Q: Why TV Dinner?

A: Because the TV dinner in front of a TV set can fill your stomach and your brain without leaving anything good in either case.

Q: Is that what you are doing?

A: With this exhibition I am trying to do exactly the opposite. You should not trust the bright safe primary colors that can be seen from outside the gallery, but you should step inside the room and be ready to spend a lot of energy in discovering the content of the two white walls. There will be an entire universe under your eyes IF you make the time to see it. This is a machine à penser [a brain teaser].

Q: Are you shocked by the idea that all your work will eventually disappear under a coat of paint?

A: No, actually, because those who saw it will keep the memory as a dream while those who missed seeing it will be able to perceive the imprint left in the space. It is the presence of the absence. In a sense it is like when you go Assisi, you feel something in the air, because a holy man, Saint Francis, spent his life in that place.

Q: Has the museum and its founder influenced you in any way?

A: In a way I feel that Mrs. Isabella Stewart Gardner took me by the hand and led me through her Museum, which is a kind of universe suspended in time. She smiles graciously with irony and melancholy from all the nooks and crannies. In my way I have tried to imitate her smile.