Pipilotti Rist's 'Hand Me Your Trust' Lights Up M+ Facade in Hong Kong
Swiss video artist Pipilotti Rist has created a site-specific video installation titled 'Hand Me Your Trust' for the LED-covered facade of the M+ museum in Hong Kong. The museum, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, is Asia's first dedicated to 20th- and 21st-century visual culture. The work features hands at various scales, from intimate to building-sized, with the facade measuring 65 meters high and 110 meters wide, visible up to 1.5 kilometers away. Rist's kaleidoscopic, poetic imagery incorporates freehand camera work and explores hands as emotional extensions. The commission is supported by UBS and Art Basel, whose fair opens in Hong Kong concurrently. The artwork appears amid a tense political context, following years of protests and economic strain, and may serve to project a reassuring image of well-being to tourists and investors, similar to JR's recent intervention atop Harbour City.
Key facts
- Pipilotti Rist created 'Hand Me Your Trust' for the M+ museum facade in Hong Kong.
- M+ is designed by Herzog & de Meuron and is Asia's first museum dedicated to 20th- and 21st-century visual culture.
- The LED facade is 65 meters high and 110 meters wide, visible up to 1.5 kilometers away.
- The work focuses on hands at various scales, from intimate to building-sized.
- Rist's style incorporates kaleidoscopic colors, poetic flow, and freehand camera work.
- The commission is supported by UBS and Art Basel, whose fair opens in Hong Kong concurrently.
- The artwork is set against Hong Kong's tense political and economic context after years of protests.
- Similar public interventions include JR's work atop Harbour City.
Entities
Artists
- Pipilotti Rist
- JR
Institutions
- M+
- Herzog & de Meuron
- UBS
- Art Basel
- Harbour City
Locations
- Hong Kong
- Grabs
- Switzerland