AR:
Do you live from your art production as main occupation?

SI:
Yes.

(Note: acquiring the money to perform the actual art is an artistic process itself. I don’t have a 9to5 job, i need to figure out ways to get money: this is a really creative process. So i guess i am constantly producing art)

AR:
Do you need other income than that coming from your art production to make a living?

SI:
No.

(see above)

AR:
Welche Rolle schreibst Du Dir selbst als Künstlerin zu? Was siehst Du als Deine Aufgabe/n an?

NB:
Ein bisschen provozieren, aber vor allem einfach, und die Ruhe kommt mit dem Lebensalter, Anstösse zum Nachdenken liefern, andere Blickwinkel aufzeigen. Kunst ist pädagogisch!

AR:
Was würdest Du sagen, ist/sind Deine Funktion/en als KünstlerIn in der Gesellschaft, in der Du lebst?

NB:
Wir sind zum gesellschaftlich “guten” Gewissen degradiert, indem wir die sozialen Tatsachen reflektieren. Dann müssen die anderen das nicht mehr tun.

AR:
Insofern Du Teil eines/r kunstproduzierenden Kollektivs/Initiative/Organisation bist, wie würdest Du Deine Rolle und Funktion im Team definieren?

NB:
Kämpferin gegen tradierte Wertvorstellungen.

AR:
On which basis do cooperations work for you in regard to content production and financial settings? Which forms of budget and work sharing do apply?

SI:
When i intentionally and explicitly create work with some other people, it always depends on the situation: i’ve had occasions in which i never even met the people, and we just planned and delivered, and i have had times where we slept together for months, bringing the work along 24h a day, 7 days a week.
Financial issues are almost always the same: we have the idea, we start materializing it, then we run out of money and we need to figure out something.
Festivals and “events” never accounted to much: places like Netmage in Italy, Transmediale in Germany, Ars Electronica in Austria and all the others conduct a discourse that never gets out of the loop of people
that are already involved with them. Just look at the Documenta project itself: i haven’t seen one (1!) new person that was let in since it started! They are always the same people, talking among themselves.
I always had more luck with private enterpreneurs: you plan something which is useful for them (maybe for an event, or for a commercial, or for their website, or for their CEO’s office…) and you eventually get some money to do it. If you ask for little more, you might be able to save something for the project you started with.
How do you sell new media art? you sell something else!

AR:
Wonach würdest Du die Chancen und Notwendigkeiten von Kunst in der sozialen Gesellschaft, in der Du lebst, definieren? Kommt Kunst von Müssen, von freiwilligem Produzieren, ist Kunst gesellschaftliche Vorreiterin, produziert sie gesellschaftlichen Mehrwert, ist Kunst Entertainment - welche Definition ist Dir am nächsten?

NB:
Kunst kommt von freiwilligem Produzieren [und] Kunst produziert gesellschaftlichen Mehrwert.

AR:
Siehst Du Kunstproduktion als Beruf oder als Berufung oder anderwaitig an?

NB:
[Als] Beruf [und als] Berufung

AR:
Welche Rolle hat Deiner Meinung nach ein/e zeitgenössische KünstlerIn in der Gesellschaft, in der Du lebst?

NB:
Indem wir ein “anderes” Sehen zulassen, der Gesellschaft den Horizont Blick für Blick erweitern.

People should really figure out they constantly are part of networks. Of perception, of sensibility, of knowledge, of technique, of relationship. My collective is made up of everyone I ever got in touch with: in real
life, in virtual life, in metaphysical life, by crossing eyes on the bus, in professional life …
Everyone gave me something I constantly use in everything I do: be it technology, technique or just plain perception or, maybe, a memory or image.
My role to them is quite the same.

AR:
Was ist Dir an Deiner Kunstproduktion wichtig? Wonach strebst Du?

NB:
Inhalte klar “ausdrücken” können. Dabei arbeite ich ständig an der Weiterentwicklung des Mediums und seinen Gestaltungmitteln.

AR:
Which function/s would you ascribe to yourself as an artist in the society you live in?

SI:
I don’t really want anything from society. I would like to be able to explore stuff without the hassle of paying my rent. I am not answering these questions to be quoted or to “become famous”: I am answering them because I thought they were cute and naive. I really would not feel like ascribing anything to myself. I just need to investigate on things and to express myself.