Pipilotti Rist: Supersubjektiv

Pipilotti Rist's Supersubjektiv (2001) is on view at the MCA Chicago through September 14, 2025.

Rist filmed the video footage featured in Supersubjektiv using a handheld digital camera during a month-long trip to Japan in December 2000. The hallucinatory video, presented in the Turner Gallery as a multichannel installation accompanied by sheepskin seating and an artist-made pillow, offers viewers a dream-like space for contemplation and curiosity. Paired with an ambient electronic soundtrack with lyrics sung in English and Japanese, the artwork examines nature, the built environment, and technology with wide-eyed wonder. Visitors are encouraged to relax and lose track of time as they take in Rist’s audiovisual meditation on longing for connection in our vast, globalized society. Pipilotti Rist: Supersubjektiv is organized by Jason Foumberg, Daskalopoulos Collection Manager.

To learn more about the exhibition, please visit the MCA Chicago website.