Blutclip

Blutclip

Pipilotti Rist
1993, 2:40 min, color, sound

Description

Rist's body is the canvas in this surreal montage. Unflinching displays of the artist's own menstrual blood are juxtaposed with images of gemstones, while swooping, close-up shots of Rist's arms and legs are followed by archival footage of lunar fly-bys, suggesting the ease with which visual culture has abstracted the female body into a beautiful but alien natural phenomenon.

Music: "Yeah Yeah Yeah" by Sophisticated Boom Boom/Netz Maeschi.