Where does creativity come from? How does one find their visual language? Where does one draw inspiration from? I want to learn about lives of creative people. To find some answers I meet up with some of our artists to have conversations about their lives, their working processes and about what keeps them doing what they do.
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Where does creativity come from? How does one find their visual language? Where does one draw inspiration from? I want to learn about lives of creative people. To find some answers I meet up with some of our artists to have conversations about their lives, their working processes and about what keeps them doing what they do.
Theseus Chan is sitting in his studio in Singapore. Since his last project STEIDL–WERK No. 31: GHOST IN THE MACHINE is finished and he has already left Göttingen, we have to record our conversation remotely via the internet. He tells me that he found a website with a live camera recording Göttingen's city center and that he just checked our weather conditions here. We talk about his beginnings as a graphic designer, working with fashion brands such as COMME des GARÇONS and his influences as the creator of the renowned WERK Magazine and of course its latest issue.
Theseus Chan lives and works in Singapore. He is known for his multi-layered works with the self-demand to reinvent himself again and again. STEIDL–WERK No. 31 is the fourth magazine collaboration between Gerhard Steidl and Theseus Chan. The two have already collaborated on numerous projects, such as the editorial of ZEIT Magazine in 2015. Theseus Chan has been the editor and creator of WERK Magazine for over 20 years and heads the studio WORK. In his career, he has worked with several fashion brands and managed the GUERILLA store in Singapore for several years. In 2022, he was part of the documenta fifteen partner project "printing futures – art for tomorrow" at Kunsthaus Göttingen. Until September 17, 2023, his exhibition "The Illuminations" together with Jim Dine can be seen at the Günter Grass Archiv in Göttingen.
Check out Theseus Chan's STEIDL–WERK No. 31: GHOST IN THE MACHINE and our other books on our website.
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Interview and editing: Korbinian Veit
Many thanks to Daniel Frisch and Emilia Hesse.
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Where does creativity come from? How does one find their visual language? Where does one draw inspiration from? I want to learn about lives of creative people. To find some answers I meet up with some of our artists to have conversations about their lives, their working processes and about what keeps them doing what they do.
