Interview on the Wise Fool Podcast
“People really love it when you make the same compromises that they do, because it justifies them.”
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (The Wise Fool Podcast, 2022)
Between Realities: A Lecture at the Fachhochschule Dortmund
I gave a lecture at the Fochhochschule Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts at a symposium called Between Realities. In it, I discuss and detail some of the artists published in my role as Chief Editor of GUP…
Interview with Katherine Oktober Matthews on Life Framer (Open Call)
“In the end, I think we’re all looking for ways to mainline existence, to achieve a more direct way of tapping into ourselves, other people and our environments. That desire is replete with risks, but let’s not kid ourselves, life is a bloodsport.”
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Life Framer, 2016)
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Life Framer, 2016)
Interview with Katherine Oktober Matthews in XOXO Magazine
"When something interests me, I follow it for a while to see where it leads."
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (XOXO The Mag, 2015)
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (XOXO The Mag, 2015)
Interview with Katherine Oktober Matthews on Life Framer (Urban Life)
“And I’ve been frustrated sometimes for want of a role model that simply isn’t there, but a big part of coming-of-age as an artist is realizing that very terrifying thing: you cannot follow anybody else anymore.”
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Life Framer, 2014)
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Life Framer, 2014)
Interview with Katherine Oktober Matthews on TEDxAmsterdam
“It’s good to have critics, because they force you to work harder and make your case.”
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (TEDxAmsterdam)
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (TEDxAmsterdam)
Interview for Toy Tokyo
"Sometimes my friends tell me stories of things that I know never happened – but how can you prove whose memory is correct? Photographs don’t prove anything because they’re not facts, they’re narratives."
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Toy Tokyo, 2014)
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Toy Tokyo, 2014)
Respect the Medium
Firestarters has posted a short interview with me, about the upcoming portfolio review GUP has organized, and the media that photography is presented in. (in Dutch only)