I always try to create equal power between the subject and the object, so as not to end up creating a relationship where the camera is here and the object out there. This is for me a very difficult and sensitive balance. When I produce a work, cut and frame images, I realize that spectators can identify with the images and almost forget that someone else actually made them. This would be the optimal situation. I don't know whether I succeed in doing so, but that's what I would like to have happen.
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, sa… - Pipilotti Rist
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, sa…
- Pipilotti Rist
It will probably take several more generations before the female body can be considered a stand-in for the human body. - Pipilotti Rist
It will probably take several more generations before the female body can be considered a stand-in for the human body.
Choosing a name is a self-fulfilling prophecy. - Pipilotti Rist
Choosing a name is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Women are less interested in watching two people having sex than in understanding how and what these people are feeling when they are having sex. If … - Pipilotti Rist
Women are less interested in watching two people having sex than in understanding how and what these people are feeling when they are having sex. If …
The main reason for civilization is that life is more comfortable. In a way, houses are there to protect us from rain, cold, and heat; cars are there… - Pipilotti Rist
The main reason for civilization is that life is more comfortable. In a way, houses are there to protect us from rain, cold, and heat; cars are there…
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 for that was that I coul… - Pipilotti Rist
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 for that was that I coul…
Fifty years ago, the spoken word reigned, but during the last fifty years, the power has gone over to pictures. - Pipilotti Rist
Fifty years ago, the spoken word reigned, but during the last fifty years, the power has gone over to pictures.
It's impossible for artists to accept compliments. - Pipilotti Rist
It's impossible for artists to accept compliments.
Should one be for or against pornography? I prefer to propose images of sexuality rather than to analyze the pros and the cons of pornography. Women … - Pipilotti Rist
Should one be for or against pornography? I prefer to propose images of sexuality rather than to analyze the pros and the cons of pornography. Women …
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