AK: There is currently a lot of talk about the artist as DJ in contemporary art. Are you the typical "artist-DJ" reusing, reworking and sampling images, objects, design etc. that is already there, and thereby working with preexisting expressions that pick up on contemporary urban life? Also could you tell us a little about how music influences your work?

VA: "Artist DJ", yes, hmm… probably.
I "sample" elements from my experiences and "remix" them; I use fundamentals
from modern society because it’s important that the work reflects aesthetics from the present time. They have to be included in the creative process and in the finished work. Urban lifestyle and part of the rural environment form the base elements where I sample the preexisting expressions for my "remixes". I filter and recycle it, so that my procedure is similar to the way of creating electronic music where you add layers of beats, sampled sound or voices. I choose the preexisting elements depending on their level of impact on myself.