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title: "Communication is the enemy of art"
date: 2017-07-19
url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/interview-video-film-artist-director-neil-beloufa-occidental-interviews-en/"
description: "In 2017 artist Neil Beloufa presented his movie “Occidental” at the Berlinale, in 2018 it is shown at Le Méridien in Frankfurt. A conversation about the authority of the White Cube and why Beloufa is not interested in the question of veracity."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Header_2_Interview_Neil_Beloufa_Occidental_director_video_artist.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# Communication is the enemy of art