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AK: My case is quite similar. Few people
know this, but while I was working, my
mother was paralyzed and she was not well.
This went on for many years and that’s why
my own children, my own family, came
much later. In our societies we are at some
point the nurturers of our parents. It was
very natural. So for many years I had that
commitment, and I did not travel much.
I was fully dedicated to my mother, who
needed to be moved around in a wheelchair.
I brought my parents to stay with me, so
for years I had everything revolving around
them. Let me tell you something about my
house, the Wall House, which became so
well-known – in fact the MoMA has ac-
quired the drawings and models. Well, I
have a photograph of a horse that used to
come. It was the highlight of my mother’s
day. A horse could actually enter the house
and go to her bedside because I had made the
space so open, to animals and everything.
FK: I love that story. I was wondering,
are you still bringing students to India?
And how are you financing your projects?
AK: That’s a really good question. Ac-
tually my projects were not often funded
like yours. I’m doing many social projects,
but I’m not the only one responsible for
financing them, whereas I think you bear
a lot of that responsibility yourself. If the
funds come together, we do it. I like to take
students with me. In fact there is a demand.
Students are always demanding, they love
to go to India, and they benefit… What kind
of projects are you doing right now?
FK: We’re working on many, including
in the USA. We also have a sort of African
pavilion in Edmonton, Canada. And some
potentially good projects might be com-
ing in from Munich, including a Waldorf
school. And two potentially major projects
– one for the university, and another one I
can’t say because we have to wait for elec-
tions. It’s for the Kunstareal…
