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Man vs. Technology

Pipilotti Rist

Although her real name is Elizabeth, she adopted the nickname Pipilotti. Pipilotti Rist studied illustration, photography, and communication arts but she is most well-known for her video art pieces. In her video pieces, which she shoots in super 8, she focuses on sensitive issues such as gender and sexuality. She is a conceptual artist but her video pieces emit a happiness and brightness.

The fact that in her biography Rist wrote "Her favorite number is 54" made me love her right off the bat. I watched the video "I'm not the girl who misses much," and was kind of in shock. She dances around with her breasts exposed and singing in some random high pitched fast forwarded voice. I don't even know what to think of it. Her work is interesting and definately keeps you watching.

Bill Viola

Bill Viola is considered a pioneer in video art. He loves doing huge video installations to capture the viewer in picture as well as sound. Viola recieved his BA in experimental studios and proceeded to study in Italy for a while. Violoa's video projects stand out because of their directness and simplicity. He explores a lot of human activities in his pieces such as birth and death. He is also a writer whose writtings have been published worlwide. Viola also experiments with many different religions in his life as well as his pieces. These religions include Zen Buddhism, Islamic Sufism, and Christian mysticism.

Bill Viola's videos and photographs are pretty incredible. They are mind-blowing. The contrast in the dark colors and the vibrant colors in most of his pieces work really well together. His pieces are moving and dramatic. Some of them are so powerful in a very odd sense such as "Dillusion" and "Purification" but I love them all the same.

Matthew Barney

Although Matthew Barney works in sculpture, video, animation, photography, installations, drawing, and performance art, Barney considers himself a sculptor. Barney studied at Yale... planning to major in medicine, but fell in love with the arts. He also worked as a model. His best-known work is a film series called The Cremaster Cycle. Barney has done many interesting performances pieces such as one entitled, Drawing Restraint 13: The Instrument of Surrender in which Barney dressed up like General MacArthur and walked the plank into a giant vat of petroleum jelly. Odd? Well... yeah.

To be honest, a lot of Matthew Barney's work really freaks me out. He dresses up for many of his pieces as this strange, red-headed, big-nosed, crazy hair-styled character and poses eccentrically. All his performance art pieces are extremly odd actually. Whether he has hugely extended fingernails or he's making out in petroleum jelly... it's just plain weird.

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