Curious about
their work,
not the moment.
Leila Antakly has spent over twenty years in conversation with artists, musicians, designers, filmmakers, and thinkers all over the world who are making work that matters. These are the conversations.
Interviews from the Archive
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Adventures with Model Karina Leps
She started as a basketball player and ended up on Harper's Bazaar covers and Paris test shoots with David Bellemere. Estonian model Karina Leps — now an agent, sometime adventurer, and aspiring stunt double — shares what it really means to feel everything deeply.
Charlotte Collard In Her Kitchen
One of the first interviews ever published on this site was with Charlotte Collard — international model, always traveling, always exploring. It became one of the most-read pieces and stayed that way. Years later, she is a mother of three, based in Brussels, and has built something entirely her own at the intersection of food, fashion, and the feed. She calls it a self-portrait. Her heart said: cooking, giving, sharing. Her brain said: twenty years in fashion is not something you leave behind. She found a way to hold both.
VIRGINIA VILLARI PRESENTS MUSIC ON THE GO
They've played in hundreds of cities across the globe for over a decade. Audiofly on the golden age of air travel being over, listening to Coltrane not techno on flights, and Tulum when it was just you, a stray dog and the pelicans.
“Visibility has never been our measure of significance. We seek out artists and inspiring individuals whose work sparks curiosity, challenges assumptions, and leaves a lasting impression.”