Tino Sehgal
Tino Sehgal
Tino Sehgalis a British–German artist, based in Berlin, who describes his work as "constructed situations". He is also thought of as a choreographer that makes dance for the museum setting...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionArtist
derive factors game income joined lifestyle money occupy ourselves package product status work
We package everything as a product so we can derive income from it. Then we can occupy ourselves with higher-order psychological lifestyle things. This is a very new issue. Money still matters, but other factors have joined the status game - like how interesting, how meaningful your work is.
derived displaying industrial museum museums objects promoting society tied valuing wealth
A museum is like a valuing machine. Museums and the industrial society started at the same moment, and they're really tied into each other. They've been all about displaying objects and the kind of wealth that can be derived from objects and promoting that point.
attaching felt kids sensitive system
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.
inanimate object work
What my work is about is, 'Can something that is not an inanimate object be considered valuable?'