Sexuality, eroticism and desire are important for all of us. But that is also the contradiction. How can we speak about pictures and, for example, say no to this way of representing a woman's body? It's also a camera-and-object problem,… — Pipilotti Rist Copy Share Image
I'm always in awe of and respect humans for their ability to plan, but sometimes, good intentions are lost along the way. And often… — Pipilotti Rist Copy Share Image
The smaller the group, the more trial and error and experimenting you can do. I do a lot of garbage. — Pipilotti Rist Copy Share Image
It will probably take several more generations before the female body can be considered a stand-in for the human body. — Pipilotti Rist Copy Share Image
For me, it's not important whether [subjects] are naked, half-naked, or dressed. What I'm more interested in is how they present themselves: if someone is half-naked and having self-confidence or you have the feeling that she has or he has control of the situation. She likes to do it. Then I have nothing against it. But it's true that society… — Pipilotti Rist Copy Share
Whenever we remember a series of events, we remember them different. We are constantly changing. It's a flaw, but on the other hand, when we say a word, the meaning is not what you put into it. Rather, the meaning of the word is all of the past usages of that word. Like this cloud that makes up the meaning… — Pipilotti Rist Copy Share
When I close my eyes, my imagination roams free. In the same way I want to create spaces for video art that rethink the… — Pipilotti Rist Copy Share Image
I did not go to art school thinking that I was an artist; I went there mainly doing stage sets for bands. I considered… — Pipilotti Rist Copy Share Image
I always try to create equal power between the subject and the object, so as not to end up creating a relationship where the… — Pipilotti Rist Copy Share Image
First I did animation films, when I was young, in time-lapse. And then in the '80s I went directly to video. The main reason… — Pipilotti Rist Copy Share Image
That is an annoying side of democracy. The pendulum falls often in the extreme, and then we have to bring it back. It's never… — Pipilotti Rist Copy Share Image
