Psychologist Erik Erikson once noted, “It is human to have a long childhood; it is civilized to have an even longer childhood. Long childhood makes a technical and mental virtuoso out of man, but it also leaves a life-long residue of emotional immaturity in him.” In other words: Youth is crucial. It’s fragile and complicated. [...]
Category Archives: Interviews
In Conversation with Chelsea Wolfe
November 19, 2011 – 10:04 am
In the midst of this year’s CMJ festivities, WDRKMR (Alexander Iezzi and Jordan Robin), caught up with Los Angeles-based musician Chelsea Wolfe. They found her at stylist Jenni Hensler’s Williamsburg loft for a rainy afternoon of dress-up and conversation. WDRKMR: Photographing you was especially fantastic because of your visible transformation when you get into wardrobe [...]
In Conversation with Crispin Glover
November 16, 2011 – 3:40 pm
He may wear a suit and speak politely to each fan at length, but make no mistake, the well-mannered actor/director, Crispin Hellion Glover (most widely known for his role as George McFly in 1985‘s highest grossing film, Back to the Future) does not leave much room for social graces in his artistic approach to film. For [...]
Stephen Felton
October 22, 2011 – 9:00 am
Stephen Felton has been making art since he was 15, at first drawn to graffiti, spray painting walls turned to coloring abandoned houses and cars shades of pink and purple, he now makes art that is either really simple or really complicated, depending on how you look at it. Felton chooses to call his work [...]
In Conversation with Lele Saveri: Incubi et Succubi
October 21, 2011 – 10:05 am
When at night we close our eyes, the ensuing darkness wraps us in a blanket of fear. Photographer Lele Saveri’s latest book, Incubi et Succubi, is about turning this notion on its head, bringing his most intimate nightmares to light through visual tales of fear—and love. Olivia Fincato: Why “incubi”? Lele Saveri: I wanted to [...]
In Conversation with Richard Kern
October 17, 2011 – 11:10 am
Richard Kern is difficult to pin down. He has shot for some of the most well-known publications in contemporary culture, including GQ, Hustler, and Playboy, as well as independent magazines such as Purple and V Magazine, but it is his work for the subversive cult publication Vice with which his style is most affiliated. Kern has used Vice as [...]
David Malek
October 13, 2011 – 3:29 pm
Artist David Malek composes otherworldly yet industrial paintings that at first glance look as if they could be digital, but instead are painstakingly handcrafted, rooted in symmetry and color reminiscent of another time. He does all of this with ordinary, hardware store bought materials and a head full of philosophy. Here he talked with Timothée [...]
In Conversation with Curtis Mann
October 12, 2011 – 8:05 pm
I first met Curtis Mann when he arrived with a small backpack at my San Francisco apartment to spend five nights on an inflatable mattress in my living room. He was there to give a lecture on his work at California College of the Arts, where I was a graduate student, and to surf as [...]
In Conversation with Peter Miles
October 10, 2011 – 5:10 pm
Peter Miles is behind some of today’s finest contemporary art direction and design. His work can be identified by immaculate spacing, tight cropping and striking fonts. Peter established himself in London, graduating from Royal College of Art before co-founding Fuel,an agency set up to dismantle the design industry. He then moved on to New York [...]
