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Swiss contemporary artist

Pipilotti Elisabeth Rist (born 21 June 1962) is a Swiss visual artist best known for creating experimental video art and installation art.^[3] Her work is often described as surreal, intimate, abstract art, having a preoccupation with the female body. Her artwork is often categorized as feminist art.

Rist's work is known for its multi-sensory qualities, with overlapping projected imagery that is highly saturated with color, paired with sound components that are part of a larger environment with spaces for viewers to rest or lounge. Rist's work often transforms the architecture or environment of a white cube gallery into a more tactile, auditory and visual experience.^[4]

Early life and education

Pipilotti Rist was born Elisabeth Charlotte Rist^[5] in Grabs, Switzerland, in the Rhine Valley.^[6] Her father was a doctor and her mother a teacher.^[7] She started going by "Pipilot Pipilotti Rist - Wikipedia.