Pipilotti Rist

Pipilotti Rist, Massachusetts Chandelier. Installation view. Luhring Augustine, 2010

[Flavorwire] Pipilotti Rist, the video artist known for exploring gender and sexuality in her work, has a new show up at Chelsea's Luhring Augustine. Dubbed Heroes of Birth, it features the debut of two video installations, as well as a video sculpture.

As viewers enter the gallery space, they're confronted by All or Nothing, a triptych of mounted LCD screens displaying hypnotic images of body parts in motion. The screens are flanked by an altar covered with "daily offerings" — fresh flowers, snacks, and a functioning water cooler where visitors can quench their thirst. In the rear gallery, which is covered in wallpaper designed by Rist, hangsMassachusetts Chandelier — a glowing piece created using underwear collected from friends and family.

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Our generation didn’t grow up with the first film. What can they get out of it now? “If there is a message, it’s that time is your greatest asset. George Soros calls us the ninja generation. No investments, no jobs, no assets. 

That’s a scary name.” 

—SHIA LABEOUF [Vulture]