You Called Me Jacky
Pipilotti Rist
Pipilotti Rist
Pipilotti Rist
You Called Me Jacky
1990
SD Pal, 4:3, Sound, 4’12’’
Song by Kevin Coyne
The music video style of You Called Me Jacky (1990) characterises Pipilotti Rist’s work and creates an emotional tension by sandwiching her own image in androgynous clothes with the footage of a train trip. Her performance is strong, funny, awkward, and passionate - in short, too complex to easily categorize what type of woman she is.
By marrying not only two sets of imagery, but two different moments in time, Rist’s performance flows like a ghostly memory running through the mind. Rist’s straightforward directorial style combined with Kevin Coyne’s emotive song imbues the video with many of the same emotions that accompany lost love.
An artist who came to the fine art world through the portal of pop culture, Rist has designed concert stages, directed videos for local bands, and played in a band herself. She has utilised songs in other videos, such as in ‘I’m Not The Girl Who Misses Much (1986)’ and continued this technique into her multi-channel projections with Sip My Ocean (1996) installation in which she sang Chris Isaac’s Wicked Game (1989).
Although Rist’s early works were made before she had seen MTV, Rist says, “I have the greatest respect for some MTV clips, since they have a power of innovation and a spirit of discovery that really surpasses video art.”
You Called Me Jacky
1990
SD Pal, 4:3, Sound, 4’12’’
Song by Kevin Coyne
The music video style of You Called Me Jacky (1990) characterises Pipilotti Rist’s work and creates an emotional tension by sandwiching her own image in androgynous clothes with the footage of a train trip. Her performance is strong, funny, awkward, and passionate - in short, too complex to easily categorize what type of woman she is.
By marrying not only two sets of imagery, but two different moments in time, Rist’s performance flows like a ghostly memory running through the mind. Rist’s straightforward directorial style combined with Kevin Coyne’s emotive song imbues the video with many of the same emotions that accompany lost love.
An artist who came to the fine art world through the portal of pop culture, Rist has designed concert stages, directed videos for local bands, and played in a band herself. She has utilised songs in other videos, such as in ‘I’m Not The Girl Who Misses Much (1986)’ and continued this technique into her multi-channel projections with Sip My Ocean (1996) installation in which she sang Chris Isaac’s Wicked Game (1989).
Although Rist’s early works were made before she had seen MTV, Rist says, “I have the greatest respect for some MTV clips, since they have a power of innovation and a spirit of discovery that really surpasses video art.”
6.11.25—20.12.25
GIANNI MANHATTAN, Wassergasse 14, 1030 Vienna
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Pipilotti Rist
You Called Me Jacky
1990
SD Pal, 4:3, Sound, 4’12’’
Song by Kevin Coyne
The music video style of You Called Me Jacky (1990) characterises Pipilotti Rist’s work and creates an emotional tension by sandwiching her own image in androgynous clothes with the footage of a train trip. Her performance is strong, funny, awkward, and passionate - in short, too complex to easily categorize what type of woman she is.
By marrying not only two sets of imagery, but two different moments in time, Rist’s performance flows like a ghostly memory running through the mind. Rist’s straightforward directorial style combined with Kevin Coyne’s emotive song imbues the video with many of the same emotions that accompany lost love.
An artist who came to the fine art world through the portal of pop culture, Rist has designed concert stages, directed videos for local bands, and played in a band herself. She has utilised songs in other videos, such as in ‘I’m Not The Girl Who Misses Much (1986)’ and continued this technique into her multi-channel projections with Sip My Ocean (1996) installation in which she sang Chris Isaac’s Wicked Game (1989).
Although Rist’s early works were made before she had seen MTV, Rist says, “I have the greatest respect for some MTV clips, since they have a power of innovation and a spirit of discovery that really surpasses video art.”
You Called Me Jacky
1990
SD Pal, 4:3, Sound, 4’12’’
Song by Kevin Coyne
The music video style of You Called Me Jacky (1990) characterises Pipilotti Rist’s work and creates an emotional tension by sandwiching her own image in androgynous clothes with the footage of a train trip. Her performance is strong, funny, awkward, and passionate - in short, too complex to easily categorize what type of woman she is.
By marrying not only two sets of imagery, but two different moments in time, Rist’s performance flows like a ghostly memory running through the mind. Rist’s straightforward directorial style combined with Kevin Coyne’s emotive song imbues the video with many of the same emotions that accompany lost love.
An artist who came to the fine art world through the portal of pop culture, Rist has designed concert stages, directed videos for local bands, and played in a band herself. She has utilised songs in other videos, such as in ‘I’m Not The Girl Who Misses Much (1986)’ and continued this technique into her multi-channel projections with Sip My Ocean (1996) installation in which she sang Chris Isaac’s Wicked Game (1989).
Although Rist’s early works were made before she had seen MTV, Rist says, “I have the greatest respect for some MTV clips, since they have a power of innovation and a spirit of discovery that really surpasses video art.”
