(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.
(Above) EXCLUSIVE VISUAL ANNOUNCEMENT(2012), Dublin.
