Interview

“A lot of the things that people deal with in psychology that are treated as individual pathologies, are more a product of the economic structure in which we’re embedded, namely advanced capitalism.”—Michael Arfken, in our interview about his conference on Pathologies of Capitalism

“My project is like visual research into women on the shelf, arranged marriage, and the irrelationship—the forced intimacy—of it all. I want viewers to experience those forced relationships.”—Yingguang Guo, in our interview about her photo series The Bliss of Conformity.

“Maybe the ‘love’ metaphor is an interesting one; we shouldn’t fall in love with the future, it’s too dangerous. We need to keep a distance, have a mature relationship.”—Andrew Keen, in our interview about his book How to Fix the Future

“The notion that disruption is the highest form of behavior in tech culture is, to me, sad.”—Jonathan Taplin, in our interview about his book Move Fast and Break Things

“When you are an autodidact, you learn only from your mistakes. So, I learn a lot.”—Audrey Tautou, in our interview about her photo series Superfacial

“This group of women have all lived as men… Everything is in the wrong place, and everything is in the wrong size and shape, and it sucks to try to be a woman when you’ve had like 60 years of testosterone going through your veins.”—Jessica Dimmock, in our interview about her documentary The Convention.

“Because it was about a state of mind, I knew that it was something that was going to have me throwing myself against the limits of representation. Translating emotionality and personal experiences into a picture is always going to be hard. “—Katrin Koenning, in our interview about her photography.

“The abstraction level I find very appealing, but also, that it’s possible to really understand. One moment, you have no clue what some piece of mathematics is saying or how it’s working, and suddenly there’s like this neurological shift and it clicks into place.”—Dr. Holly Krieger, in our interview about mathematics.

“This is the tragedy of wanting to make art out of your own life, or wanting to make your own life out of your art – there is no way out.”—Antoine d’Agata, in our interview about his life and photography.

“When behaviors become a way of scratching some psychological itch that you have – whether it’s loneliness, or anxiety or depression, or low self-esteem or boredom – then there’s a good chance you’re addicted.”—Adam Alter, in our interview about his book Irresistible.