Interviews Platform

INTERVIEW | Melvin Ningyao Yen

INTERVIEW | Melvin Ningyao Yen

Melvin Ningyao Yen, a pioneering force in the fusion of digital media and theater, hails from the vibrant cultural landscape of Taiwan and now operates out of New York City. Their artistic ethos is anchored in the exploration of cultural narratives and the human condition, utilizing the dynamic realms of immersive theater and multimedia projects as their canvas.

Art Her Way exhibition at Kulturnest in Beirut

Art Her Way exhibition at Kulturnest in Beirut

Kulturnest is please to announce Art Her Way, a collective hybrid exhibition celebrating women's rights, gender equality, and empowerment. This vibrant cultural event showcases a diverse range of artistic expressions. From physical to digital art forms, the exhibition highlights the unique perspectives and creative voices of 75 local and international artists, championing inclusivity and amplifying marginalized voices.

INTERVIEW | Weiying Ma

INTERVIEW | Weiying Ma

Weiying Ma is a Multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer based in Los Angeles. She believes that design is not limited to two-dimensional spaces and strives to explore different mediums and use them to convey stories in a unique and impactful way. Her ultimate goal is to create designs that resonate with audiences, regardless of the medium or platform used.

INTERVIEW | Jiayin Song

INTERVIEW | Jiayin Song

Jiayin Song is a background and visual development artist from China, currently based in SoCal. Her inspiration comes from a variety of animated shows and movies that capture a sense of nostalgia, magic, and sentimentality through the visuals. Her work focuses on storytelling, creating magical but believable illustrations that capture similar emotions.

INTERVIEW | Bingjie BJ Cui

INTERVIEW | Bingjie BJ Cui

Bingjie B.J. Cui is a multidisciplinary artist whose work reveals the whimsical and ethnic beauties behind our visual world. With an academic background spanning environmental science, urban planning and design, and illustration, she is passionate about interweaving science fiction, poetry, and art to create an inspiring and vibrant visual experience.

INTERVIEW | Lisa Rommé

INTERVIEW | Lisa Rommé

Lisa Rommé, also known under the pseudonym Shtormit, is a curator and art producer originally from Moscow and currently residing in Paris. Lisa mostly works with olfactory installations and interactive objects, where she examines the embodiment and interactions with the social environment and humor. She has participated in more than 140 exhibitions, received 8 art grants and worked in 8 art residencies.

INTERVIEW | Masaki Iwabuchi

INTERVIEW | Masaki Iwabuchi

Masaki Iwabuchi is a New York-based interdisciplinary designer, artist, and futurist. Masaki believes we need alternative visions and worldviews to overcome numerous wicked problems in this century, such as climate change, forced migration, political and social polarization, etc. Therefore, he is interested in challenging our societal structures, vested interests, and Cartesian belief systems through his works.

INTERVIEW | Anna Skoromnaya

INTERVIEW | Anna Skoromnaya

Anna Skoromnaya is an artist who lives and works in Genoa, Italy. She works predominantly with installations and media based on moving images, such as videos, holograms and computer- and software-generated figures. Skoromnaya’s artistic practice incorporates both sophisticated, innovative media and intentionally contaminated materials, with a language that focuses on and magnifies the paradoxes present in our society.

INTERVIEW | Yukang Tao

INTERVIEW | Yukang Tao

Yukang Tao is an interdisciplinary artist who works in the fields of electronic arts, animation, video, and performance. While all of his artwork alludes to the concept of gender and observes the relationship between technology and humanity, it also encompasses themes such as surveillance and self-absorption of society in media. Art and technology, virtual and accurate, the boundaries begin to blur and combine to form a new utopia.

INTERVIEW | Mengmeng Luo

INTERVIEW | Mengmeng Luo

Mengmeng Luo (Momo) is a Chinese visual artist born in 1999 in Changsha, Hunan province, now living and working in London. Her artworks consist of visual images and sound effects. She specialises in creating scene-based fragments of cinematic space that combine to form non-temporal sequential narratives and are characterised by her own personal magical realism and black irony.

INTERVIEW | Hannah Kröeker

INTERVIEW | Hannah Kröeker

Hannah Kröeker is a multi-media artist and collagist residing in Manitoba, Canada. Kröeker primarily showcases her prolific work to the world in a hand-cut analog collage. Over the last decade, she has included the use of Washi Tape, transparencies, written text, and other mediums to add to the dynamics of her pieces and create more visually provocative manifestations of her imagination.

INTERVIEW | Germán Muñoz

INTERVIEW | Germán Muñoz

Amidst the vibrant landscapes of Querétaro, Mexico, Germán Muñoz is a painter and product designer whose narrative transcends borders and disciplines. Germán Muñoz invites the world to traverse the multi-dimensional landscapes of his creativity, a journey marked by the interplay of engineering precision, artistic expression, and the enduring bonds forged in the crucible of shared artistic endeavors.

INTERVIEW | Xinyi Yang

INTERVIEW | Xinyi Yang

Xinyi Yang is a young potential artist and interdisciplinary designer. Her paintings, which combine ancient East Asian poetry beauty with the reflection of contemporary philosophy, primarily feature oil and watercolour, exuding vitality as they continually explore light within darkness, specifically reflected in the relationship between people and the environment.

INTERVIEW | Tian Gan

INTERVIEW | Tian Gan

Tian Gan is a concept artist at Bad Robot Games, a video game fraction of JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Production. Her work is mostly created through digital ways, like 2D digital painting, drawing, and 3D modeling. Working in the entertainment industry, Tian loves to design and create imaginary environments, characters, and creatures for video games, animation, and film.

INTERVIEW | Hadeel Alzoubi

INTERVIEW | Hadeel Alzoubi

Hadeel AlZoubi is a contemporary artist based in Toronto. Her artistic journey is a constant exploration of mediums and techniques. She thrives on pushing the boundaries of artistic expression by incorporating a diverse array of materials. Ultimately, Hadeel's art is an invitation to transcend the chaos of modern life and find solace in the simplicity of her creations.

INTERVIEW | Daphne Ting-Yu Chu & Teng Xue

INTERVIEW | Daphne Ting-Yu Chu & Teng Xue

Daphne is a London-based multidisciplinary artist and lighting designer for interactive installations, spatial experiences, audiovisual arts and live performances. Teng is a multidisciplinary artist whose creative journey traverses the realms of architecture, virtual reality, installation art, film, and experiential design. Together they created the interactive installation Parallel.

INTERVIEW | Delphine Cuelenaere

INTERVIEW | Delphine Cuelenaere

Delphine Cuelenaere is driven by curiosity in both subject and method. The technique of woodcarving gives her the opportunity to be surprised by the material. Open-minded departures from the unknown and a radical openness to not knowing what will come are the essence of her artistic process. Slowly and unpredictably, scenes emerge in which voyeur and protagonist, spectator and artist, intertwine.

INTERVIEW | Susan Sitko

INTERVIEW | Susan Sitko

Susan Sitko is a Polish multidisciplinary artist currently working in Brighton, UK. Her photography series Sensitive Flesh and The Vessel have been recognized for the poetic exploration of moments where humanity merges with the natural world. In both projects, she includes many tactile elements that result in images with a unique sensory quality.

INTERVIEW | Tairan Hao

INTERVIEW | Tairan Hao

Tairan Hao, based in New York, is a new media artist. His work serves as an exploration and a dialogue, delving into the complexities of identity within the shifting landscapes of politics, culture, and technology. His work, rooted in personal experiences of conformity, offers a lens to examine the individual's place among the collectivism of society.

INTERVIEW | Hilda Westergård

INTERVIEW | Hilda Westergård

Hilda Westergård is a self-taught photographer living in Uppsala, Sweden. Embracing the versatility of both digital and film photography, Hilda navigates the streets with a keen eye and an open heart. Digital technology allows her to react instantaneously to unfolding scenes, while the film adds a layer of nostalgia and authenticity, inviting viewers to step into a timeless dimension of her work.