Episodes
Thursday Jul 28, 2016
Maria Alyokhina on Political Art
Thursday Jul 28, 2016
Thursday Jul 28, 2016
Maria Alyokhina, a member of the Russian punk performance group Pussy Riot, talks about the political actions she's been involved in since she and band member Nadia Tolakonikova were released from prison in late December 2013. Only days after they were freed, the two artists announced their founding of Justice Zone, an organization that provides legal support to political prisoners in Russia, and MediaZona, an online publication that spotlight incidents of political injustice in their home country. In 2014, they were awarded the Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought. Now in London, Maria is preparing to make her theater debut in Burning Doors, with the independent Belarus Free Theatre company.
Listen to our podcast episode with filmmakers of the documentary Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer to learn more about the arrests and televised trial that followed Pussy Riot's two-minute performance in a Moscow cathedral on February 21, 2012.
Read English versions of MediaZona coverage published in Vice and the Guardian.
Sound Editor: Guney Ozsan | Episode Sounds: Pussy Riot performance of “Virgin Mary, Redeem Us of Putin, Christ the Savior Cathedral, Moscow
Thursday Mar 24, 2016
Fresh Talk: Athi Patra Ruga
Thursday Mar 24, 2016
Thursday Mar 24, 2016
South African artist Athi Patra Ruga talks about the fantastical multi-media performance project that the Bass Museum of Art invited him to present on Miami Beach. Performed with local dancers, The Future White Women of Azania addresses human rights issues through a jubilant unveiling ceremony that invites us all to celebrate our true identities.
Wednesday Sep 23, 2015
Fresh Talk: Micol Hebron
Wednesday Sep 23, 2015
Wednesday Sep 23, 2015
Los Angeles-based artist Micol Hebron is inspired by the work of Carolee Schneemann, a feminist artist that madeart history in 1975 by performing naked to protest gender inequality in the art field. Today, Hebron invites other women artists to spotlight this ongoing concern.
Wednesday Aug 26, 2015
Fresh Talk: Buskerfest with Justin Trieger and Amy San Pedro
Wednesday Aug 26, 2015
Wednesday Aug 26, 2015
Buskerfest Miami's Justin Trieger and Amy San Pedro have joined other local musicians to begin creating aconnected, thriving urban core for Miami. They stage street performances along the stops of the city's Metromover, a free downtown transit system. Listen to our conversation and hear a selection of live music from the annual festival and other Buskerfest events.
We recorded this conversation during FEAST Miami, a people's choice fundraising dinner for artists.
Sound Editor: Kris McConnachie | Sound effects courtesy Buskerfest and the artists
Wednesday Aug 19, 2015
Fresh Talk: 13th Lyon Biennial Preview with Ralph Rugoff
Wednesday Aug 19, 2015
Wednesday Aug 19, 2015
Ralph Rugoff, London-based curator of the 13th Lyon Biennial, talks about La Vie Moderne, this year's biennial exhibition. The show in Lyon, France, brings together 60 artists from around the world. Their projects investigate how history informs contemporary life. Featured in our conversation: TJ Wilcox, Kader Attia, and Marinella Senatore. We'll be there for the press preview, so stay tuned, for more Fresh Talk!
Thursday Jun 18, 2015
Fresh Talk: Tania Bruguera
Thursday Jun 18, 2015
Thursday Jun 18, 2015
Presidents of Cuba and the U.S. recently announced a rapprochement, but is the island country ready for free expression in the form of contemporary art activism? Recorded in Havana, this Fresh Talk episode features Cuban artist Tania Bruguera and her recent launch of a new initiative: the Hannah Arendt Institute for Artivism. Bruguera is moving ahead with her project despite the fact that she's been under city arrest and subject to government reprisals after her unauthorized public art performance on December 30, 2014, landed her in jail for three days.
Sunday Jun 09, 2013
Fresh Talk: Rijin Sahakian
Sunday Jun 09, 2013
Sunday Jun 09, 2013
Via Skype, Cathy Byrd speaks with international curator and producer Rijin Sahakian in Beirut, Lebanon. Rijin describes how the American invasion in 2003 impacted Iraq's cultural scene and introduces SADA, the experimental new media project she created to support the creative practices of emerging Iraqi artists. Sound Editor: Eric Schwartz
Monday Jan 14, 2013
Fresh Talk: Agnes Meyer-Brandis
Monday Jan 14, 2013
Monday Jan 14, 2013
In Berlin, Cathy Byrd meets German artist Agnes Meyer-Brandis in the control tower of Tempelhof, an abandoned airport at the edge of the city, to see the artist's installation "Up In the Air: Control Room Tempelhof." Agnes fuses pure science and creativity to explore the zone between fact and fiction, fantasy and technology. So far, her projects have taken Agnes to the U.S., Russia, Brazil, Switzerland, Austria, Argentina and Australia. The artist rarely works in a typical studio or gallery setting. You're more likely to find Agnes exploring the poetics of glaciers beneath ice skating rinks and raising moon geese. Sound Editor: Eric Schwartz | Photos: copyright Agnes Meyer-Brandis | Episode Sound: Agnes Meyer-Brandis and Astronaut David Scott, NASA
Tuesday Dec 11, 2012
Fresh Talk: Sarah Hobbs
Tuesday Dec 11, 2012
Tuesday Dec 11, 2012
Cathy Byrd speaks on Skype with photographer Sarah Hobbs on a night when Sarah is testing materials she collected for Overpacked, a set of site-specific installations to be on view in Midtown Atlanta for a few days next week. Sarah's interest in human obsessions has led her to depict a range of neuroses and human foibles. Known for immersing her viewers in large scale photographs staged in familiar domestic interiors, this time, Sarah invites us into an experiential space: three hotel rooms that appear to be occupied by individuals trying very hard to make themselves feel at home. Sound Editor and Signature Sound Designer: Eric Schwartz Photographs: Sarah Hobbs
Monday Aug 13, 2012
Fresh Talk: Tolly Moseley
Monday Aug 13, 2012
Monday Aug 13, 2012
Cathy Byrd meets Tolly Moseley in Austin to learn about her faceted creative practice. A book publicist by day, Tolly spends evenings writing for her blog AustinEavesdropper.com. She’s also a passionate aerial silks dancer who keeps a vivid blue silk hanging from a tree outside her back door. Earlier this year, Tolly started producing and hosting a series of webisodes for "Austin Eavesdropper TV" in which she interviews a certain quirky character and shares insider tips about Austin. In this episode, Cathy gets a sneak peek at Tolly's brand new project for youtube.com/hungry.
Sound Editor: Leo Madriz
Photo credits noted in captions
Music: Tolly Moseley, AETV intro by Jason Silverberg