INTERVIEW #5 - AUGUST 2015 FOR YES WE ARE MAGAZINE
ANTOINE KHIDICHIAN -PHOTOGRAPHER-
Hi Antoine, -So you’re, like me, from Paris. Tell us about your arrival in Barcelona and how you feel this city . - I arrived in October 2011 without speaking a word of Spanish. I wanted to study photography, I hesitated between Berlin and Barcelona but I chose Barcelona because I had a friend here. I started with sharing a flat with only Spanish people so in 6 months I learned to speak and they allow me discover this city. I feel very at ease in this city for the people and the weather. And I really like the colors I can find here.
El Garraf
-Which main differences would you make between Paris and Barcelona, in general and artistically ? - In comparison with Paris, I think this city is more open-minded, it keeps something authentic and sweet that I don’t find anymore in Paris. People mix each other whatever they do in their life. By its geographical position, between sea and mountains, this city makes one feel less oppressed than in Paris. Artistically, I see it less exclusive, less «official». In Paris, I felt condemned to «good taste». Here everything seems messier but gives a great sensation of artistic liberty. Nou de la Rambla
-When I have seen the presentation of your current exhibition at Barcelona Visions in El Born borough (dates : 5/08 > 31/08-curator/gallerist : Toni Coll-in charge of the gallery during August : the photographer Joan Teixidor), I knew I had to go and see. I’m fed up about the official art world, for a big part, and I need something really creative, with compo science and a real vision. Tell me about your geometric approach. - When I started to take photos, soon I realized that I was totally obsessed with lines, forms and then colors. And I’m still explorating this theme.
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