The Story of Jonathan Meese

The German artist Jonathan Meese tells the incredible story of his childhood and of how he became an artist; how he invented his own language as a teenager, how he discovered his artistic talent on his 22nd birthday, and how he would have had just as much passion if he had worked in a bank. Interview by Christian Lund in Jonathan Meese's studio in Berlin, February 2011. Filmed by Marie Forchhammer and Martin Kogi. Produced by Martin Kogi and Christian Lund Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. © Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art -- 2012. Meet more artists at www.channel.louisiana.dk Louisiana Channel is a non-profit video channel for the Internet launched by the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in November 2012. Each week Louisiana Channel will publish videos about and with artists in visual art, literature, architcture, design etc. Read more: http://channel.louisiana.dk/about Supported by Nordea-fonden.