We pose six questions for American artist Banks Violette and conduct an interview with painter Jutta Koether. Composer Olga Neuwirth meets up with Peter Weibel to talk about time and the squandering thereof. Daniel Baumann writes about the  uncompromising work of Artur Zmijewski, and Hans-Jürgen Hafner portrays Sean Landers: “Happiness is not fertile ground”.