Katinka Bock is primarily known for her sculptures. Based in Paris, this German-born artist works within a sculptural tradition influenced by Arte Povera , a movement that emerged in Italy in the 1960s, favoring the use of simple materials, often natural or found elements, in opposition to consumer society. Clay, sand, stone, chalk, wood, and metal are among her preferred materials, which she uses to create works that explore the perception of time and its inscription in space. For her exhibition at the Pernod Ricard Foundation, entitled Der Sonnenstich —German for sunstroke, or more literally, " the sting of the sun "—Katinka Bock is showing for the first time a series of photographs: sixty-five prints, mostly black and white, taken between 2015 and the present day.

1) A neighborhood to get lost in

I like to take the same paths in the Ménilmontant district of Paris, cross at the same intersection, greet the doorman who comes out at precisely the same time each morning as I pass by. In the fever of repetition, I can lose myself in my thoughts and pay attention to every detail. I think in particular of what the German philosopher and art critic Walter Benjamin said: “ Not finding one's way in a city may seem uninteresting and commonplace. A little ignorance is all it takes. But getting lost in a city as one gets lost in a forest requires a different kind of education .”

2) A book to devour

Zizanies by Clara Schulmann, a researcher and art critic, is a book that has stayed with me for several years. I often converse with the voices in this book. It is a book about orality, composed of women's voices drawn from a friendship or gathered on the subway, in a café, from memories, on answering machines, in books and films. It questions the power of voices: how to make oneself heard, how to find the right words?

3) A film to discover

Life According to Agfa made a deep impression on me. It's an Israeli feature film directed by Assi Dayan, which generated a lot of buzz when it was released in 1992. Shot in black and white, it tells the story of life in a bar, "The Barbie," in Tel Aviv. A cross-section of the population frequents this bar. The balance between pain and beauty, love, abuse, violence, and the vagaries of life, is captured on the film of Liora's camera, one of the waitresses.

4) An inspiring series character

The character of Special Agent Dale Cooper, played by Kyle MacLachlan in the series Twin Peaks , has a somewhat ambiguous outline, which I like. Dale Cooper is sent to the small town of Twin Peaks to investigate the death of Laura Palmer. We then see him grapple with the tensions inherent in any quest to understand a crime, while simultaneously confronting the darkest forces of incomprehension. The agent navigates between these two forces, and that's what particularly resonates with me.

5) A favorite perfume

That of the wind, whether in town or at sea. A smell is never alone, it is expressed with other sensations, that of touch, sound, and rarely with sight. We smell an odor more intensely by closing our eyes. I like to see this gesture in my loved ones: close your eyes and put your nose in a scarf, close your eyes and walk into a kitchen.

6) An iconic recipe

My daughter loves Pavlova, but we rarely get to indulge in that treat—so I just put whipped cream on raspberries or strawberries when the mood strikes. I also enjoy simple things, like biting into an apple. My ceramicist tells me, " I eat fruit straight from the tree ." He's right! Stealing cherries or figs, eating them right there in the pile, staining your t-shirt, getting your tongue blackened by blackberries—it's all better than recipes.

7) A photo to share

Still life Berlin , 2005, Wolfgang Tillmans. I love windowsills and still life. Fleeting constellations are portraits of people, cities, and seasons that are immediately familiar to us. This one, taken in Berlin, appeals to me particularly.

8) Music to listen to on a loop

I'm a PJ Harvey fan, this morning I was listening to the album The Hope Six Demolition Projectt loop. Sometimes I give titles to my pieces/works that refer to songs, like Down by the water, also by PJ Harvey.
I also think of a musician with an equally impressive, but softer voice, Josin. His single oceans wait is wonderful. These two women are incredible in concert. More recently, I discovered in the streets of Chelsea, in New York, the group Sipper and their title Dance in Room Soundg - that's exactly what we often do at home, dancing. For the title Aile de Nukynuke, we shot a short video last fall in Berlin at Tempelhof, the former airport runway.

Photo credit: 2019 Marcel Duchamp Prize © Manuel Braun, 2019