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"I love me, I love me not" is based upon the experience that artists, in the process of creation, <br />switch back and forth between self hate and narcissism. Every artistic pursuit is one of self discovery; <br />this expression is never neutral but full of emotion. Self hate and self love are the basic emotions. With this <br />in consideration, I wanted to ask artists, which of these basic emotions dominate the opening of Documenta 11 in <br />Kassel, Germany. I made filmic portraits and asked the artists to make a gesture showing hate or love for themselves. <br />They looked into the camera as if it was a mirror."
"I love me, I love me not" is based upon the experience that artists, in the process of creation, <br />switch back and forth between self hate and narcissism. Every artistic pursuit is one of self discovery; <br />this expression is never neutral but full of emotion. Self hate and self love are the basic emotions. With this <br />in consideration, I wanted to ask artists, which of these basic emotions dominate the opening of Documenta 11 in <br />Kassel, Germany. I made filmic portraits and asked the artists to make a gesture showing hate or love for themselves. <br />They looked into the camera as if it was a mirror."
