For the 9th Open Research Program, Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015’s participating artist Pipilotti Rist was invited to deliver a lecture presented in collaboration with the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MoMAK). Before the lecture, a gallery talk by a MoMAK curator was delivered in the museum’s Collection Gallery on the 4th floor. For more information about the gallery talk, see “Access Program [Gallery Talk] Personal Antidisaster Plan: Works by Pipilotti Rist and Others.”
Using two projectors, Rist showed examples of her work and described the basic principles behind them. Rist is known for lectures that do not stop at merely talking in front of the audience, and surely enough, at one point she ran around the audience as a bodily expression of her belief that everything goes full circle, and at another, she had the audience pair up for a brief hands-on activity. There was a lively and lighthearted air among the audience throughout the entire lecture. The main purpose of Rist’s latest stay in Kyoto was research for her new work to be made for Parasophia, and the lecture also touched on possible ideas of what she will be creating in Kyoto next year. In closing, she showed her video piece Ever is Over All (1997), a work that was shown for the first time in Japan at MoMAK in 1999, and spoke about her sentiments for Japan and Kyoto in particular. After the lecture, many audience members lingered for a chance to speak directly with the artist, who is clearly loved by many for her colorful works and charming personality.
The lecture was photographed by a student from the Kyoto University of Art and Design, and three students from Doshisha University, Kyoto Institute of Technology, and Osaka University also provided their assistance. A record of the lecture will be made available on this website.

(Photos by Anri Yanase)

Open Research Program 09 [Lecture] Pipilotti Rist
Date: Tuesday (holiday), April 29, 2014  7:00–8:30 PM
Venue: 1F Lobby, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Presented by the Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture Organizing Committee, Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives (Kyoto Keizai Doyukai), Kyoto Prefecture, and Kyoto City
With the cooperation of The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

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About the Open Research Program
The Artistic Director and his curatorial team will conduct part of their research for Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 publicly, in the form of lectures and other events in this program.

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Access Program [Gallery Talk] Personal Antidisaster Plan: Works by Pipilotti Rist and Others
Tuesday (holiday), April 29, 2014  2:00–3:00 PM, 4:00–5:00 PM