When are you at your best?
Jackie Gendel:Between the clock and the bed. Or, sitting between the sea and the buildings.
TMN:As an artist, are you more concerned with the past or the future?
Jackie Gendel:I live facing forward, but I also like that quote by William Faulkner, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
TMN:When you look at other artists’ work, when are you most surprised?
Jackie Gendel:When I somehow already recognize something I have never seen before.
TMN:Favorite time of day?
Jackie Gendel:Night.
TMN:Favorite childhood memory?
Jackie Gendel:The Paisley Underground.
TMN:Favorite comic?
Jackie Gendel:Why comics when we could be talking about Charlotte Salomon?
TMN:When was the last time you cringed?
Jackie Gendel:Now.
TMN:Looking back, what influence did you least expect?
Jackie Gendel:Virginia Woolf.
TMN:Favorite household appliance?
Jackie Gendel:The rake.
TMN:What do you dislike most in pieces of architecture?
Jackie Gendel:Brutalism.
TMN:What do you like most about children?
Jackie Gendel:Their eyes.
TMN:What does it sound like when you’re at work?
Jackie Gendel:Nothing.
