Have you a particular approach in conceiving your art? It's a continuous process which is part of my daily life. Ideas come along and I write them down. I also collect images and sounds that interest me, and I film with my video camera whenever I get inspired. Interestingly, the actual conception of art work usually occurs in a flash, a unique idea, that I then try to execute as quickly as possible, not letting my ego interrupt, trying to have it come straight from the subconscious. There is then a process of fine-tuning, that can take a while, until it feels that the work is right, and further work would only damage it. - Let’s speak about influences. Have any videomaker from the older generation inspired you? Video Artists (not necessarily all of them are old generation): Nam June Paik, Dara Birnbaum, Bruce Conner, George Barber, Pippilotti Rist, Bill Viola, Harun Farocki, and Jean Gabriel Peroit. Experimental film artists: Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren, the film 'Un Chien Andalu'. Filmmakers: David Lynch, Chris Marker, Erroll Morris. Painters: Gerhard Richter, Robert Rauschenberg, Francis Bacon. And there are probably more influences I fail to remember at the moment. Your works have been screened in many film festivals. What do you think about the difference of audience between art galleries and film festivals?
rough material for the finished work. It's a way of retaliating back to mainstream media, closing feedback circuits. Found footage images which I choose are very personal for me and are chosen because they get to me in some way, resonating something deep inside in me, from my own history, in my identity. In addition, it's an opportunity to critique popular culture, and there is a lot to critique.
Yes, there are many film festivals scattered globally, creating a community of people interested in this kind of work. It's really cool that we can connect and form a network of people interested in video art and experimental film. I am really grateful for the opportunities to screen the works. Film festivals are freer from commercial obligations, and can include more artists in their programme, and show varied, themes programming. Galleries allow the public to focus more on works, with the videos having bigger impact in the almost holy space of the gallery, where viewers devote more time and attention to the work shown. There is also the difference between presenting on the screen - which is a more cinematic experience - and in the gallery space, where it is a more sculptural or installation form. And there is something magical about the loop playback of video in galleries, this repetitiveness, but then it's also