

I found a lot of Pipilotti's video's to be tough to handle but she did have very interesting combinations of music and video art. Starting from the beginning, I thought that "I'm Not the Girl Who Misses Much" was strange but at the same time, I liked the way she used different recording speeds to alter her voice. I didn't really understand the point of "Sexy Sadi" but I did see, in a number of her pieces, the way she was drawn to using body expression as her main focus. I could barely watch the one with the mountains in the background showing what I believe was childbirth and surgery. I understand that it's video art because of the technique that she uses but her concepts were not very enjoyable to me. I have to say, the videos that I was entertained by the most were "You Called Me Jackie" and "Lullaby". I really liked the way she incorporated music into the video and I thought her use of a blue screen was very cool. I also really liked Aujourd Hui! I thought the angles that she used were very creative and the super impossed image gave the peice more depth. I'm glad we were able to view her videos as a reference for our upcoming video art!