On occasion of the site-specific commission ‘L’esprit d’escalier et autres tracas ‘the predicament of conceiving the perfect retort too late – and other worries’, an In Conversation took place between the artist, Katya Bonnenfant aka Old Boys’ Club and artist, Mark Wallinger on 30th January 2015.

Katya Bonnefant lives and works in Pyrénées, France. Recent exhibitions and projects include ‘le couloir de l'hopital’, a 60 metre wall painting in the hospital of Saint-Gaudens, south of France, between 2 buildings, spring (2019), Anita Beckers, Art Central Hong Kong (2018), ‘Les Prophètes’, Chapelle Saint Jaques Centre d'art Contemporain, Saint Gaudens 2018,

Mark Wallinger lives and works in London. In 2007, he was awarded the Turner Prize for ‘State Britain’, a recreation of political activist, Brian Haw's protest display outside parliament. Wallinger has exhibited extensively, in the UK and abroad. Recent exhibitions and projects include 'World Without End' Dublin City Gallery, Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland (2020), '800th Anniversary Exhibition Salisbury Cathedral' Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, UK (2020), 'Mark Wallinger' SCAD Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah GA (2019), 'Upside Down Inside Out Back To Front' Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria (2019), 'The Human Figure In Space', Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, UK (2018), 'MARK WALLINGER MARK' Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy (Travelling Exhibition) 2018, 'Study for Self Reflection', Hauser & Wirth, New York (2018).