(Above) DAVID TURPIN, photograph by Oisin Byrne.
Gary Farrelly quick fire interviews artist, musician and writer of the Turpin Island series David Turpin. The interview takes place at Pickering Forest.
Gary Farrelly - You are working on a new album. How close is this project to fruition?
David Turpin - It will be out in 2012. I wouldn’t describe it as an album though. Exactly what it is remains a secret.
GF - Sum up you world view in three sensational words?
DT - You will kneel.
GF - Your Turpin Island series of articles paints a picture of hell on earth for all non Turpin inhabitants. Discuss?
DT - It gets a very high readership.
GF - Do you intend to continue working on the series?
DT - I will continue Turpin Island for as long as New Obsessive is going.
GF - Does David Turpin believe in God?
DT - No comment.
GF - Does David Turpin believe in love?
DT - No comment.
GF - What is David Turpins favourite time of day?
DT - Dusk. When the light is kind of hot pink and lavender.
GF - What is your favourite possession?
DT - My brain.
GF - What is your favourite material/ not part of yourself possession. A prized object?
DT - I do not believe in making myself an acolyte of anything, including an object. I have allot of objects I would consider extremely resonant but I’m not sure that they are prized objects in and of themselves.
GF - Do you like air travel?
DT - I enjoy the ritual element and I enjoy the view but the sensation I do not like.
Gary Farrelly, Dublin.
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