The Colour of Your Socks - A Year with Pipilotti Rist
Die Farbe Deiner Socken - Ein Jahr mit Pipilotti Rist

A documentary by Michael Hegglin

Switzerland / Austria 2009 l 53 min l colour l Digi-Beta

written & directed by Michael Hegglin
camera: Peter Hammann
editor: Oliver Neumann
sound: Stephan Pauly
producers: Alfi Sinniger, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
produced by Catpics Coproductions (CH) in coproduction with AMOUR FOU & Swiss Television

With the financial support of Fernsehfonds Austria, Teleproduktionsfonds Bern, Kulturförderung Kanton Zug, Kulturförderung Kanton St.Gallen, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Gubler-Hablützel Stiftung & MEDIA

World Premiere: Solothurner Filmtage 2010

stills l words l interview l bio l filmo l teaser l press kit l dvd

The documentary The Colour of Your Socks - A Year with Pipilotti Rist accompanies the Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist around the world, shows her at work in her studio in Zurich as well as at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Since she won the Duemila Prize at the Biennale di Venezia in 1997, Pipilotti Rist is an internationally recognized and renowned artist. For the first time, she lets a documentary filmmaker into her world, providing insight into her creative process, the development of projects and the collaboration with her team.

Screenings

Pinakothek der Moderne at Kunstareal Munich on May 9, 2010 at 1 pm
on the occasion of the exhibition Pipilotti Rist - Extremitäten weich, weich

Austrian premiere at Top Kino in Vienna on May 2, 2010 at 6.30 pm
Pipilotti Rist double feature with Pepperminta

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Denmark) from January 7 - April 25, 2010
accompanying the installation Homo Sapiens Sapiens by Pipilotti Rist

"FLIZ" (Film Lovers Zug) at Kino Gotthard in Zug on March 3, 2010 at 8 pm

Filmfoyer Winterthur (Kino Loge) on February 23, 2010 at 8.30 pm

Solothurner Filmtage (21.1. - 28.1.2010) on January 27, 2010 at 2.15 pm

Theatrical release September 6, 2009 Riffraff Kino in Zurich

TV broadcasts

SF2 on April 14, 2010 at 4.05 pm

SF2 on April 13, 2010 at 10 pm

3sat on February 6, 2010 at 10.10 pm

SF1 on September 19, 2009 at 9.55 am (Sternstunde Kunst)

SF1 on September 19, 2009 at 12 am (Sternstunde Kunst)