Round table talk ›None of Your Business‹

January 16, 2009
Kunsthalle Basel

The Night of the Wild Cannibals

Lodypop, New Jerseyy, Showroom and Vrits present:

Marcel Forrer

Used Future

Alexander Hempel
Hotcha & The Teenage Lesbians From Hell
Mathias Renner
Manuel Scheiwiller
Liliane Zumkemi

None of Your Business

Round table talk with Alexander Hempel and Used Future hosted by Showroom as part of Manuel Scheiwiller's film set The Night of the Wild Cannibals

1. What was your early life like?
   
2. What are the sources of your inspiration?
   
3. Are you attracted by the idea of working on a vast scale?
   
4. Could you be more specific about the relatioship of your work to language?
   
5. Has your knowledge of archaeological excavations had any bearing on your work?
   
6. Do you ever consider the political implication of your work?
   
7. Do you feel that your work is subversive in any way?
   
8. If you could improve any aspect of the art situation here, what would it be?
   
9. What started off your interest in puns?
   
10. How do you sculpture now?
    
11. How do you see the relationship between the photograph and the work?
    
12. Has the course of your work been primarily logical or emotional?
    
13. Has the attitude to the photograph now changed?
    
14. It is sometimes claimed that the photo is a distortion of sensory perception.
    
15. What do you mean?
    
16. So all your works are basically about the same thing.
    
17. So you are really happy doing it?
    
18. Well, what are some of your other concerns?
    
19. What do you consider one of the most important aspects of your work?