Aurel Schmidt

Photo by Tim Barber

interview by OLIVIER ZAHM
portraits by TIM BARBER

 

OLIVIER ZAHM — I’m afraid it might not sound so cool to talk about your new tattoo.
AUREL SCHMIDT — Yeah, it might sound a little stupid. Like some horrible person in a bar going on and on about their tattoo. But I’ve been thinking about it, so let’s give it a shot.

OLIVIER ZAHM — You decided to get a religious tattoo, a snake, the symbol of Eve and temptation.
AUREL SCHMIDT — Yeah. Part of it was about temptation. I love breaking stereotypes, changing things a little bit, so, yeah, a snake — but a garter snake, a common snake, an average snake. Not a poisonous, dangerous snake — a snake you can find in anyone’s backyard. I wanted to play with the idea of people always…