VernissageTV had the chance to meet up with Hans Ulrich Obrist and ask him how his interview series started and evolved and what is the concept behind the Now Interviews project in Venice. In the second part of this episode that will be published tomorrow, Hans Ulrich Obrist talks about the main idea of the project in Venice, the exhibition layout and new insights he took from his stay in Venice. […]

The interviews are shown on a series of monitors at the Arsenale. They are on view at the Architecture Biennale in Venice until November 21. The installation has been designed by SANAA. The Now Interviews is the inaugural project organized by the Institute of the 21st Century. Led by Bettina Korek, the institute is dedicated to promoting experimental modes of collaboration and patronage for the arts. Officially launching in January 2011, the Institute’s first objective is to preserve and increase public access to Hans Ulrich Obrist’s ongoing project and archive online.