Episode 2: Tri-Labial ShiftRolling and roiling xforms, in hue if not in value... Gerhard Richter, interview with Hans-Ulrich Obrist, 1993: Obrist: Roland Barthes says ?To be modern is to know what is no longer possible.? Richter: What is no longer possible is everything that has already been said, and all the attendant stupidities of substance, pseudo-intelligent messages and dishonest intentions. If you try to avoid all that, it?s hard at first, but eventually it works.