One minute sculptures, 1997
"At some point of time I realized that my artwork needed to be woven into my real life more substantially. I wanted to involve myself as a person rather than keep the art isolated in its specific place. I wanted to take risks by placing myself in the first row, and no longer hide behind the works. So I began to let all my personal wishes and desires flow into the work. Social behaviors, political issues, sexuality, embarrassement, stupidity, disturbance....
The first 'One minute sculptures' were a complete experiment, in fact, and not made in the safety of the studio. I was invited to do a show, and I arrived at the space to install my work with nothing but a camera. I used the people who worked in the gallery and the materials they happened to have there to install the exhibition. The photographs were printed small for that show, because they were quick snapshots and I wanted to maintain that spirit. When I later decided to begin the 'Outdoor sculptures', I felt the surroundings had to be integrated, so I switched to a larger print."
The artist begging for mercy, 2002
"To change mass and volume is a sculptural act. To gain or lose weight is also a sculptural act."
Two ways of carrying a bomb (Instructions on how to be politically incorrect)
2002"Each of us has an image of reality, and in many ways we share as a species a collective image, an agreed-upon representation of our world. This image, this picture of reality, is disseminated through all sorts of media, education, etc; every aspect of society depends upon its cohesion. But it is important to hold it in one's mind that this representation, however useful it may be to living one's life, and thus to the integrity of the society, is nor reality itself. It is only a construct. In my work I am always trying to ask questions of this picture. I am trying to engender mistrust in it."
The artist who swallowed the world (when it was still a disc), 2006
"Each time has its own truth; that is what artists and philosophers are looking for."
"In the end, art deals with the difficulty in coping with life, be it by means of a philosophy or a nutritional diet."
