We are all affected by the time we are born into, and of course that feeds into your work. Society is based on storytelling – religious myths, opera, film – and 1968 was always seen as a time of rupture and fragmentation. I have always been interested in those words. Doug Aitken Read Quote
In our daily lives, we see ourselves often in very reductive ways. I want to explore motion, change and flux, whether we are looking in the mirror or seeing ourselves in our surroundings. The singular view of self contradicts the act of living. Doug Aitken Read Quote
I don’t really care about interruptions. I accept technology, and I don’t turn things off. I’ve found a peace with fragmentation and a harmony with switching gears quickly to other things. Doug Aitken Read Quote
The ‘Station to Station’ film is a fast-moving journey through the modern creative landscape. It’s a kaleidoscope of voices and impressions rather than a standard linear film. Doug Aitken Read Quote
We are engaging with so many art forms at once in the 21st century, but we’re presented with them in a way that is so isolated. Doug Aitken Read Quote
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 Read Quote
It’s very easy to lose track of the environment around you, to lose touch with the present. Doug Aitken Read Quote
Communication is paramount, and what medium or what format you utilize should be a non-issue. In some respects, that has created a barrier for new media, especially web new media, because often times maybe the media itself comes before the concept, before the ideas, and ends up navigating or dictating the outcome. Doug Aitken Read Quote
We live in a world where art exists in galleries and museums, and musicians have to play the same venues over and over. Doug Aitken Read Quote
The perfect pop song is a 20th-century creation; it’s not a sonnet, it’s not an opera, it’s something short – three and a half minutes by nature – and has this ability to travel and to defy class and economic structures. Doug Aitken Read Quote
