Too many people think that you can only be creative within the field of art: “It’s not just a little ghetto called ‘art’ that allows you to do that.” Internationally acclaimed artist Susan Hiller (b.1940 – d.2019) advises younger colleagues not to make art unless they have to.
Moreover, it is essential that you avoid being misled by other people’s opinion about your art – what really matters is daring to be yourself: “The greatest pleasure there is, is actually to define a problem – and solve it, and only you know whether it’s solved or not.”
Susan Hiller (b.1940 – d.2019) is an American London-based artist. In the early 1980s she began to make innovative use of audio and visual technology. Her ground-breaking installations, multi-screen videos and audio works have achieved international recognition and are widely acknowledged as a major influence on younger British artists. Hiller’s works are based on specific cultural artefacts from our society, which she uses as basic materials. With a practice extending over 40 years, she has been recognized by mid-career survey exhibitions at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts (1986), Tate Liverpool (1996) and Tate Britain (2011). For more about Susan Hiller see: http://www.susanhiller.org/
Susan Hiller was interviewed by Kasper Bech Dyg in connection to her exhibition ‘Channels’ at Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art in Copenhagen, February 2015.
Camera: Kasper Kiertzner
Produced and edited by: Kasper Bech Dyg
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2015
Supported by Nordea-fonden
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