73 questions with Bernhard Wolf
Markus Waitschacher

1. When did you wake up today? 9:30
2. What do you eat first for breakfast? An apple
3. How long have you been in your studio? I’m in the process of moving right now.
4. What is your favorite object in the studio? The space itself
5. Which art term would you never want to hear again? Contextualize
6. Which everyday object do you value most? A good kitchen knife
7. Which work of art have you owned the longest? Time comes without asking by Edda Strobl
8. Do you have a favorite family legacy? Humor
9. Which is your favorite tree? Birch
10. What is your favorite time of year? Late summer
11. Where? Bulgaria
12. What is your favorite museum? I don’t have one.
13. What is your favorite band of all time? Joy Division
14. In which band would you most like to play a live concert? Sonic Youth
15. Which element do you value most about Art in Architecture? To design for a non-art audience 16. What is your favorite color? Ice-blue
17. Your favorite game? Puzzles
18. Favorite comedian(s)? Leslie Nielsen and Carolin Kebekus
19. Favorite action star? Alexander Kaidanovski
20. Biggest fear? People
21. Which colors do you avoid in your designs? Red
22. And when you wear them? Black
23. Do you know a poem by heart? “I remember a wonderful moment” by Alexander Pushkin
24. Where can you find the best coffee in Graz? Arena Café, Griesplatz
25. What is the first thing you notice about people? The way they walk
26. What are you currently reading? Antonio Fian, Dramolette VI
27. What is the last art catalog you read? Weibel/Latour, Critical Zones
28. When? I started half a year ago and I’m still reading it.
29. Which art book has influenced you the most in the last five years? Donna Huanca, Piedra Quemada, Belvedere Museum, Vienna
30. Where is the best vacation spot? A meadow with a lake in summer
31. Which country have you always wanted to travel to? India
32. Which countries you have travelled to have impressed you the most? Russia, China, Bulgaria 33. What do you miss about Austria when you are abroad? Humor in my mother tongue
34. How do you feel about horoscopes? It lifts your mood.
35. Do you have a teaser for a new project? A floating pink column in a baroque chapel
36. What are the favorite projects of three other artists? Markus Jeschaunig/EARTH LOVE video, everything from Aistarkh Chernyschev/Moscow, Navaridas/Deutinger/Szalay – Octopus
37. What is your personal favorite project? Fête Blanche in Klagenfurt
38. Favorite sport? Swimming and sitting in the forest
39. How many e-mails do you write per day? Perhaps ten
40. Are you on social media? Facebook
41 Are you popular? Only the algorithm knows that.
42. What is the greatest challenge for you in the future? Staying open
43. For humanity? The climate crisis
44. Coffee or tea? Both
45. Favorite cocktail? Gin and Tonic
46. Zobernig or Krystufek? Zobernig
47. Favorite food? Stuffed peppers
48. Lassnig or Nitsch? Nitsch
49. Favorite vegetable? Artichoke
50. EXPORT or Gelitin? Both
51. Favorite dessert? Crème brûlée
52. Where do you get nerdy? When rearranging hotel room furnishings
53. Favorite guilty pleasure/trash preference? Seitenblicke, ORF
54. What is the greatest invention of all time? Soft sneakers
55. If you could do a documentary, what would it be about? The FOND art collective in Graz 1989–1996
56. What is your biggest regret? This is private. For the public: Unfortunately, I completely missed the summer of love, and the opening of the Iron Curtain in 1989 in Graz.
57. What is the most untrue rumor about you? I can draw well.
58. What is the truest one? I brought the vodka cucumber to Graz.
59. Which curator should definitely do an interview with you? Jan Böhmermann
60. Who is the greatest artist of all time? Nature
61. What quality do you value in artists? The courage to go out on a limb and to be able to go wrong sometimes
62. Which quality do you least value in artists? Calculated art with the aura of a business plan
63. Abstraction or figuration? Abstraction
64. Analog or digital? Both
65. Which trend should never return? The goose step
66. Who would you like to exhibit with? Yoko Ono
67. Which work of art would you have liked to have made? Several works by Katharina Grosse
68. What excites you most about your future? How much science fiction will become real in my lifetime
69 Do you have wedding plans? No
70. Does your art sell badly/well/at all? All three conditions alternate.
71. Who would you like to sell a work of art to? Arnold Schwarzenegger
72 Who would you like to give a work of art away to? Max Höfler
73. Do you prefer to dream or sleep dreamlessly? I have very entertaining dreams that I wouldn’t want to miss.

73 questions by Markus Waitschacher, inspired by 73 Questions with Anna Wintour | Vogue