Peter van Riper (July 8, 1942 – November 18, 1998) was an American sound and light environment artist, musician and pioneer of laser art and holography.

He later appeared on Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine #24 FluxTellus, Harvestworks, 1990, as part of an ensemble performing George Maciunas's Solo For Lips And Tongue.

[2] From 1967 to 1970, van Riper was a member of Editions Inc., an Ann Arbor, Michigan gallery of holography, animated along laser physicist Lloyd Cross and artist Jerry Pethick (1935–2003).

[10] On December 6, 1982, he performed together with Jackson Mac Low and percussionist Z'EV, during a show called Language/Theater: Language/Noise, at Martinson Hall, Public Theater, New York.

The Kitchen presents an exhibition of video material collected by manned and unmanned NASA space probes to the Moon, Mars and Jupiter (Apollo, Viking and Pioneer), including on-board footage from Sky Lab and television transmissions to the Earth.