Brock Enright

Autumn 7, Detail, V1, 2011, photography by Elisabeth Bernstein, Courtesy of Kate Werble Gallery, New York

performance

interview by JULIANA BALESTIN
portraits by MAX SNOW

 

JULIANA BALESTIN — I first heard about your work from Robert Longo, who you used to work with as a drawing assistant. Tell me how you ended up in New York.
BROCK ENRIGHT — I planned on playing music after I graduated from college. I ended up in New York because I created a piece for a Fluxus artist who hired me to go to Columbia University under his direction. When I got here, I decided I wanted to be a personal concierge, to be kind of selfless or empty, and let other people tell me what to do. I always had a video camera with me, and late at night or early in the morning, when I found myself…