Tala Madani, Fork in Tattoo, 2006.
Maxine Kopsa has interviewed “Younger Than Jesus” participating artist Tala Madani, and the results have been published online at the website of Dutch art magazine Metropolis M. Kopsa’s first question is direct:
Maxine Kopsa: Are you dangerous?
Tala Madani: ‘No I’m very nice. I think it’s important to push one’s own limits and that of societies. I don’t believe in simple provocation, this could get boring very soon, but it’s important to challenge perceptions, especially today where conservatism reigns everywhere. Compared to the 70s and 80s I think the 21st century hasn’t had a good start, for instance in music and television both in America and Britain there’s been a regression toward complacency.’
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