Interview: Hans van Manen Remembers Photographer Erwin Olaf

Erwin Olaf, April Fool 2020, 11.15am, 2020.

A man wearing a white conical hat stands with his forehead pressed against a blank wall while a video camera on a tripod records him from across an empty room, creating a scene of deliberate absurdity characteristic of Erwin Olaf’s April Fool images.

The legendary choreographer reflects on his lifelong friendship with the late artist, whose retrospective is at the Stedelijk in Amsterdam.

Interview: Hans van Manen Remembers Photographer Erwin Olaf