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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The Ritual Aspect — A Conversation with Visual Artist Alessia Rollo
She paints onto negatives. She perforates film. She takes three years to finish a project and knows it is done when she can no longer look at the images. Alessia Rollo — South Italy, EFTI Madrid, Photo London — on Parallel Eyes and the magical culture that ethnography tried to erase
CHEF AND CO-FOUNDER OF LIVINGSTON MARSEILLE VALENTIN RAFFALI
Born in the South of France. Cooked his way through New York. Came back to Marseille and set it on fire — literally. Valentin Raffali changes his menu every week, works over flame and charcoal, and has been cooking since he was fourteen years old. He was named Best French Wine Bar by Le Fooding in 2022. He says what he does is radical, and that he does not cook for people. He means both of those things entirely.
CURATOR CHARLOTTE COTTON
Charlotte Cotton has sat at a dinner table with Henri Cartier-Bresson and William Eggleston. She has curated at the V&A, the Photographers' Gallery, and LACMA. She wrote the book — literally, in ten languages — that charted the rise of photography as an undisputed art form in the 21st century. Close Enough, her exhibition at ICP, is about something harder than any of that: the questions twelve women photographers ask themselves before they press the shutter, and after.
“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.”
Every project, image, and story is about framing a series of questions that are deeply important to me as a human being.- Shirin Neshat