Q&As

NETWORKS // An Interview with Liam Young

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Interview by TL Andrews – in Berlin; Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016.

This February acclaimed architect Liam Young brought his storytelling event ‘Hello, City!’ to the transmediale festival in Berlin. Like a modern day prophet Isaiah he uses the medium of film to cry out in the wilderness about the destruction our world is headed…[read on…]

NETWORKS // An Interview with Quayola

Interview by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Friday, Feb. 05, 2016.

Italian-born artist Quayola has developed a practice around bringing back to life what are conventionally understood to be classical, and admittedly outdated images, particularly from the Italian Renaissance. Quayola’s works explore the composition of these images using programs…[read on…]

NETWORKS // An Interview with Morehshin Allahyari

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Interview by Lee Escobedo – in Berlin; Wednesday, Feb. 03, 2016.

It consumes, absorbs, appropriates, without hesitancy and without judgment. The net is an impartial landfill for all our latent desires and anxieties. When harnessed, it can be a beautiful simulacrum of abstraction, a place where our dreams and nightmares become bedfellows, exploring what was, is, and can be. Iranian-born new media artist and thinker …[read on…]

NETWORKS // An Interview with Mari Matsutoya

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Interview by Penny Rafferty – in Berlin; Monday, Feb. 01, 2016.

Hatsune Miku is the Japanese sweetheart that’s hitting stages all over the world, albeit digitally. The 16 year old, Lolita-styled, sugar-pumping, singing synthesizer application developed by Crypton Future Media has become a world famous pop idol. With her long turquoise hair and catchy lyrics she is dubbed the first humanoid…[read on…]

FASHION // An Interview with Sophie Slater of Feminist Fashion Label Birdsong

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Interview by Celia Wickham – in Berlin; Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016.

With an ethos of fair and feminist fashion, Birdsong is the new ethical clothing company leading the way for a fashion industry revolution. Centring around the motto of ‘no sweatshops, no photoshop’, Birdsong sources and promises fairly-made clothing and jewellery from a wide variety of women’s charities around the world…[read on…]

FASHION // An Interview with Matt Lambert

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Interview by Göksu Kunak – in Berlin; Friday, Jan. 29, 2016.

Focussing on intimate stories of insatiable characters, artist and filmmaker Matt Lambert conveys flashes of glee and affection. In Lambert’s world, intimacy is not only affiliated with sexuality. The filmmaker is a visual poet who expertly embroiders stories of youth subcultures…[read on…]

Interview // Iris Touliatou: Can You Wash The Water

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Blog post by Ruth Amelung – in Berlin; Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016.

In Iris Touliatou’s newest work at DUVE Gallery is the result of personal ventures into the topic of artificiality, through an array of sources, from literature to music and a collaboration with 2**8daughters, a Berlin-based fashion designer-artist duo. a href=”https://www.berlinartlink.com/?p=80852″>[read on…]

Sound // Resonators: An Interview with Ben Vedren

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Interview by Marc Girardot – in Paris; Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016.

In the neighborhood of Saint-Germains-des-Près in Paris, sheltered in a sound studio, a fresh talent is maturing. Ben Vedren belongs to the generation of Parisian electronic musicians who have emerged from the rebirth of the city’s electronic scene in the past few years. His current projects…[read on…]

FASHION // An Interview with Tigran Avetisyan

Interview by TL Andrews – in Berlin; Friday, Jan. 08, 2016.

The fashion world is not exactly known for its profound reflections on the human condition. Most of the industry can at best be described as superficial, exploitative of women, and destructive to the environment and workers in developing countries. There are, however, a few voices crying out in the wilderness, drawing attention to…[read on…]