(Entlastungen) Pippilottis Fehler / (Absolutions) Pippilotti's Mistakes

1988

(Entlastungen) Pippilottis Fehler / (Absolutions) Pippilotti's Mistakes, 1988. Pipilotti Rist (Swiss, b. 1962). Video, color, sound, 11:17 min.; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Louis D. Kacalieff, M.D. Fund 2020.272 © Pipilotti Rist Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist’s work, which translates as “Absolutions, Pipolotti’s Mistakes,” juxtaposes images of herself collapsing to the ground with bursts of scrambled electronic distortion. The piece explores the imperfections of the video machine, which carries echoes of psychological and personal mistakes.