What are you working on at the moment?
Currently I’m working on the upcoming show for Berlin Art Week. We’ll present the first European solo exhibition by Kite, titled ›Night as Root (haŋ-)‹. The artist will present recent stone sculptures and hides which explore the movement of knowledge through dreams into this world, using Lakȟóta visual language.
Do you have a daily ritual?
I fast sixteen hours between dinner and lunch so when I wake up, I drink an extract with vegetables and fruit. In the evening, I regularly read news and essays on my iPad before going to bed.
What do you listen to while working?
NTS Radio.
Which book do you like to gift?
I love gifting books. Even if there’s not a particular reason, I will gift a book if I think that the book could interest the person. Recently I gifted the following books: for fiction ›The Summer That Melted Everything‹ by Tiffany McDaniel, and for essays ›Ways of Being‹ by James Bridle. The book I gift the most is ›A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again‹ by David Foster Wallace.
Which art work would you like to have at home?
I have many works at home by artists of the gallery, I’m attached to a work by Paolo Cirio in the living room, but I also have many works by Kameelah Janan Rasheed and a textile by Cian Dayrit which I keep in my bedroom. I particularly love a work by Kameelah that I see every morning when I wake up. It says in capital letters: ›Tell Your Struggle with Triumphant Humor‹, which I try to keep in mind every day.
Your favourite exhibition venue in Berlin?
KW Institute for Contemporary Art but also Gropius Bau.
What accessory or object could you not be without?
My iPad. I read a lot, in particular newspapers, blogs and weeklies and I find it really practical. Also, I use it to play chess.
What keeps you going?
The artists I work with. I love talking with them, finding solutions, overcoming problems. They are my lifeline and inspiration. Also my wife: she inspires me and at the same time she criticises me a lot. But that’s useful, it helps me analyse my behaviour.
Who would you like to meet?
Iggy Pop.
What do you look forward to after you’ve finished work?
Going home to my kids—and in case they’re already sleep—reading. But what I’m really looking forward to is the early morning when I go swimming.