ART
interview by JÉRÔME SANS and OLIVIER ZAHM
reimagining the exhibition as a living ecosystem, french art star pierre huyghe simulates a world in which art objects, technology, and organisms interconnect to generate a new post-human aesthetic.
PURPLE — What are some of your earliest memories linked to the future?
PIERRE HUYGHE — Going to visit a 707 flight simulator with my father, who was a pilot; the space colonies; the “No Future” narratives — although somehow they were all fossil-energy-related, and some were deceptive; as well as science-fiction movies and literature.
PURPLE — Is there a past or future exhibition of yours that speaks directly about the future? Or is it a transversal preoccupation?
PIERRE HUYGHE — Not really, as I’m not into anticipation or futurology, telling in advance what will be. Instead, I’m driven more by speculative thought — what could be or could have…