Interview | Naima Morelli

Published! Interview with Jakkai Siributr on CoBo

17-08-2019

Interview, Published, Reportage, Research, Thailand

JakkaiSiributr
The webmagazine Cobo has just published my interview with Thai artist Jakkai Siributr. This particular conversation has really provided clarity to shed new light on the whole month-long reportage I did in Thailand at the beginning of the year.

I have found this happens every reportage. There is always one conversation that reveals a particular key to read the reality your are exploring, or throws in a few challenges and reflections that stay with me long after the field research is finished.

Often that key comes from a figure – like Jakkai in this case – who has extensive knowledge of both Eastern and Western contemporary art practices, and is able to bridge the two through the narrative of his life.

There are few others interview to go to conclude the material I have collected with this reportage in Thailand, and can’t wait to share it more with you. But for the time being…

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Interview with Yasmine Laraqui on MEMO

By: Naima Morelli

25-07-2019

Interview, Middle East, Published, Research

YasmineLaraqui
I have a growing interest for Marocco and the way contemporary art is developing in this country. This time I discussed the emerging art scene with curator, artist and gallerist Yasmine Laraqui founder of Dasthe Art Space and Agency in Casablanca for Middle East Monitor.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Interview with Ruangsak Anuwatwimon

By: Naima Morelli

12-07-2019

English, Interview, Published, Reportage, Research, Thailand

Ruangsak

CoBo has just published one of my favourite interview from my reportage in Thailand, the one to Bangkok-based artist Ruangsak Anuwatwimon.

Ruangsak feels compelled to fight for environmental awareness. His poetic installations take on this cause, revealing the brutality of humans towards the Earth, buried under a beautiful surface.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Interview with Pattana Chuenmana on CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

05-07-2019

English, Interview, Published, Reportage, Research, Thailand

Pattana

Another article from my reportage in Thailand. This is an interview with artist and photographer Pattana Chuenmana, and has been just published by CoBo.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Il Re di Bangkok on Art a Part of Cult(ure)

By: Naima Morelli

01-07-2019

English, Interview, Italiano, Italy, Published, Review, Thailand

IlRediBangkok

A new article of mine in Italian has just been published on the webmagazine Art a Part of Cult(ure). It’s an interview with the three authors of the great graphic novel “Il Re di Bangkok”, Claudio Sopranzetti, Sara Fabbri, Chiara Natalucci, published by ADD Editore.

It was serendipitous to read this work right after my reportage in Thailand, at a time when I’m delving deeper into the graphic novel world.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Interview with Hamid Sulaiman for MEE

By: Naima Morelli

29-06-2019

English, Interview, Middle East, Published

HamidSulaiman

For my first article for the webmagazine Middle East Eye I have realized an interview to Syrian artist and graphic novelist Hamid Sulaiman. It was a great chat about his work “Freedom Hospital” and his future projects going forward.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Interview with Pal Museum director Adila Laïdi Hanieh

By: Naima Morelli

27-06-2019

English, Interview, Middle East, Published, Research

PalestinianMuseum
I might be repeating myself, but even a short piece of writing – meant to announce the publication of a new piece – is an opportunity to speak about the true wonder of this job. The knowledge, hope and excitement that it brings. Every conversation is a gift, every piece published a way to let all this interestingness out, to feel part of those bringing light and understanding to our human society.

Anyway, this interview with Palestinian Museum director Dr Adila Laïdi Hanieh, adds up to my research on art and culture in Palestine, I have been started researching since I wrote my first few articles for the excellent web magazine Middle East Monitor. The conversation with such an elegant personality, whose direction is bringing harmony and rationalisation to the Palestinian Museum, was truly inspiring.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Interview with Piyarat Piyapongwiwat on CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

25-06-2019

English, Interview, Published, Thailand

Piyarat

A desire to find answers brought Thai artist Piyarat Piyapongwiwat from the luxurious Bangkok advertising offices to the factories of Myanmar. Today, she tackles socio-political themes through both her installations and video.

My interview with this wonderful artist, endowed with a quiet strenght, has been just published on CoBo.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Interview with Thanom Chapakdee

By: Naima Morelli

19-06-2019

English, Interview, News, Published, Reportage, Research, Thailand

Thanom

Culture360, the webmagazine of the Asia-Europe Foundation, has just published my interview with one of the most forward-thinking and controversial art critic, arts writer and artist in the Thai art scene, Thanom Chapakdee.

This article is part of the reportage Roberto D’Onorio and I conducted in Thailand at the beginning of 2019. We interviewed cultural practitioners in the Thai art scene and learned about the different practices and power structures of the Thai art system. Here is to you an authoritative voice telling his side of the story.

Here is the link to the interview

The Singapore Series – Chapter 33

By: Naima Morelli

17-06-2019

Interview, Photostory, Reportage, Research, Singapore, Singapore Series, Visit

Robert Zhao Renhui

A definition of ‘artist’ according to my arts writer friend Donato is a person that is obsessed with something. However, as soon as artists become famous, you see this obsession wearing out or being somehow forced into a structure. Whereas over the years Robert Zhao has developed a team of people collaborating with him, I’d say his obsession is always there. He’s a total nature nerd, and you can feel his genuine obsession with it, paired with a strong conceptual background, which makes him in my opinion and in that of many other art critics, an incredibly powerful artist. Where you’d expect a snobbish, intellectual figure, you meet a very nice and considerate man who is really interested in sharing his passion and his work.

THE SINGAPORE SERIES – CHAPTER 32

By: Naima Morelli

10-06-2019

English, Interview, Reportage, Research, Singapore, Singapore Series

Donna Ong

Part of the charm of the forest is that it is supposed to be dangerous and mysterious. In this way you can still appreciate it but in a safe way. It’s an interesting metaphor about what is happening in Singapore. In the first chapter we have already talked about the work of Donna Ong in respect to the idea of tropical nature. We looked at “The Forest Speaks Back” which explored the idea of the tropics, by conveying two different points of view: that of the colonisers, and those of natives. Donna is interested in how the narrative for nature in Singapore has changed and evolved: “I think previously there was a lot of emphasis on the Garden City, so we had tropical nature but made it into a garden. A tamed tropical garden rather than a forest.”

THE SINGAPORE SERIES – CHAPTER 31

By: Naima Morelli

03-06-2019

Interview, Reportage, Research, Singapore, Singapore Series

Geraldine Kang

Earlier we have introduced the work of Singaporean artist and photographer Geraldine Kang. When I first came to Singapore for a month-long immersion of interviews and visits to art spaces, she was the first one among the artists I had planned to speak with. The intuition was good. Alongside allowing me to deepen my knowledge of her work, she also gave a good insight into the working conditions of the younger generation of Singaporean artists, their peculiar outlook and their experience in the art world. Geraldine was also teaching at LaSalle — we indeed meet in the school café — so she gave me a first hint of awareness of the conditions of the still-students, the yet-to-become-artists.

Naima Morelli

Published! Interview with Jakkai Siributr on CoBo

Published! Interview with Yasmine Laraqui on MEMO

Published! Interview with Ruangsak Anuwatwimon

Published! Interview with Pattana Chuenmana on CoBo

Published! Il Re di Bangkok on Art a Part of Cult(ure)

Published! Interview with Hamid Sulaiman for MEE

Published! Interview with Pal Museum director Adila Laïdi Hanieh

Published! Interview with Piyarat Piyapongwiwat on CoBo

Published! Interview with Thanom Chapakdee

The Singapore Series – Chapter 33

THE SINGAPORE SERIES – CHAPTER 32

Donna Ong

THE SINGAPORE SERIES – CHAPTER 31

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