Pipilotti Rist: "Electric Idyll" - Doha Fire Station, Doha, Qatar - Highlights

Pipilotti Rist,&nbsp;Welling Color Island, 2023. Video still. &copy; ProLitteris. Courtesy of the artist, Hauser &amp; Wirth and Luhring Augustine.

Pipilotti Rist, Welling Color Island, 2023. Video still. © ProLitteris. Courtesy of the artist, Hauser & Wirth and Luhring Augustine.

Pipilotti Rist's Electric Idyll is on view at Doha Fire Station in Doha, Qatar through June 1, 2024.

Marking the first survey exhibition dedicated to renowned contemporary Swiss artist in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region at the Fire Station: Artist in Residence in Doha. Designed as a single, comprehensive installation spanning the more than 650-square-metre exhibition space of the Fire Station’s Garage Gallery, Electric Idyll presents a diverse collection of some of the artist’s most celebrated works combined with new participatory pieces created specifically for this exhibition. Curated by Massimiliano Gioni, the exhibition opens as part of the special February gathering of Qatar Creates, the year-round national cultural movement that promotes and celebrates the diversity of cultural activities in Qatar and connects residents and global audiences with Qatar’s creative industries.

To learn more about the exhibition, please visit the Doha Fire Station website.