What are you working on at the moment?
Currently I am working non-stop on several projects at the same time. My first solo exhibition opens on 11 September under the title ›THE ECHO OF PROTEST IS DISTANT TO THE PROTEST‹ and is realised in collaboration with CCA Berlin. In the exhibition, I will be showing sculptural works for the first time in alongside installations and sound works. As an extension of the exhibition, I am displaying a work called ›PARTY OF GOD/WELL DID WE LIVE‹ in the window of Nobelhart & Schmutzig. In addition, I’m working on a sound and spatial installation called ›THE STATE OF BEING MANY‹, which will be exhibited at HKW as part of ›Forgive Us Our Trespasses‹, opening 13 September. Rehearsals will then begin for my production at the Maxim Gorki Theater, where I will realise an installative spoken opera with poems by the poet Forough Farrokhzad under the title ›I PITY THE GARDEN‹.
Do you have a daily ritual?
I drink Chinese barley tea every day, both hot and cold. It sounds boring and is quite boring.
What do you listen to while working?
Sound is the starting point for all my work. Each concept is characterised by a certain sound, and all sounds are spatialised in density, which in turn creates a certain feeling. As an interdisciplinary sound artist, I have no choice but to listen to my own work while working.
Which book do you like to gift?
Cervantes’ ›Don Quixote‹ retold by Erich Kästner under the title ›The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha‹. An absolutely underrated children’s book.
Which art work would you like to have at home?
The work ›Scumak No. 2‹ by sculptor Roxy Paine. It’s an art machine that mixes plastic with pigments and ejects the molten material onto a conveyor belt. The resulting sculptures are very pigmented and look like huge, red turds. A very epic parable of the Present.
Your favourite exhibition venue in Berlin?
The Berliner Philharmonie.
What accessory or object could you not be without?
Sunglasses. It is generally far too bright.
What keeps you going?
The patriarchy, because it’s embarrassing.
Who would you like to meet?
I greatly admire the work of Jay Schwartz. For me, he is the most important composer of our time, because he always manages to overwhelm audiences and orchestras alike with his works.
What do you look forward to after you’ve finished work?
I’m not looking forward to it. At most, I look forward to the next day. After work, I find it difficult to switch off, which is why I don’t have a set ritual to end the day. Instead, I often struggle with complete exhaustion.