Tag: video art

  • Pipilotti Rist

    Pipilotti Rist

    Pipilotti Rist (born Elisabeth Charlotte Rist) is a Swiss video/audio installation artist. Spanning themes of eco-feminism, pop culture, and death, Pipilotti Rist’s work in installation and video art is inspired by the lives of women. To Rist, women are beautiful, colorful beings trying to balance the pressures of society with their individual personalities. Her work…

  • Nam June Paik

    Nam June Paik

    Nam June Paik (1932-2006) was a South Korean artist often considered to be the founder of video art. He is also the first to coin the term “electronic superhighway” to describe the World Wide Web! An esteemed member of the avant-garde Fluxus movement, Paik was inspired by composers of his age, such as John Cage,…