I try to just put a blank stage in front of them, and say, "This is your space; you tell me where you're coming from and where you're going." At a certain point, it was interesting as the project started to become what it is now, The Source, which has a physical installation and also an online presence. As we started building the installation, I started thinking, "It's really strange that we're building this installation, this piece of architecture you can go into." It's almost strange because I suppose it's an artwork, but it's an artwork that's really constructed out of ideas.
What The Source becomes, in a physical sense, is almost like this particle accelerator. There's all these different, discrete voices and ideas. If yo… - Doug Aitken
What The Source becomes, in a physical sense, is almost like this particle accelerator. There's all these different, discrete voices and ideas. If yo…
- Doug Aitken
I'm not a journalist; I'm probably a horrible interviewer. The one small thing I have is I'm curious, and I'm interested in who I'm with. - Doug Aitken
I'm not a journalist; I'm probably a horrible interviewer. The one small thing I have is I'm curious, and I'm interested in who I'm with.
You see someone like maybe William Eggleston. William doesn't even really talk about what he does; he just wants to make these images. He kind of hov… - Doug Aitken
You see someone like maybe William Eggleston. William doesn't even really talk about what he does; he just wants to make these images. He kind of hov…
Our culture is just too comfortable in creating these kind of divisions between culture. - Doug Aitken
Our culture is just too comfortable in creating these kind of divisions between culture.
It might be David Adjaye talking about how the structure of jazz music informs his architecture, it might be the musician Terry Riley talking about h… - Doug Aitken
It might be David Adjaye talking about how the structure of jazz music informs his architecture, it might be the musician Terry Riley talking about h…
I think the idea of embracing the process, creating something, no matter how thin it is, that you can call a starting point - whether it's a word or … - Doug Aitken
I think the idea of embracing the process, creating something, no matter how thin it is, that you can call a starting point - whether it's a word or …
I am fascinated by the indecisive moment and the peripheral view. - Doug Aitken
I am fascinated by the indecisive moment and the peripheral view.
Divisions between culture is not this precious thing, it's just this dirty beehive with things moving around, creating accidents, and violence, and h… - Doug Aitken
Divisions between culture is not this precious thing, it's just this dirty beehive with things moving around, creating accidents, and violence, and h…
The compartmentalizing is so severe, that we kind of lose track. When you sit down to dinner with friends, you're going to talk about everything, sha… - Doug Aitken
The compartmentalizing is so severe, that we kind of lose track. When you sit down to dinner with friends, you're going to talk about everything, sha…
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