Asad Faulwell is not afraid of hard work. When he takes on a subject, such as the women involved in the Battle of Algiers, he goes all in, investing the time and labor required to realise his vision, the way he imagined it. It is that hard working quality that gives his works the dazzling amount of details and amazing intricacy. When we got the chance to chat with him, we talked about his first international solo show "Les Femmes D'Alger"...
Celebrating a love of football that is far from Champions League and big stadiums, Hans van der Meer brings the smell of the soil to our noses with his amazing photography of European amateur football grounds. We spoke with the Dutch artist regarding his book European Fields.
Artist and researcher C. Mehmet Kösemen's new book, Osman Hasan and the Tombstone Photographs of the Dönmes, documents tombstone portraiture belonging to Crypto-Judaic graves from between the 1880's and 1940's, which he found to be carrying the signature of Osman Hasan. Kösemen answered our questions regarding this unique and secretive culture, his project's process of development, and his feelings towards taking cemetery strolls.
Interviews with some of our favorite curators from Berlin, who organise queer parties that open the doors for freedom in the city that never sleeps.
Eskil Vogt, the director and the scenarist for Blind, which came to theatres this month, talked to us about his first feature, and his lonesome and pessimistic characters and İstanbul.
The issues raised surrounding the marriage of music with visuals is likely to be discussed forever. Here we give some examples which, although they might not end it, certainly add to the discussion.
We got a chance to chat with English band Adult Jazz, about their amazing debut, Gist Is.
We had the chance to interview Andy Williamson from the band that allows you to have a cinematic listening experience, The Bombay Royale.
We questioned Californian Allah-Las about their latest album Worship the Sun and let Baysan Yüksel draw it for us.
Illustrations from this month's issue is here.