Lilian Martinez Interview: Exploring Comfort and Contentedness
Writer: Mikaela Duhs // Lilian Martinez Interview
34 year old Los Angeles-by-way of Chicago moved to the quaint town outside of Joshua Tree National Park about a year ago with her husband and creative partner, Martinez smiles politely and tucks her hair behind her ear, preparing to answer another series of questions about her funky paintings, pillows, throws, and sculptures.
SWOON INTERVIEW: The Construction of Cicada
At the time of this interview, Swoon was installing her new show “Cicada” at Deitch Projects Gallery in New York City. A sidestep from her past work of intimate observational portraits, the show revolves around a twenty-minute stop animated film. We got the chance to talk with the boundary-breaking street artist briefly as she was installing the show to give us an insight into her ideas and the processes behind them.
MIMI CHOI INTERVIEW// Turning Nightmares into Reality
When someone paints a picture of a tree, you can look at that painting and say, “Yup that looks like a tree.” We have a physical reference for what a tree looks like, you don’t have to invent a tree. Picasso could actually paint one hell of a tree, but he didn’t because he already did. It takes a certain level of brilliance to create something no one has ever seen before, something that you and only you could imagine and execute. You may be able to follow or change a recipe, but are you able to create one?
Mimi Choi’s makeup routine may be a little different than yours. Mimi conceives looks made with 100% makeup and no digital effects that you will not believe are real. Her surreal optics can go beyond the confines of the physical realm. Mimi suffers from intense sleep paralysis, which is a condition that causes extreme delusion and terror. Sleep paralysis occurs when you wake up, but your body thinks you’re still asleep. You aren’t able to move, and your brain starts to panic. You start hallucinating and seeing figures that aren’t there. It truly is a bad time.
You’ve heard the phrase “Turn your dreams into reality” well for Mimi, she turns her nightmares into reality.
Peter Paid Interview: Preserving Brooklyn’s Identity
While keeping it true to where he is from, Peter Paid pays tribute to the iconic imagery of hand-painted signs and lettering. Spending his career early on as a subway graffiti writer, and then becoming a sign painter, Peter has never looked back. With his undeniably fresh style, Peter is revitalizing an art form frequently viewed as utilitarian, and flipping it into beautiful fine art.
Populist got to spend an afternoon visiting Paid’s studio, talking about his early days as a graffiti writer, as well as his years of painting some of iconic Brooklyn signage.
trashhand Interview: Abandonment Issues
Check out our interview with trashhand about how he got into photography and how he finds his amazing spots.
Denisse Ariana Pérez Interview: The Contrast Between Skin and Water
Nne of our favorite photographers. She has a knack for capturing the beauty in her subject’s skin tone, No matter how dark or how light, no matter how unconventional or familiar you are with her subjects, she empowers the people that she photographers.
She recently published her new book AGUA that shows the results of her spiritual journey to find meaning in her work. Traveling far and wide to find peoples and places that have different relationships with water. Check out our interview with the photographer to see where her mind was at in the process of making it.
