Over 1,000 interviews · Since 2003
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.
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Rachael Tarravechia: Painting Domestic Spaces
Rachael Tarravechia paints rooms that were just recently occupied. No people, no phones, no cameras — but the aura of humanity still lingers. For her exhibition If These Walls Could Talk she used photographs of her grandmother Jane's bathroom, an 80s time capsule, and added a big knife. The kind that would appear in an 80s slasher movie. A bathroom is a place where we are most vulnerable and exposed. It felt appropriate. She uses a lot of pink and glitter, and she no longer worries about that.
“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