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7/2/2007

Pipilotti Rist

Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm

Gravity, Be My Friend

Curator Richard Julin

As artists it is our task and duty to heed our dreams and the subconscious. It is our job to examine more closely everything that usually gets swept aside for the sake of productivity.
To create a distance.

Pipilotti Rist, 2006, from the catalogue.

Pipilotti Rist is one of the most prominent artists working today, best known for her dream-like video installations and colour-drenched imagery. Probing both physical and psychological dimensions her exploration of the body, our senses, rituals and taboos are at once poetical, intimate and playfully entertaining.

The exhibition is Rist's first solo exhibition in Scandinavia and includes works that are central to Rist’s production as well as two newly produced works. Pipilotti Rist was born in 1962 and lives and works in Zurich. Since the beginning of the 1990’s she has been included in a large number of group shows and has had solo exhibitions at some of the most prestigious art institutions around the world.

The title-piece Tyngdkraft, var min vän / Gravity, Be My Friend is a new large-scale audio video installation specially produced for Magasin 3. The title refers both to the events in the film and the viewer’s experience of the piece. With this work Pipilotti Rist wants to encompass a flash of consciousness in the spectators minds, a kind of mildness to themselves.

Pipilotti Rist was born in 1962 and lives and works in Zurich. Since the beginning of the 1990’s she has been included in a large amount of group shows and has had solo exhibitions at some of the most prestigious art institutions around the world.

Rist’s large-scale projection, Homo Sapiens Sapiens, installed in one of the city’s ancient churches, created quite a stir and was widely discussed at the 2005 Venice Biennale. Since mid-October Pipilotti Rist’s work can be seen in a solo exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, Texas.

PROGRAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXHIBITION
Artist's talk
Friday, February 9, 2 pm
In the lobby of Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
Pipilotti Rist and Richard Julin, conversation in conjunction with the opening.
Please note! Limited seats. Free admission.

The catalogue Congratulations! / Grattis! / Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
In conjunction with the exhibition Magasin 3 is producing a catalogue in collaboration with Lars Müller Publishers allowing the reader to listen in on a private conversation between Pipilotti Rist and Richard Julin, the curator of the exhibition. The book is published in three separate editions in English, Swedish and German.
Guided tours every Saturday at 2 pm
On Saturday, February 10, the exhibition opens to the public. Chief curator Richard Julin, gives the first guided tour of the exhibition at 2 pm. For schools, institutions and companies we recommend our guided tours for private groups. For more information, please contact Sara Källström, in charge of program and education.

Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall was founded 1987 and is one of the leading institutions of contemporary art in Sweden. Since its inception Magasin 3 has become recognized for major exhibitions presenting works by internationally established artists.
Above from site-specific works: Fred Sandback (1991), Katharina Grosse (2004), Ayse Erkmen (2003)

Opening: Thursday February 8, 5 - 8 pm

Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
in the building Magasin 3, floor 1, elevator 4.
Opening hours: Thur 12-7 pm, Fri-Sun 12-5 pm during exhibition periods

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