H A P P E N I N G : Where do you live?
Armand Jalut: Paris
H: What music do you listen to when you’re working?
AJ: Often Anglo-Saxon music of the last 4 or 5 decades, with a large preference for indie music.
H: Is there a philosopher, or writer that you admire?
AJ: Impossible to name only one. I am drawn to Jacques Rancière, Bataille, Barthes, Foucault, Marshall McLuhan, Benjamin Buchloh, Beatriz Preciado, Huysmans, Mervyn Peake, Céline, Gombrowicz, J.G. Ballard, Thomas Bernhard, Elfriede Jelinek…
H: An opera?
AJ: The film adaptation of Don Giovanni by Losey I viewed at the cinema in my childhood touched me deeply.
H: A city you really like/ that inspires you?
AJ: Los Angeles and Naples, for different reasons. They are violent, romantic and decadent.
H: Is there a project that you wish to do, but haven’t yet had a chance to realise?
AJ: To visit Neverland with John Waters.
Photo via Michel Rein gallery
