ICUL CTION Special Edition ART A C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t R e v i e w Special Issue social awareness. Many contemporary artists, such as Thomas Hirschhorn and Michael Light, use to include socio-political criticism and sometimes even convey explicit messages in their artworks: do you think that artists can raise awareness to an evergrowing audience on topical issues — as environmental themes — that affect our globalised and unstable society? And how do you consider the role of artists in the contemporary age? Ildiko Sopronfalvi: Absolutelly. As artists, we have a responsibility to make people aware of the problems and to create thought-provoking works. The more extreme and provocative projects an artist makes, the more they get noticed. The work of Thomas Hirschhorn or Michael Light is designed to move the minds of ordinary people, and that's the aim. Another interesting project of yours that has particularly impressed us and that 1 we would like to introduce to our readers is entitled Sur les traces de Klimt, and we have appreciated the way you captured the grammar of body language: how did you structured your shot schedule in order to achieve such brilliant results? In particular how important was for you to capture spontaneity? Ildiko Sopronfalvi: The idea of the gold mosaic in Klimt style has been in my head for a long time, but I have never found any team for this shooting. One weekend I spontaneously asked my team if they would be up for a very cool Klimt photo shoot, of course they were. I had the concept in