Pipilotti Cross (People 2019, by Anthony Anex) - Swiss Press Award
Anthony Anex
Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist strikes a pose during her worldwide unique art performance on coral death entitled "Toi comme le corail symbiotique", in Bern, Switzerland, on Sunday, October 7, 2018. In a public indoor swimming pool, people immerse themselves in a colour world of the oceans specially created to draw attention to the death of corals. (KEYSTONE/Anthony Anex)
KEYSTONE_SDA
Winner
Photo / People
2019
Anthony Anex
On 7th October 2018, Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist, in collaboration with nature conservation organisation WWF, invites people to an art performance in the water titled “Toi comme le corail symbiotique” (The Coral and You in Symbiosis). In the newly renovated Bern indoor swimming pool Hirschengraben, around 500 guests swim amongst a splendor of colours created by video projections. Rist’s intention is to raise awareness of coral death.
