Curating Art & Directing Films with Hala Matar
- Author
- Hala Matar
- Published
- Wed 20 Jan 2021
- Episode Link
- https://seemo.simplecast.com/episodes/curating-art-directing-films-with-hala-matar-W3tR8_z_
In this episode we speak with Hala Matar, a Bahraini film director based in Los Angeles and New York. Hala has directed films for Vice, NOWNESS, Interpol, CHANEL, Kenzo, Vivienne Westwood and Diesel. Hala graduated from the University of Virginia and began her career as an art curator in New York City where she ran the gallery Chiles Matar. Her work has been featured in Rolling Stones, Pitchfork, Vogue, NME, Spin, NME, W Magazine, Nylon, CNN and Harpers Arabia.
We discuss:|
- Curating art for Dries Van Noten
- Art Curation
- Dreaming of becoming a film director and making it a reality
- Doing whatever it takes to move forward
- Inspiration from heartbreak
- Creating the best ideas from 3 hours running
