Interviews
Charlie Ann Max’s nude dinners sweep across NY, LA, London, Berlin, and beyond
«It took me a few years to start FÜDE. I had been thinking about it for a long time, then the pandemic hit, and I just did it» – in...
«More death, more sex, more politics», the second season of Irvine Welsh’s Crime
In conversation with Scottish actor and producer Joanna Vanderham as she delves into her role, working alongside Irvine Welsh and future plans in the industry
Cinema is real life: Damien Chazelle and Justin Hurwitz talking back and forth
Oscar winners, director Damien Chazelle and composer Justin Hurwitz going into details about a long-term collaboration and friendship that have given life to La La Land, Babylon and more
«People are resigned to social fatalism» – Hicham Benohoud’s work depicts Morocco
Acceptance of social fatalism. Hicham Benohoud’s images show the social abyss from which many Moroccans suffer, not in a miserabilist way but rather in a plastic or artistic way
Photography is dead, Jean-Vincent Simonet considers alternative processes
Considering the photographic aura with Jean-Vincent Simonet. The artist discusses his process involving hacked inkjet printers and experimental modes of composition
Caleb Hahne Quintana: migration and masculinity in Southwestern America
Approaching the American Southwest through a new lens of realism, the American painter considers his family history and national myth through memory-inflected paintings
Jean-Daniel Allanche: the walls of the Atelier Moléculaire
A world of metaphysical obsession on the walls of his house - Lucile Allanche’s book of photographs and the Atelier Moléculaire
Women’s bodies and their sexuality – Serena de Ferrari for Lampoon Digital
Serena talks on about the love-hate relationship with her body, her acting role in Mare Fuori, which tested her psycho-physical state
Rurality reworked: is fashion design still inspired by a family?
Cosmopolitan cities are homogenized, suburbia is experienced as a disgrace: a topic addressed by Italian fashion designer Federico Cina
In the spiral circus of Parisian social scene with Lukas Ionesco
Spiral Circus is a five-track EP that bears the influence of the 60s Beach Boys – Beatles sounding – «my music is like a rusty cranked merry-go-round» recounts Lukas Ionesco
Beyond archiving gay magazines: Cowboy Frank and gay rodeos
An archivist preserving the images of men in leather, harness, fake uniforms, and bare bodies – Frank Harrell educates present readers on the queer landscape
Ortigia Sound System – the island’s renovation and the Tropicalization of the Mediterranean
How has the island of Ortigia in Sicily changed thanks to a redevelopment plan and the birth of both cultural projects, headed by the Ortigia Sound System? A reportage
Collecting memories and film tickets: Jim Longden’s path to filmmaking
British 23-year-old filmmaker and director Jim Longden about humor and his Chronicles of a Tumour: «I thought if I’m going to die, at least I could have a legendary final...
Samuel De Saboia – the nomadic artistic practice between material and spiritual
At the art residency Numeroventi in Florence, the Brazilian artist Samuel De Saboia talks about his artistic practice that explores sexuality, migration, and displacement
«As a kid, I was into animatronics and wooden things» recalls Bethan Laura Wood
A Mexico residency for British designer Bethan Laura Wood: «It's brutalist architecture, but it also has a big conversation with the pre-Hispanic architectural detailing»
The topoi of human history – present and past in Pietro Ruffo’s work
Geographic maps and writing, geometric overlays and experimentation with different materials: the breakdown of Pietro Ruffo’s operas and career
Objects of Common Interest: design is halfway between ephemeral and concrete
Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis are the creative minds behind the design duo Objects of Common Interest: Milan Design Week, Poikilos at Nilufar Depot
Quira: an insight into contemporary femininity through the materiality of clothes
Veronica Leoni, finalist at the LVMH Prize 2023, recounts herself and her brand Quira through the names of the people and places that have defined her path
In conversation with Jayden Elijah: «I was a quiet kid, well that’s what my mom says»
Currently seen starring in Oscar-nominated filmmaker Dee Rees newest TV show, Saint X, Jayden Elijah, opens up to Lampoon digital edition
Green is burning: Andriu Deplazes’ first Italian solo show at Collezione Maramotti
When something is burning it recalls us that «we are closer to the actual war that is happening now than we think we are», explains Deplazes about his exhibition
Design and humankind: Marcel Wanders, the AI speculation in Milano with Moooi
«We are a design company, not a styling company», a talk with Marcel Wanders and the EveryHuman's Algorithmic Perfumery, a project for Moooi
Tearing down love from its pedestal — introducing Ryder The Eagle
In conversation with French singer Ryder The Eagle, for the release of his newest album Megachurch: Tearing down love from its pedestal while keeping faith in life and music
Art at its highest altitude. The reality of Hauser & Wirth St. Mortiz
Giorgia von Albertini, director of Hauser & Wirth St. Mortiz, on her approach to contemporary art: «the opening in December 2018 was a natural extension of the gallery’s activities in...
Being a duo but individual collections: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
For the first time in more than twenty years of career, by Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec presents two separate collections for Flos at Euroluce 2023
Fosbury Architecture, decentralizing spaces: Everyone Belongs to everyone else
Fosbury Architecture, a collective curating the 18th Venice Biennale, challenges the norms of the exhibition., «pushing people to go outside the outskirts of the Biennale»
SpazioSerra and Virginia Dal Magro – the undefined movement of traces and spaces
«It can become a concept of above and below, of visible and invisible, of natural and artificial». Observing the gap in between and the threshold in creation
Fabio Quaranta: what happens in the post-menswear era?
Fabio Quaranta: interdisciplinary collective instead of fashion brands, archives instead of collections - «I felt the need to lose the authorial, individual aspect»
«To catch an idea you need to go primitive»: a conversation with Guglielmo Poletti
Spring Studio introduces Guglielmo Poletti's work. The designer aims to display style as a derivation of structure. Construction becomes a meaningful aesthetic
From technology and transhumanism to creating tribes: Roberto Rigon’s graphic niche
What to expect from creative merging with artificial intelligence? A conversation with Roberto Rigon, the creative director that already uses it in editorial design
Naomi Accardi: a niche that involves football and fashion
«I also feel compelled that the time has come to allow others to have a voice» Naomi Accardi traces a path for sports and fashion storytellers
Cristián Mohaded and Loro Piana: Apacheta, stone towers to mark your path
Through the Apacheta at Milan Design Week 2023, Cristián Mohaded and Loro Piana form a union rooted in Argentina, Territorio Hibrido
Kiko Kostadinov and his take on Kazuhide Takahama for MDW
Though it’s not his first attempt at interior design, «the challenging part was working with pre-existing timeless pieces», said Kiko Kostadinov to Lampoon
The revolution in Iran where poetry takes part – Bita Malakuti speaks of Islamic womanhood
To speak about your country when you can't speak about your lover's body. Before leaving Iran, Malakuti faced censorship as much as appreciation as a theater critic
Italian emerging music scene – Ethan: «I refuse to be just one thing»
Ethan Lara opens up about his past and future aspirations, from his search for identity to the achievement of a new musical and personal maturity in a story by Clotilde...
British curator Ben Broome: «Performances have the power to disrupt gallery spaces»
Art curator Ben Broome, interviewed by Lampoon, discusses his pathway to exhibition making, his passion for performances and unanswered questions
Massimiliano Fuksas: «both the cities and the stadiums should be redesigned»
«Stadiums are elements completely detached from the cities. They should live each day and each week of the year» Massimiliano Fuksas reflects on sport buildings
Art as Social Activism – Thomas Hirschhorn: «I am an artist, a worker, a soldier»
«Art is a tool. As an artist I need to see with my own eyes, think with my own brain, in all circumstances even when global events affect me» –...
Psychedelia: the visual vocabulary – Lampoon the RuVido Issue with Gary Card
«My intention was to make something beautiful and classical and then figure out how do I f**k it up? Make something pretty, but layer it by inserting rawness»
Body metrics and upcoming fashion currencies: Julie Pelipas and Bettter.us
«It's kind of an ideal membrane for you to be protected, to feel confident, to collect emotions in». Julie Pelipas discusses creating a relationship with garments
Paul Mpagi Sepuya and Dan Rubinstein for Lampoon Issue 27 – manipulation of perspective
For Lampoon Issue 27, The RuVido Issue, Photographer Paul Mpagi Sepuya and Dan Rubinstein reflect on looking at bodies in a non-white way, queer representation and the meaning of raw
Where do mythology, archetypes, and ancestral allusions creatively hide today?
From art curating, to discovering and promoting new artists, through fashion design and music. Caio Twombly and Henrik Vibskov in conversation for Lampoon RuVido issue
The praise of the delirium and the abnormal – Gelitin for Lampoon 27
The Gelatins by DNA are immersed in the world of subculture and subordinates. They are under the surface, exploring what to bring up to Earth
Gaspar Noé and Benoît Debie – from death and drugs to sex and grievances
«It’s all about domination, abomination, and survival of the species. People live in fear, and the worst thing that can happen to us is to die» Gaspar Noé and Benoît...
Nonsense saved me: interview to Simon Fujiwara on his latest show in Milan
The creator of Who the Bær: «I created a cartoon character in order not to become one myself». In Milan, the exhibition Who is Who-Dimensional? at Gió Marconi
Canali: «creating a suit or a jacket is like making pieces of anatomy»
Stefano Canali on the history of the family, the factory and the years he spent there as a child, as well as the priority he was taught to always give...
Interview with Yoshiyuki Miyamae: from Japan, fashion in Paris, design in Milan
Much more than a fashion brand, A-POC ABLE sets out to weave the future by engaging different creative minds and professionals in collaborative projects and multidisciplinary conversations
