Why dispose of everything you own?
I see it as an examination of consumerism.
What prompted you to do it?
The collapse of communism. Capitalism and communism were foes, but they balanced each other, whereas now it just seems to be unbridled consumption. My project is about exposing that and about exposing me.
What has been the hardest thing to get rid of?
My dad’s sheepskin coat. [But] the most disturbing things are the photographs–they’re memories and suddenly you see them in a tray and they’ve been torn up. That’s kind of really violent in a way.
You actually decided to spare one thing–your cat.
Oh, yeah. I don’t kill animals. And my girlfriend would be really unhappy about it. She loves the cat.
