Bill Henson

I have tried to get into contact with Bill Henson by means of the gallery which represents him in Australia. As expected, I did not receive any reply.
Next thing I did was look for interviews with the artist, published online so that I could understand his creative vision in a better way.

These were the ones I managed to find:

http://thedesignfiles.net/2012/10/interview-bill-henson/

http://www.egothemag.com/?p=96

Fragments from the interview which caught my attention:
 
What does a typical day at work involve for you?
There’s not really a typical day. I mean I have a sort of a pattern, but really nothing structured. I suppose the only thing I would say about what I do is that it’s really up to me. You know there’s no one else here to sort of say what needs doing. You have total absolute freedom and total responsibility, let’s say! It’s a double edged sword in that respect. I tend to be working most of the time.


With the Paris Opera House series, you spoke about a universal primal reaction to music that is beyond class distinctions.
What I was interested in terms of Paris Opera series was that whole strange business of finding oneself with a whole lot of other people gathered in a darkened space, such as the opera, awaiting some special event. There is something quite magical about it. I’ve always found that people sitting in the dark just waiting for something is the most haunting sort of experience. It seemed to me it was a common experience, a universal thing that everyone feels, really, at some point or another.