Writer/curator Cathy Byrd sparks conversations about today’s art, design, and film on the Fresh Art International podcast. Synthesizing interviews and field recordings with critical commentary since 2011, the podcast archives the voices, sounds, and stories of contemporary culture makers from around the world.
Episodes
Wednesday Oct 23, 2013
Wednesday Oct 23, 2013
Thisis our first broadcast of Fresh Talk UNCUT, a new series of unedited podcasts.In October 2012, Cathy Byrd, Fresh Talk producer, made a field recording with Jean-Ulrick Désert during her residencyin Berlin. Born in Haiti, Jean-Ulrick lived in the U.S. and France beforemigrating to Germany. He talks about how moving through these cultures hasmarked his artmaking.
Sound Editor: EricSchwartz
Wednesday Oct 23, 2013
Wednesday Oct 23, 2013
This Fresh Talkepisode features Jean-Ulrick Désert and Trenton Doyle Hancock, two of the artists participating in Radical Presence:Black Performance in Contemporary Art. Curated by Valerie Cassel Oliver for the Museum of Contemporary Arts inHouston (CAMH), the exhibition is now appearing in New York City. Some of theshow’s performance art events will be featured in New York’s Performa 13 this November.
To hear CathyByrd’s unedited recording sessions with Jean-Ulrick and Trenton, go to the newFresh Talk UNCUT podcast series.
Sound Editor: EricSchwartz
Episode Sound: TrentonDoyle Hancock, performing Devotion at CAMH
Saturday Sep 07, 2013
Saturday Sep 07, 2013
In this episode, Cathy Byrd connects on Skype with sound artist Stephen Vitiello. Stephen shares recordings he made during residencies in New York, Australia, and on the island of Captiva, and talks about the challenges of archiving new media. Stephen’s 2010 project A Bell for Every Minute is currently installed in the Museum of Modern Art Sculpture Garden as part of Soundings: A Contemporary Score. Curated by Barbara London, this is MoMA’s first exhibition dedicated exclusively to sound art.
Sunday Jul 28, 2013
Sunday Jul 28, 2013
What does it mean for a story to be new age noir? At KUT 90.5 studios in Austin, Texas, Cathy Byrd meets local authors Morgan Coy and Karen Davidson to find out. They talk about about Shadow Healer, the four-part graphic novel the two Austinites created with London-based artist Chris Chalik. Here's their free five page preview.
Monday Jul 01, 2013
Monday Jul 01, 2013
At South By South West, in Austin, Texas, Cathy Byrd meets Steve Brown and Jessie Deeter, the team that directed and produced the documentary Spark: A Burning Man Story. Steve and Jessie explain what they learned about the individuals and ideas behind the legendary desert rituals of Burning Man. Sound Editor: Eric Schwartz | Episode Sound, from Spark: A Burning Man Story
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 May 20, 2013
Monday May 20, 2013
Recorded at the KUT/NPR studio in Austin, Texas, this Fresh Talk episode features Louis Grachos, new director of Austin Museum of Art-Arthouse (currently known as AMOA-Arthouse). Louis has been an arts leader on the move. His career has taken him across the country—to New York, San Diego, Toronto, Miami, Santa Fe and Buffalo. Before moving to Austin, he directed the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo for a decade. Cathy Byrd speaks with Louis about how he landed in Austin and what he hopes to do there.
Monday Apr 29, 2013
Monday Apr 29, 2013
The renowned Walker Art Center in Minneapolis staged a one-night Internet Cat Video Festival in August 2012 that drew an astounding 10,000 people to the Center’s Open Field. During South By South West 2013, Cathy Byrd meets curators Scott Stulen and Katie Hill in the KUT/NPR studios to talk about the legendary project. Sound Editor: Eric Schwartz | Episode Sound courtesy Walker Art Center
Monday Apr 08, 2013
Monday Apr 08, 2013
At South By South West Interactive, in Austin, Texas, Roman Mars speaks with Cathy Byrd about what inspired him to create 99% Invisible, a radio show and podcast series featuring architecture and design. Based in San Francisco, Mars is a super hero in a world of passionate and mostly bootstrapped podcasters. Last year, the 99% Invisible Kickstarter campaign was the most successful journalism project ever funded. This recording session takes place inside the SXSW Interactive presenters' lounge, a room buzzing with creative energy.
Monday Mar 18, 2013
Monday Mar 18, 2013
The 2013 South By South West Film Festival, in Austin, Texas, is the setting for this Fresh Talk feature. Cathy Byrd meets filmmakers Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin to learn more about Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, the documentary they recently completed.The film tells the story of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (Nadia), Maria Alyokhina (Masha), and Yekaterina Samutsevich (Katia), members of the radical feminist art collective Pussy Riot. In early 2012, the three were arrested and put on trial for performing a 40 second "punk prayer" inside Moscow’s main orthodox cathedral. The world has been calling for the young women's release ever since Nadia, Masha and Katia were detained, charged and imprisoned for the crime of religious hatred.