Interview by Maia Damianovic with Barbara Holub, 2001
Excerpt from the interview MD: Quite a few recent social theories, emphasized the importance of the group, of the collective and collectivity, yet this approach also tends to lead to the formation of ideologies. The set up of Between Roles, on the other hand, encourages a more intimate form of dialogue, one in which personal prejudices are revealed and explored. In Tales of Love, Julia Kristeva draws our attention to the difference between the general authority of discourse and the personal intimacy of dialogue. BH: In my pieces I try to locate the difference between the personal, intimate and public discoursive dimension. I try to explore both the private and public arenas by setting my works in a non-institutional context and then transporting them into the institutional. I like to create environments in which, although I have set predetermined parameters, anything might happen. As a result, unplanned, at times subversive, elements emerge in my work. On the other hand, of course, an analytical, theoretical academic foundation is also important. I feel I have succeeded with a piece when it can be read on both levels. |
Interview by Maia Damianovic with Barbara Holub, 2001
published in: Barbara Holub's Musterbuch IDEAL LIVING, 2003, Triton Verlag, Vienna _ a tribute to Maia Damianovic 
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