What my work is about is, 'Can something that is not an inanimate object be considered valuable?' Tino Sehgal considerinanimateobject Change image and share on social
I have this belief that if you have an idea, and you have to write it down to remember it, then it can't be a great idea. Tino Sehgal beliefgreatidea Change image and share on social
My work comes out of a deep psychological place, so it's not like I'm Object Man at home. Theoretically, I'm not against objects, but, personally, I'm not comfortable attaching myself to them - I don't seek them out. What you can say about my home is that it's not very ambitious. Tino Sehgal ambitiousattachcomfortable share on social
Kids are very sensitive to the value system of their parents, and I just felt my parents were attaching too much importance, too much meaning, to things. Tino Sehgal attachfeltimportance Change image and share on social
The people who are interested in my work - they're quite far-out. Tino Sehgal interestpeoplework Change image and share on social
I'm not against the intergenerational function of the museum, I am not against its address or celebration of the individual, but I am against its continuous, unreflected-on celebration of material production. Tino Sehgal addresscelebrationcontinuous share on social
I don't see myself as somebody who looks particularly good in photos. Tino Sehgal goodphoto Change image and share on social
Because of this high status of the object in our culture, something has to be a thing. Live efforts are almost marginal. I think dance, for example, is just as much a thing, and I want for it to have the same status. I don't want it to be the thing that comes in the evening and is, like, the happy music. Tino Sehgal culturedanceeffort share on social
Attention is the material I work with. Tino Sehgal attentionmaterialwork Change image and share on social
The nature of my work is my subjectivity meshed with other people's subjectivity. So there's a correspondence with that... Even if you write about me, it will reflect on you; everything is a kind of weird collaboration. Tino Sehgal collaborationcorrespondencekind share on social