BARCELONA.- This
late summer exhibition
submerges us in Rist’s colourful universe. The exhibition begins with
two small
video installations, Porqué te vas? (nass)(2003) and Grabstein für RW (2004),
and
then moves on to one of the artist’s best-known works, Sip My Ocean
(1996). This
piece uses two walls that meet in a corner of the room, serving as large
screens
onto which are projected an underwater scene with people swimming around
to the
sound of Pipilotti Rist’s hypnotic voice singing Chris Isaak’s Wicked
Game. This
work speaks about our deep lifelong wish to understand each other
completely and
our nearly impossible desire to be synchronic.