{"id":4171,"date":"2014-01-13T19:16:51","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T18:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2014-09-22T16:48:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T14:48:04","slug":"speaking-with-tacita-dean-about-tacita-in-preparation-of-her-solo-show-at-marian-goodman-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/13\/speaking-with-tacita-dean-about-tacita-in-preparation-of-her-solo-show-at-marian-goodman-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking with Tacita Dean, about Tacita (in preparation to her new film premi\u00e8re in Paris)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4171 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/13\/speaking-with-tacita-dean-about-tacita-in-preparation-of-her-solo-show-at-marian-goodman-in-paris\/tad-13-001-10\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TaD-13-001-10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Tacita Dean, JG, 35 mm color and black and white anamorphic film with optical sound of 26 \u00bd minutes, 2013. Courtesy of Marian Goodman, Paris.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4177\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4177'>\n\t\t\t\tTacita Dean,  JG (offset), 2013. Handmade offset, Archival Offset 250 gr, 30 x 77,5 cm. Published by Niels Borch Jensen. Courtesy marian goodman gallery Paris.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/13\/speaking-with-tacita-dean-about-tacita-in-preparation-of-her-solo-show-at-marian-goodman-in-paris\/tad-13-001-8\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TaD-13-001-8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Tacita Dean, JG, 35 mm color and black and white anamorphic film with optical sound of 26 \u00bd minutes, 2013. Courtesy of Marian Goodman, Paris.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4176\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4176'>\n\t\t\t\tTacita Dean,  JG (offset), 2013. Handmade offset, Archival Offset 250 gr, 30 x 77,5 cm. Published by Niels Borch Jensen. Courtesy marian goodman gallery Paris.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/13\/speaking-with-tacita-dean-about-tacita-in-preparation-of-her-solo-show-at-marian-goodman-in-paris\/tad-13-001-7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TaD-13-001-7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Tacita Dean, JG, 35 mm color and black and white anamorphic film with optical sound of 26 \u00bd minutes, 2013. Courtesy of Marian Goodman, Paris.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4175\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4175'>\n\t\t\t\tTacita Dean,  JG (offset), 2013. Handmade offset, Archival Offset 250 gr, 30 x 77,5 cm. Published by Niels Borch Jensen. Courtesy marian goodman gallery Paris.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/13\/speaking-with-tacita-dean-about-tacita-in-preparation-of-her-solo-show-at-marian-goodman-in-paris\/tad-13-001-6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TaD-13-001-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Tacita Dean, JG, 35 mm color and black and white anamorphic film with optical sound of 26 \u00bd minutes, 2013. Courtesy of Marian Goodman, Paris.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4174\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4174'>\n\t\t\t\tTacita Dean,  JG (offset), 2013. Handmade offset, Archival Offset 250 gr, 30 x 77,5 cm. Published by Niels Borch Jensen. Courtesy marian goodman gallery Paris.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/13\/speaking-with-tacita-dean-about-tacita-in-preparation-of-her-solo-show-at-marian-goodman-in-paris\/tad-13-001-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TaD-13-001-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Tacita Dean, JG, 35 mm color and black and white anamorphic film with optical sound of 26 \u00bd minutes, 2013. Courtesy of Marian Goodman, Paris.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4173\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4173'>\n\t\t\t\tTacita Dean,  JG (offset), 2013. Handmade offset, Archival Offset 250 gr, 30 x 77,5 cm. Published by Niels Borch Jensen. Courtesy marian goodman gallery Paris.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/13\/speaking-with-tacita-dean-about-tacita-in-preparation-of-her-solo-show-at-marian-goodman-in-paris\/tad-13-001-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TaD-13-001-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Tacita Dean, JG, 35 mm color and black and white anamorphic film with optical sound of 26 \u00bd minutes, 2013. Courtesy of Marian Goodman, Paris.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4172\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4172'>\n\t\t\t\tTacita Dean,  JG (offset), 2013. Handmade offset, Archival Offset 250 gr, 30 x 77,5 cm. Published by Niels Borch Jensen. Courtesy marian goodman gallery Paris.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow the new Tacita Dean&#8217; film will be presented with a solo show at Marian Goodman gallery in Paris. According to the artist&#8217;s strategy, the basic info concerning \u201cJG\u201d \u2013 the film is inspired by her correspondence with J.G. Ballard in regards to the Robert Smithson&#8217;s <i>Spiral Jetty \u2013<\/i> are provided by the introductive text published by the gallery (available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariangoodman.com\/exhibitions\/2014-01-15_tacita-dean\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>). Nevertheless, since most of Tacita&#8217;s best works are in continuity with the personal motivations she gives each time, we publish here some unpublished fragments from a dialogue we had with the artist in 2011, on the occasion of her Turbine Hall commission. As you will see, we were not interested in talking about the artwork&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On November 7<sup>th<\/sup> 2011, 4:56 pm, via Skype:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>How much time do you usually spend in your studio daily?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It depends, when I am producing a work I&#8217;m used to get here at eight in the morning and I stay until eight pm. But if I have to work quite intensely I stay here until late at night.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In regards with the art of doing movies, do you have any specific ability?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Film making needs a lot of knowledge, but I am not a technics.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have any hobby?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I go to flea markets. In my case it is connected to the work, but it is also a pleasure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you play any sport?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>No, I don&#8217;t.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Which is the thing you love the most of being an artist?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It is difficult to say that really. Being an artist means that I have a lot of freedom, to be what I am and do what I want. When there is not too much stress, there is nothing more pleasurable than working on something.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But when you are an artist, you are an artist twenty-four hours a day, isn&#8217;t it?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Yes, exactly you are.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You are free to be anything, but not free from being an artist.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Exactly. (laughs)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Are you a reader? Do you like books?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Yes, that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve been trying to do today, some reading. I love books.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What are you reading?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;ve just finished The marriage plot by Jeffrey Eugenides.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Did you like it?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Yes, I like it very much because he is a friend so I wanted to read it before I saw him. I was in London just to meet him this week-end.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And music?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Yes, I listen to it sometime, but not a lot because I don&#8217;t have a record player here.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Which is the last cd that you bought?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I don&#8217;t know. I just bought a whole of listenings just because I needed to have something to listen to. It&#8217;s a real mixture of stuff. I am not really a music person.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So, do you think about music only in relation to your work?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>No, not at all in relation to my work. But I needed some cds for the studio because I didn&#8217;t have very much and I bought a lot of Neil Young, actually and a bit of classical music. Again, I am not a music junkie.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You told that if some days you change your medium, you would move to painting.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I say that sufficiently.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you paint sometimes?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I paint my drawings, usually just monochrome. I say that because people always ask me if I would go to digital. I mean I use digital the whole time but not as a final thing. I just always say, no, I am not going to go digital, I may bring up painting and maybe I will. Or maybe I write. Because I also write, and maybe I write a novel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The thing that really strucks me about your work in the Tate is that you can look at it like an abstract work with a lot of meanings. But at the same in the video of the Tate press you say that film is a very important medium and we have to keep it. So, which is in your opinion the real aim of an artwork?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Well, the film is also an art work. On this occasion it has much to do with the medium and I don&#8217;t want it to have just one single message because that&#8217;s not what I do at all.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Why do you live in Berlin and not London?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Because I got a scholarship in Berlin in 2000 and I never wanted to go back. It&#8217;s much easier to work here. I like the city very much.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Where is your studio in Berlin?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It&#8217;s in the centre, by the Hamburger Banhof.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>How is it?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It&#8217;s not a big place.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have a lot of assistants?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>No, I don&#8217;t. I share my studio with Thomas Demand. I have administrative assistant four days a week and then one doing tax a day per week and I have somebody who comes every thursday to do physical things. When I made the film, I needed a film studio and then I had a whole crew.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Tomorrow the new Tacita Dean&#8217; film will be presented with a solo show at Marian Goodman gallery in Paris. 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