We are curious about
their work,
not the moment.
Leila Antakly has been talking to the artists, designers, musicians and thinkers shaping culture since 2003. This is the archive of those conversations, and where they led.
Interviews from the Archive
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There's Enough Space for Everyone — Ashleigh Kane in Conversation
Seven years at Dazed, youth workshops in West London, a newsletter spotlighting the best new image-makers. Ashleigh Kane doesn't look at CVs — she looks at the work.
Nothing is Missing — A Conversation with Sandra Lazzarini
She lives between the sea and the mountains in northern Italy and says nothing is missing. Sandra Lazzarini's photography begins with an image that surfaces fully formed — surrealist, instinctive, deeply personal.
ARTIST STYLIANOS SCHICHO
He draws figures that turn their backs. He circles them with thick coal lines — their territory staked out, the viewer delivered. And in 2020, Austrian artist Stylianos Schicho began to feel something deeply strange: his paintings were starting to look like the news. A conversation on blindspots, the lighthouse keeper, and why the owl can never close its wings.
“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