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
Monday Oct 29, 2012
Monday Oct 29, 2012
In Kassel, Germany, Cathy Byrd joins documenta(13)artist Marcos Lutyens for a Hypnotic Session in the Reflection Room. Based in Los Angeles, the London-born intermedia artist works with other artists and curators to develop events and exhibits that reflect his research into the mind and the unconscious. Marcos collaborated with artist, curator and writer Raimundas Malašauskas and smell researcher and artist Sissel Tolass to create this Hypnotic Session. Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz Photos: courtesy the artist, except where noted Music: Bill Frisell, Richter 858-8
Monday Oct 22, 2012
Monday Oct 22, 2012
In Kassel, Germany, Cathy Byrd meets Swiss artist Christian Philipp Müller to talk about Swiss Chard Ferry, his project for documenta (13). Christian lives in Berlin and Kassel, where since 2011, he's been Dean at the School of Art and Design. He has a history with the international exhibition, having participated in documenta 10 (1997) and is known for his interest in connecting art with the cultural history of plants. Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz Photos: Cathy Byrd and the artist, where noted Music: Beach Boys, Vege-Tables, 1967
Monday Oct 15, 2012
Monday Oct 15, 2012
In the Netherlands, we travel to Den Hague to record with Australian musician and composer Kate Moore at home. We're here to learn more about the new music she invents for international performances. Kate’s ensemble RPM Electro brings their Handmade Homegrown concert to The Hague's Theater Dakota in November 2012.
This is not our first encounter with Kate Moore. We met for the first time in summer 2012, at MacDowell, where she was a resident in their artist community.
Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz
Special Audio: Kate Moore, Days and Nature, 2012, performed by Asko Schoenberg Ensemble and Engraved in Stone, 2012, performed by STRACC
Related Episode: Brave New Work in MacDowell's Artist Community
Related Links: Kate Moore, RPM Electro, MacDowell
Monday Oct 08, 2012
Monday Oct 08, 2012
On a spring 2012 road trip in the American Southwest, we drive through the desert to Marfa, home of the Chinati Foundation, a museum designed by artist Donald Judd to present art in conversation with the surrounding landscape. We stop to explore Ballroom Marfa, where then director Fairfax Dorn and project manager Melissa McDonnell sit down with us to talk about the genesis of the contemporary art space. Architect Michael Meredith meets us at an outdoor cafe to share his perspective on how a drive-in theater might come to life in this remote setting.
Sound Editor: Leo Madriz
Special Audio: Brian LeBarton, The Wind, 2010. New Year’s Film/Score Series. January 2, 2010. Courtesy Ballroom Marfa
Related Episode: CineMarfa 2012
Related Links: Marfa, Texas, Chinati Foundation, Donald Judd, Ballroom Marfa, Fairfax Dorn, Melissa McDonnell, Michael Meredith
On a Spring 2012 road trip in the American Southwest, Cathy Byrd meets members of Ballroom Marfa’s creative team. Director Fairfax Dorn, project manager Melissa McDonnell, and architect Michael Meredith talk about why Ballroom came to West Texas and what they envision for Marfa's near future Drive-In theater. Sound Editor: Leo Madriz Photography credits as noted Episode Sound: Brian LeBarton, The Wind, 2010. New Year’s Film/Score Series. January 2, 2010. The Crowley Theater, Marfa.
Monday Oct 01, 2012
Monday Oct 01, 2012
Cathy Byrd connects by Skype with artist Jason Forrest. Aka DJ DonnaSummer, the laptop musician has been based in Berlin for the past eight of years with his artist wife Jennifer Ray. Jason talks about how he became part of an international music scene and introduces his new platform: Network Awesome.
Sound Editor: Leo Madriz
Special Audio featured in this order: "New Religion" from The Everything, Jason Forrest; "Close to the Edge" from Close to the Edge, Yes;"The Exquisite Organs" from The Everything, Jason Forrest; "Bring that Beat Back" from Bring that Beat Back, Public Enemy; "Keys to the Door" from The Everything, Jason Forrest; "Utopia" from Utopia, Jason Forrest
Related Episode: American in Berlin—The Art of Jen Ray, Sounds of Berlin
Related Links: Jason Forrest, Network Awesome, Jennifer Ray
Monday Sep 24, 2012
Monday Sep 24, 2012
On Skype, we connect with London-based curator Helena Reckitt about the artists she selected to participate in Nuit Blanche Toronto 2012. Each year, the citywide Nuit Blanche event brings more than a million people out onto the streets from dusk to dawn for temporal art experiences. Projects in “Once More, With Feeling,” her sector of the legendary art event, will animate notions of repetition, remaking, renewal and revolt.
Sound Editor: Leo Madriz |
Special Audio, in order of appearance: Katie Paterson, Hadley+Maxwell, Susan Stenger
Related Episode: Filming Rhythm, Stories and Soul in the Toronto Subway
Related Links: Helena Reckitt, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, 2012, Once More With Feeling
“Once More With Feeling” Projects: Planes, Trisha Brown Dance Company | Earth–Moon–Earth (Moonlight Sonata Reflected from the Surface of the Moon), Katie Paterson | Smells Like Spirit, Hadley+Maxwell | Thought Balloon, Brian Cauley | Moth Maze, Oliver Husain | The Structures Of Everyday Life: Full Circle, Susan Stenger | The Day After, Tomorrow, Dave Dyment | Tremolo, Maeve Brennan, Ruth Ewan | Ensemble for Mixed Use, JD Walsh | Body Xerox, Simon Denny, Yngve Holen
Sunday Sep 16, 2012
Sunday Sep 16, 2012
Connecting on Skype with American-born artist Jennifer Ray, we trace her creative path from North Carolina to Germany. Based in Berlin for eight of years with her husband and music producer Jason Forrest, Jen talks about life, recent exhibitions, and her new book.
Monday Sep 03, 2012
Monday Sep 03, 2012
One hot summer day in Texas, we visit the studios of Leslie Hewitt, Jacco Olivier, and Mike Osborne, current artists in residence at Artpace San Antonio. The projects they created are on view in the Artpace galleries through September 2012.
Sound Editor: Leo Madriz
Special Audio: Soundtrack of a video project by Juan Miguel Ramos titled Yo Vendo Unos Ojos Negros, 2012
Related Episode: On the Rise—with Curator Sarah Lewis in San Antonio
Related Links: Artpace San Antonio. Leslie Hewitt, Jacco Olivier, Mike Osborne, Sarah Lewis
Sunday Aug 26, 2012
Sunday Aug 26, 2012
In San Antonio, we meet scholar, writer, and curator Sarah Lewia to talk about issues and ideas that inform her curatorial practice. Sarah's latest project involved selecting artists Leslie Hewitt, Jacco Olivier and Mike Osborne for the Artpace San Antonio's International Artists in Residence program. Active internationally, Sarah has held positions at the Tate Modern and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and was co-curated the 2010 SITE Santa Fe biennial exhibition titled The Dissolve.
Sarah Lewis's book The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery, 2014, inspires the title of this episode.
Sound Editor: Leo Madriz
Special Audio: Esperanza Spaulding, Cuerpo y Alma
Related Episode: How Artist Residencies Unfold at Artpace San Antonio
Related Links: Sarah Lewis, Artpace San Antonio, Tate Modern, Museum of Modern Art, SITE Santa Fe 2010 Biennial
Monday Aug 20, 2012
Monday Aug 20, 2012
Under the 7th Street bridge in East Austin, we meet Andrew Danzinger, creator of the then-anonymous red swing project. Andrew invented his spatial intervention as an undergraduate while studying architecture at the University of Texas, Austin. Since 2007, his open-source project has grown to encompass a volunteer corps whose members have installed close to 200 swings in the U.S. and abroad. Andrew takes his swings to the Venice Architecture Biennial in August 2012.