INTERVIEW: Derek Erdman
Derek Erdman was interviewed last week by Newcity’s Jason Foumberg, for a blip on his blog. He should have done himself–or at least his audience, if he has one–the favor of using Derek’s own words, i.e. publishing the interview in its hilarious entirety. Instead he edited it into a boring report, replacing the subject’s thoughts with the reporter’s. The interview, in full and full of funny, is printed below, courtesy of the artist.
INTERVIEW: Jaimie Warren
It’s a rare thing to be able to tread the line between popular and conceptual art period, much less with the kind of ease and playfulness the fabulous Ms. Jaimie Warren embodies. She’s vivacious and impulsive without being intimidating or oppressively hip. She’s got an openness about her that comes with the territory: born, raised, and schooled in the Midwest, away from the trappings of coastal art worldliness, and close to friends, family, and fans who lap her up like puppies to a puddle.
INTERVIEW: Yoshi Akai
Hot off the heels from Didier’s Steamthesizer article, NHQ brings you Yoshi Akai, a consummate inventor and designer whose 19th century designs usher 20th century technology with more taste than Sriracha sauce. Whether its hacking a toy to make a synthesizer out of LEGO bricks or making notes appear out of thin air (like the wireless catcher shown above), Mr. Akai’s creations boggle the eyes and inspire the mind. Yoshi took some with me to talk about his pieces, his perspective, and the invisible.
INTERVIEW: Ray “CRO” Noland
As much as I’d like to, I can’t pretend to know him well. But what little I do know is that Ray is making some of the most iconic and important art to come out of Chicago since Carl Sandburg wrote about a “City of the Big Shoulders.” CRO is currently in Asheville, North Carolina, fundraising for a new street art campaign combating the ignorance and idiocy that is the Tea Party Express. Can you dig it?
INTERVIEW: Christian “Oyat” Doll
In Uganda, I lived with people from the Acholi tribe, who gave me this Acholi name. Most African names, particularly in Uganda, come from the condition of one’s birth, like their birth order or if they are born after twins or during a rainstorm, or if they have a birthmark. “Oyat” is usually given to people born under unusual circumstances. Few people aside from elders know the meanings of all the names, though. So, the student who gave it to me (a former child soldier who was also an amazing dancer and “footballer”) thought that it meant “an unusual person.”
INTERVIEW: Marie Casimir
Y’all may recognize Marie, who is Haitian-American, from her stints as a performer with Ransom Royal’s Cream & Starch, and from our video SKINEMAX I: Women of The Future. After I heard about the earthquake, I realized I knew very little about Haiti, and what little I did know… well, I knew from talking to Marie. I asked her to share her perspective online as a way of raising more social and cultural awareness about the country in the aftermath of the disaster.
INTERVIEW: Rand Sevilla
Rand Sevilla is a graphic artist and also a graphic musician. I don’t know how many bands he has (a dozen, perhaps) but one of them is this outfit called Club Sashay. Recently Rand was pimping a web snatch of his own design to Vicemag via Twitter. It’s called YYAAHHOOOO.COM. It won a prize. It’s an Internet nasty website mashup. Go there to see what it’s all about and then come back and read an interview I had with Rand about the Internet.
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