This latest volume in the On Words series is dedicated to Mai-Thu Perret, one of Switzerland's most recognised contemporary artists. In conversation with Sarah Burkhalter, she talks about her personal fascinations, the randomness of glazing ceramics, and her love of reading. Burkhalter and Perret also explore artistic and intellectual means of including the importance of motherhood into art discourse without being reduced to that role. Born in Geneva in 1976, and of Franco-Vietnamese heritage, Perret combines ceramics, installation, film, sculpture, painting, and textiles in her practice, which is based on an original affinity for writing and storytelling. She draws on the artistic and historic genealogies of the avant-garde as well as on Zen and feminist literature to create objects, spaces, and performances in which anthropology and political history give rise to intriguing heterotopias. Text in English and French. AUTHORS: Sarah Burkhalter is head of the Antenne romande of the Swiss Institute for Art Research SIK-ISEA in Lausanne. Julie Enckell is an associate professor and director at HEAD Genève, where she heads the Cultural Development Department. Federica Martini is an associate professor at HEAD Genève, where she directs the MA program CCC-Critical Curatorial Cybermedia. SELLING POINTS: . Mai-Thu Perret is one of the most recognised contemporary artists in Switzerland . Perret combines diverse ideological and visual reference systems and questions the visions of modernism and the creative power of utopias . The On Words series features interviews with leading female contemporary artists . On Words adds to the polyphonic art history the narrative of those who actively shape it . Female artists offer personal insight into their work, their experiences, and the meaning behind their art 12 colour illustrations