April 2005

Interview with Keith Kin Yan • Photographer

April 26, 2005

This week, we begin a series of visual interviews, in which an artist or photographer replies to our interview questions with a sketch or photograph. Our first visual interview is with photographer Keith Kin Yan. Please describe what you imagine strangers see when they see you for the first time. What do you think your [...]

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Interview with Robert Lanham * Author of The Hipster Handbook & Editor of Free Williamsburg

April 20, 2005

SM: If all the important aspects of your dreams were “marked” to get your attention, what sort of marking would they have? RL: Esther Williams shows up to do a little aquatic dance number to highlight the important stuff. SM: How do you calm yourself when you are angry? RL: I crank Organized Konfusion’s “Bring [...]

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Interview with Deborah Orgel • Artist

April 12, 2005

SM: Please describe your favorite photograph that has been taken of you. DO: It’s a black and white picture, taken at a friend’s wedding in September of 2001, that shows me laughing—it’s a moment that shows total abandonment, happiness, and what I look like with a seventy-five dollar haircut. SM: If you were trapped in [...]

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Interview with Martin Cendreda • Illustrator/Creator of “Dang!” & “Zurik Robot”

April 12, 2005

SM: When was the last time you felt yourself close to understanding something that has puzzled you for a long time? MC: First grade. When I learned how to draw perspective. It wasn’t true perspective, more like a 6 year old’s cruddy approximation of it. But still, it was a momentous occasion. Everything else, I’m [...]

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Interview with Nick Gurewitch • Artist/Creator of “The Perry Bible Fellowship”

April 12, 2005

SM: When was the last time you had on a set of headphones? NG: Yesterday. SM: Barring yourself, what’s the best thing to come out of your hometown? NG: Trains. Though I have yet to come out of my hometown. SM: What was your last good deed? NG: Babysitting for free. SM: What was your [...]

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Interview with Tom Wilson

April 5, 2005

SM: When was the last time you found yourself in an unexpectedly sinister circumstance? TW: Being a champion of what is right and good, I never find myself in an unexpectedly sinister circumstance. But I have dealt with realtors and insurance salesmen. SM: If you were to illustrate yourself meeting another version of yourself that [...]

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