An interview in the style of.
NAME
Bob Carpenter
RESIDENCE
A garden floor through in Greenwhich Village.
RESUME
Alambiqueur,
Raconteur,
Boulevardier,
et
Flambeur.
CURRENT PROJECTS
include a series of photographs of garbage in context.
THE FIRST THING I DO WHEN I WAKE IS
turn on hot water for coffee.
I CAN'T GO TO SLEEP WITHOUT
reading.
MY FAVORITE PORTRAIT OF MYSELF IS
so old I look like a kid.
MY FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPH IS
an old French street scene, preferably after dark.
THE PIECE OF ART I MOST COVET FOR MY OWN HOME IS
anything from Mondrian's middle period.
MY REFIRGERATOR IS ALWAYS STOCKED WITH
film.
I WATCH TELEVISON
at Cedar, a bar around the corner, when there are big games on.
THE BEST VIEW IN MY HOUSE IS
into the garden.
MY LIVING ROOM IS VACUUMED BY
Mitzi, my buxom Austrian maid.
THE MOST USED ROOM IN MY HOUSE IS
the living room.
THE LAST PIECE OF FURNITURE I BOUGHT WAS
a salvaged writing desk from Apartment 17 in Chelsea.
MY NEXT DECORATING PROJECT IS
blowing up some of my toy camera landscapes.
MY DREAM HOUSE IS
a penthouse loft surrounded by terraces
on lower Fifth Avenue.
A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME UNLESS
it's comfy, and that includes the basic functions: sleeping,
reading, and eating.