It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it.

The role of art in society differs for every artist.

Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid.

I probably have fundamentally antisocial tendencies. I never took one extracurricular activity. I just failed utterly at that level. Part of me still rebels against that.

I also wanted remembering the past relevant to the present. Some people wanted me to put the names in alphabetical order. I wanted them in chronological order so that a veteran could find his time within the panel. It's like a thread of life.

I begin by imagining an artwork verbally. I try to describe in writing what the project is, what it is trying to do. I need to understand the artwork without giving it a specific materiality or solid form.

I like to think of my work as creating a private conversation with each person, no matter how public each work is and no matter how many people are present