Interviews

Jugaad: the Social Art of Making Things Happen

By Christopher Frey • Apr 1st, 2010 • Category: Architecture, Art, Culture, Design, Interviews

The art and architectural designs of Delhi-based Sanjeev Shankar explore India's everyday acts of innovation.

Comrades in Invention

By Christopher Frey • Feb 9th, 2010 • Category: Art, Culture, Design, Interviews

ART | Russians have for decades fashioned functional objects from such cast-off items as forks, plastic bottles and onion bags. Collector Vladimir Arkhipov sheds light on the artful labours collected in his archive of "post-material folklore".

Juche Idea

By Aliza Ma • Jan 21st, 2010 • Category: Art, Film, Interviews

FILM | American experimental filmmaker Jim Finn takes on Kim Jong Il, and his theory of Juche literature and cinema.

How Thor Heyerdahl Got It Wrong

By Andrew Gregg • Jan 20th, 2010 • Category: Culture, Interviews

ARCHEOLOGY | Andrew Gregg interviews Edmundo Edwards, the preeminent Polynesian archeologist. Edwards is also one of the very best raconteurs alive and a first-hand witness to the weird modern history of Easter Island.