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"Thus, what was mixes with what has been added to create something new."

The artist Thorsten Brinkmann in an interview with Caroline Schilling (Int. Presse, Hatje Cantz) about his house installation La Hütte Royal and the wild urge to combine things that don't belong together.

INTERVIEW WITH MAXIME BALLESTEROS

Like a hunter, Maxime Ballesteros roams the night with his analog camera. He is not a voyeur of wild parties where sexual desire reaches its peak, but a silent observer of a world where boundaries dissolve and a subjective reality comes to light.

INTERVIEW WITH DR. WOLFRAM VÖLCKER

Art journalist Claudia Herstatt spoke to Dr. Wolfram Völcker.

INTERVIEW WITH DR. ANDREAS SCHUMACHER

The art critic Annette Lettau interviews Dr. Andreas Schumacher, Curator of the Botticelli Exhibition at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.

INTERVIEW WITH MATTHIAS STEINKRAUS

In an interview with Leona Koldehoff, Matthias Steinkraus talks about the background of his work.

INTERVIEW WITH VOLKER STAAB

Volker Staab makes room for art: the Berlin-based architect helps water flow through walls, loves installations beneath staircases, and hates the tyranny of industrial norms. Above all, Staab is known for his museum buildings, from Nuremberg to Ahrenshoop, as well as for the sensitive way he embeds the buildings in their often historical surroundings.

INTERVIEW WITH LATIF AL ANI

Latif Al Ani was one of the first photographers in Iraq. He had an active career for more than twenty years, starting in the early 1950s. Al Ani presented the vivid Iraqi culture in its abundance and complexity: besides documenting the westernized everyday life, the political culture and industry, he also captured images of Iraq from the air for the Iraq Petroleum Company.

INTERVIEW WITH KEMANG WA LEHULERE

“In his wall drawings, collages, and complex performances, he revisits his own history and the pain of his society by creating poignant images that are never literal or explanatory, but are instead a territory to be traversed, understood, and revealed,” writes Victoria Noorthoorn, the directors of the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, describing Kemang Wa Lehulere’s art.

INTERVIEW WITH JOCHEN RAIß

In the current issue of the German art magazine »art. Das Kunstmagazin«, the book »Women in Trees« was presented as »the most charming photobook of the summer«. Jochen Raiß is the man behind this considerable project, that brings together 52 old black and white amateur photos of women sitting in trees.

INTERVIEW WITH STEFAN HANKE

A »portraitist of the soul«, the Regensburg-based photographer Stefan Hanke was called by one of the contemporary witnesses. More than ten years he spent visiting concentration camp survivors in seven different countries to portray them for his photo project »KZ überlebt« (Concentration camp survivors).

INTERVIEW WITH KRISTIN FEIREISS

Dr. h.c. Kristin Feireiss is a member of the jury for the renowned Pritzker Architecture Prize, which was awarded to Alejandro Aravena on April 4, 2016, at the United Nations’ headquarters in New York City.

INTERVIEW WITH NORA GOMRINGER

Finding a shared harmony, the poet Nora Gomringer and photographic artist Andreas Herzau have collaborated with the Bamberg Symphony to create a fascinating anniversary publication. The result: over 150 packed pages giving visual form to sound. We talked to Nora Gomringer about the project.

INTERVIEW WITH DR. THOMAS GIRST

Our publisher, Dr. Cristina Steingräber, met with Dr. Thomas Girst, the head of BMW Group Cultural Engagement, to talk about the special program.

INTERVIEW WITH FRANK HORVAT

Nadine Barth, Photography Program Consultant for Hatje Cantz, in Conversation with the Photographer Frank Horvat. (Cotignac, April 12, 2015)

INTERVIEW WITH WILLIAM LIM

"The history of contemporary art in Hong Kong is probably less than twenty years old. It is still a very young art scene, and there will be many new developments in the future. As collectors of Hong Kong art we are just at the beginning, and there is definitely a long way to go." Christoph Noe interviews William Lim.

INTERVIEW WITH ALFRED SEILAND

The photographer Alfred Seiland has spent years exploring the traces of the global Roman Empire, and he now presents the essence of this large project under the title Imperium Romanum.

INTERVIEW WITH ANNETTE KULENKAMPFF

Art journalists Nicole Büsing & Heiko Klaas in conversation with Annette Kulenkampff, publisher at Hatje Cantz Verlag. The interview took place on June 8, 2012, during the preview days of dOCUMENTA (13) in a hotel in Kassel.

INTERVIEW WITH CAROLYN CHRISTOV-BAKARGIEV

Five Questions and Notes for Ms. Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Artistic Director of dOCUMENTA (13).

dOCUMENTA (13) – BEHIND THE SCENES: INTERVIEW WITH ANNELIES BAKKER

Interview with Annelies Bakker, Backoffice Management Assistant in the Technical Production Team.

INTERVIEW WITH MATTHIAS SAUER

Art journalists Nicole Büsing & Heiko Klaas in an interview with Matthias Sauer, Head of Infrastructure, on all topics concerning the organizational background of dOCUMENTA (13).

INTERVIEW WITH KATRIN SAUERLÄNDER

Interview with Katrin Sauerländer, Managing Editor Publications.

INTERVIEW WITH WALTHER AND FRANZ KÖNIG

Interview with Walther and Franz König, Booksellers and Publishers.

INTERVIEW WITH EVA SCHARRER

The interview with Eva Scharrer, agent of dOCUMENTA (13), was conducted by art journalists Nicole Büsing and Heiko Klaas.

INTERVIEW WITH MONIKA FISCHER AND MATHIAS BRASCHLER

Journalist Nadine Olonetzky interviewed Mathias Braschler (*1969 in Aargau) and Monika Fischer (*1971 in the Rhine Valley, Switzerland) about their book, The Human Face of Climate Change. The two photo-journalists spent eight months traveling through sixteen countries and across every continent, in the attempt to put a face to climate change.