Interviews

Rebirth of the swan

1987: Guesch Patti is a European success thanks to the single Étienne. Since then, five albums have been released in parallel to a career as a contemporary dancer and as an incipient actress. Platine magazine met with her at the Ménagerie de Verre in Paris to talk about her latest album "Dernieres Nouvelles", the accompanying video film and about her dance performance "She Smiles Through Tears" performed from April the 23 to April 28 at the Théâtre des Abbesses in Paris. Available in French, or English (machine translation *).

Constantly on the wire

Guesch talks about a Dernieres Nouvelles video film, the years she spend signed to EMI, commercial pressures versus artistic integrity, her recent Paris dance performances, spirituality and plans to perform the Dernieres Nouvelles material live. Available in French, or English (machine translation *).

When one song hides a career

Following the release of Blonde, she speaks about the international success of Étienne, commercialism, "is it autobiographical?", taking risks, thinking about quitting music after separating with EMI, meeting Étienne Daho and Françoise Hardy and about her partner Christophe Rose. Available in French, or English (machine translation *).

I'm not a normal artist

An interview following the release of the film "Elles" in which Guesch plays the role of Branca. She speaks about preparing for the role, the Americanisation of European culture, non conformity and working with Peter Greenaway. Available in German, or English (translation).

(*) The quality of the translation can be poor in places due to the use of an online translation robot, but it should provide the gist of the article.