[Introspective] PSB interviewed by Wolfgang Tillmans in i-D

Carlos E Restrepo cer202 at nyu.edu
Sat Nov 15 01:26:05 PST 2003


There is a very good PSB interview by Wolfgang Tillmans in the December issue of i-D magazine. It's got Naomi Campbell on the cover. The interview is three pages and it's got two arty pics by Wolfgang Tillmans. It's really good. Here's the beginning bit:

So you've just come back from Berlin.
NT: I've got a good mind to sell my fucking house in London and buy a flat in Berlin.
CL: We should all buy property in Berlin.
NT: Dave Dorrell, our new manager, was saying, 'Let's move to Berlin!' We could have the office on Karl Marx Allee. It would be great. Pet Shop Boys Partnership, Karl Marx Alle: doesn't it sound great? I'm bored to death of London.

What do you want to drink? I've got water, white wine, red wine....
NT: I might have a bit of that red wine you've got winking at me over there.

Berlin is never going to be 'cool' like London or New York, but then again, that's exactly why it's good.
NT: Well, they have their own kind of cool, don't they? We went to this bar, Cookies, which is classic German trendy. Everyone's sitting around listening to rather good electronic music and just talking in a cool way.

Have you been going out elsewhere in Berlin?
NT: Not really....Actually the gay clubs are very gay in Berlin, aren't they? They're all like gay sex fuck parties...(laughs) I'm too prudish for that kind of thing. I become very middle class at that point. 
CL: The problem with those places is that you have to take your clothes off at the door and I said, 'I'm not doing that.' (laughs)
NT: We wouldn't even take our shirts off! (Laughs) I find Berling interesting to just walk around. I could occupy myself there quite easily.  



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