Interview: LiSA
[ActuallyMag] Being the lead singer and rhythm guitarist in an all-girl rock band called Girls Dead Monster is not all as it is cut out to be. Apart from rocking out stages in her high school, she also has to help out the Shinda Sekai Sensen (SSS), an organization that fights against God and the school’s student council president Angel, both set to make her band and the organization’s life a living hell.
Interview: Marcel Heijnen [Vue Privee November Artist of the Month]
The Dutch born-Asia based photographer’s upcoming exhibition “The Residue Series” will showcase a collection of images exploring the temporary nature of our everyday surroundings. With urban decay as his focal point, Marcel Heijnen, Vue Privee November Artist of the Month shares the beauty of the fact that nothing lasts forever.
Your work revolves around the idea of impermanence.
For the past few years I’ve been studying Buddhism a fair bit and the one underlying principle that really speaks to me is the idea that everything is in continuous flux. ‘This too shall pass’ -“This” to me, is a fundamental truth in life and there’s enormous power in the realisation and acceptance of this.
Everything is a process, nothing will stay the same. Facing and accepting impermanence as a truth would force us to face our own demise and that’s something we don’t like doing. The one thing that’s certain in our life is that it’ll end sooner or later. It is something we know but do not want to know.
Most of us label the notion of impermanence as ‘sad’, but I think it can be hugely liberating. We like flowers, not despite the fact that they will wither but because they wither. Just as gold would not be valuable if it was abundant, life would not be precious if it would not end. If we would realize this more, we would live life more fully in each moment, rather than stressing ourselves out working for and worrying about the future.
Steve Jobs understood this very well: “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.”
The acceptance of impermanence can teach us to how to live more fully, so I feel it’s time to get impermanence out of the closet.
Interview: FFF Girl DJ Bootcamp Founders
Interview: Min Chen
[ThinkMaven] I had the wonderful opportunity to speak to Min Chen, Juice’s dedicated Editor who has helped developed the taste of local tastemakers. Whether it’s alternative music or street fashion, the globetrotting lady has it all covered.
Check out the first ever video interview with Min Chen, Editor of Juice magazine.
Interview: Jennifer Cardini
The leading lady of techno has been at it for more than 15 years now. Signed to Kompakt, she runs her own highly acclaimed Correspondant parties and have moved dancefloors in just about every major club in the world. The DJ and producer will be touching down in Singapore to not only showcase her mastery behind the decks but also to impart her knowledge as a guest lecturer in this year’s FFF Girl DJ Bootcamp. Ahead of her set tomorrow night, Jennifer talks about Cologne, Kompakt and Michael Jackson.
According to your schedule, you are either playing a gig at Geneva, Paris, Cairo, London or Zurich. Where was the best gig you’ve played in so far?
That’s a hard question. I always try to make the best of every situation even the worst ones. Gigs that are always fun are of course at Rex Club, my ‘home’, and I also really enjoy our new Correspondant residencies at Horst in Berlin or Nitsa in Barcelona!
Interview: Mydeadpony [Vue Privee October Artist of the Month]
In a normal world, fashion is just fashion. But for Belgian illustrator Raphaël Vicenzi aka Mydeadpony, fashion is one of the many elements that inspires his artwork. Beyond the glamour, the models and style, Mydeadpony translates its subjective beauty by marrying street art and graffiti to create an alternative statement against conventional fashion-inclined illustrations.
With his works showcased in top international design magazines like Illustration Now!, he has garnered worldwide attention with his hand-drawn, watercolor and digital techniques.
I had a chance to delve into the creative ingenuity of Vue Privée’s October Artist of the Month, as he shares about his art, life, and everything in between ahead of his month long gallery showcase.
Born and bred in Charleroi, Belgium. How has the rich history of your hometown influenced you as an artist?
Charleroi is in an old poor coal mining town. It definitely had an impact on me growing up because it’s an industrial town with steel factories, a lot of unemployment, and discarded coal mountains.
I guess that’s why I like gritty, urban dark works. At the same time, there is a beauty which is emerging beneath the concrete as nature retake its place amongst ruins and abandoned houses.
