Fanjie Jin: Looking Outwards – 01

Pipilotti Rist is an installation artist from Switzerland. Her work is often described as surreal, intimate and abstract. 

Over the summer, I have gotten chance to visit the Louisiana Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, in which the installation ‘Åbn min lysning (Open My Glade)’ by Pipilotti Rist was exhibited. There are two galleries and people interact with the technological art in different manners. The first installation took place in a living room setting where people can circulate in the space and sit on the couches and chairs. There are a number of projectors in the room and the projected videos almost have covered every corner in the room even on the moving audiences. The progressive videos have transferred the room into a very surreal environment in that it blurs the boundary of the objects in the room. The second installation takes place in a room full of lanterns. It has transform the architectural space into a massive dreamlike environment enhanced by the mysterious music.  When people entering into the space the light will change rhythmically according to the people that have passed by.