Pipilotti Rist Interview at ACCA, I Packed the Postcard in My Suitcase ,2011-2012

Pipilotti Rist in conversation at her exhibition 'I Packed The Postcard in My Suitcase' at The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Pipilotti talks about her approaches to video and how she hopes people experience the show. She also explains her use of colour, speed and sound, her reflections on the museum as an experience, and how the development of digital video and new technologies has influenced her practice.

I Packed the Postcard in My Suitcase
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
21 December 2011 -- 4 March 2012
http://www.accaonline.org.au

Named a "guilty pleasure" by British critic Adrian Searle, Pipilotti Rist is one of this century's most sought after artists and has shown in major exhibitions, biennales and festivals around the world, including the Venice Biennale in 2005 where she represented Switzerland with the stunning installation Homo Sapiens Sapiens in the Church of St. Stae.

Her works are epic and lush and often deal with issues related to gender, sexuality and the human body, but in a way that evokes a sense of unadulterated happiness and innocence.

Her ACCA exhibition, the first major presentation of her work in Australia, will bring together several key works from Rist's recent exhibiting history, as well as a new commission which will spread across ACCA's main exhibition hall with kaleidoscopic glee.

Pipilotti Rist
"Tyngdkraft, var min vän" (Gravity, Be My Friend), 2007
"Small Laguna", 2011
"Upside Down Table", 2011
"Administering Eternity", 2011
"I Couldnt Agree With You More", 1999
Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth,
and Luhring Augustine, New York

MUSIC: Anders Guggisberg, Pipilotti Rist

VIDEO PRODUCTION: Emma Sullivan