talk

• ASGHAR FARHADI: “I don't make symbolic films, I am a realist film-maker”
• ANNE PASTERNAK: “Many like to believe the art world is a place of higher ethical standards than the corporate and political worlds. But let's not kid ourselves”
• DANIEL SALOMON: “Esperanto is a peaceful act of resistance against global homogenisation and American cultural imperialism”
• SERGEI “SERP”: “In my role as an artist, nobody influences 
me because I exploit my own potential”
• CHRIS DERCON: “There are so many good artists whom I discovered because I didn't understand them”
• FELIPE OLIVEIRA BAPTISTA: “I wanted to expand the idea of Lacoste and make it wearable for every day of the week, because it has a whole lifestyle possibility”
• JANINE DI GIOVANNI: “I think technology has moved us so far militarily that we seem to have disassociated the victims”
• STEVE REICH: “When you hear most vocal music, whether it is Bob Dylan or the Messiah you don't really hear every word”
• MICHAEL PETRY: “The whole thing about queer and queer theory in art, literature and history is about taking this negative word and extracting the poison”
• BO NINGEN: “If I were to sing in English, it changes the meaning of what I want to say”