Pipilotti Rist is a Swiss visual artist and filmmaker known for innovative and engrossing video artworks and multimedia installations. For many of her most recognizable films she employs herself as director, producer, performer, and composer, an ongoing practice that reflects her varied interests in human emotion, female sexuality, psychology, music, and her own body. By keeping her videos short, Rist mimics the bite-size nature of commercial culture. With her work, she encourages viewers to reconcile the juxtaposition between what they see and how they feel. Composed with the intent of relaxing the viewer with playful music while showcasing a joyful act of repeated vandalism, Rist’s surreal video installation Ever Is Over All, 1997, in Glenstone’s collection, has become an iconic feminist statement that has inspired many artists in the decades since its premiere at the Venice Biennale.

–Nora Severson Cafritz, from the Glenstone Field Guide