Is conceptualism only an artistic strategy, or a way of thinking about life, the world?
I call up conceptualism, the objects that are its legacy for entirely different reasons. I need a reference point, for myself, for practical reasons, but mostly for others. We need to be able to talk. Can you tell a breaking point in your activities, which would denote the beginning of conceptual activity? I’m not sure there would be one such moment. Art cannot be explained. I guess realising this ignorance could have been such a moment. It is a kind of obstinacy, the drive to solving that problem. That is why I say that art can be a cognitive tool. Even though the knowledge you gain is in effect negative knowledge. You keep on not knowing. And there is no guarantee it would ever be any different. But this is addictive, tastes like a drug. I came upon art, others have other problems. From time to time I meet people with an equally strong passion and that inspires me. I feel I have a lot in common with them. That proves that art is just a particular instance, one of the many outlets of
