The conversations and interviews of Hans Ulrich Obrist encompass a broad practice that is dialogic in relation to both words and disciplines.

In Ways of Curating (2014), Obrist observed that art should function as a lifelong conversation. His first book-based interview, with Walter Obholzer, was published in 1991, and has been followed by almost one thousand interviews with artists, scientists, and writers, in a global array of languages. The interview with painter Walter Obholzer, printed in the form of a comic book in English, German, and French.