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"I love me, I love me not" is based upon the experience that artists, in the process of creation,
switch back and forth between self hate and narcissism. Every artistic pursuit is one of self discovery;
this expression is never neutral but full of emotion. Self hate and self love are the basic emotions. With this
in consideration, I wanted to ask artists, which of these basic emotions dominate the opening of Documenta 11 in
Kassel, Germany. I made filmic portraits and asked the artists to make a gesture showing hate or love for themselves.
They looked into the camera as if it was a mirror."