There is something quite particular about viewing artwork from a horizontal position. A relaxed body, upturned eye and slowness of breath bring about an entirely different gallery experience, one that enables you to feel more truly part of the work at hand.
In Pipilotti Rist’s ‘Worry Will Vanish’ (all works 2014) at Hauser & Wirth, London, such viewing conditions are all-important. In the main space, her large-scale video Worry Will Vanish Horizon is projected across two adjoining walls whose corner creates a partially enclosing space. Soft white duvets are scattered across the carpeted gallery floor, and the room itself is curtained inside and out with denim fabric, which forms an opening to be entered. From within this series of sensual folds visitors watch Rist’s dream-like immersive videos, which are soaked with the pleasures and excesses of the body and the natural world. The viewing experience is a comfortable and lingering one, shared with others. The space slips gently between cinema and bedroom as each relaxed body attunes to the work.