Hirschhorn thomas

photography by DAVID REGEN
interview by OLIVIER ZAHM

All images courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: PIXEL-COLLAGE N°110, 2017, PIXEL-COLLAGE N°112, 2017

OLIVIER ZAHM — Your recent exhibition with Gladstone Gallery is called “DE-PIXELATION.” What do you mean by that?

THOMAS HIRSCHHORN — It comes from the decision to see and look at the world as it is, and to insist on doing so. I believe that pixelation, blurring, or masking — and furthermore, censorship or self-censorship — are growing and insidious issues, also in social media today. I don’t accept that under the claim of “protecting” — protecting me, protecting the other — the world is pixelated in my place. I want, I can, I need, and I must use my own eyes. Today, more than ever, I need to see everything in the world with my own eyes, and…