Self

In December of 2008 i was lucky enough to catch Pipilotti Rist's show at the MoMA.
I consider this work to be a self portrait not mainly because of the artist, but because of what she asks the viewer to do.

The work is made of seven projections, and its ten minutes long. The Panoramic projections measuring twenty-five feet in height and two hundred feet in length creating a fully integrated sensory experience filled with vivid colors and lush images of vegetation, fauna and human activity. A sculptural seating island designed by the artist and Atelier Rist Sisters accompanies the show. The seating is supposed to represent the iris of an eye. Underneath the seating is the audio,
which consists of abstract sound but also melodic tunes

Pipilotti in a way makes this installation interactive; as a viewer you are meant to interact with the couch and surroundings by taking your shoes off, walking on a plush carpet, laying on the couch, relaxing stretching out watching and listening to the video not only with your eyes, but with your legs, arms, and with your body while stretching out and rolling around, taking in the video and pouring your body out.

This instillation starts becoming about the viewer not in the sense of the imagery and such but in what Pipilotti asks us to do while viewing the work and we are experiencing it through our bodies or one self.