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 Jan 16, 2012
Monday Jan 16, 2012
In this episode, we share one of the creative projects of our current sound editor, Ira Kip.
A theater director, Ira talks about the play she wrote to illuminate the raw space between medical politics and domestic violence in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual community. The celebration of her new play She'Baltimore begins with a Valentine's Day benefit at the LOFTheatre in Baltimore. Ira aims to raise funds for a local charity assisting young victims of domestic violence. The play premieres on February 17, at the LOFT.
Sunday Jan 01, 2012
Sunday Jan 01, 2012
Frédéric Nauczyciel, a Paris-based artist, describes an elusive subculture that he explored in Baltimore, Washington DC and New York City, and introduces his new photo series: Men In Heels.
Sound Editor: Ira Kip | Special Audio: DDM! “Legendary"
Saturday Dec 03, 2011
Saturday Dec 03, 2011
In his Chicago studio, we sit down with Jefferson Pinder to talk about the physical exertion in his work. The video and performance artist explains how Black history, Houdini, street theater, and symbols of power and struggle inform his practice.
At the time of this recording, Pinder was preparing for his 2011 appearance as The Escape Artist in Salisbury, Maryland. The performance commemorated the death of Matthew Williams, who was confined to a straightjacket when he was lynched in front of the Wicomico courthouse on December 4, 1931.
Sound Editor: Ira Kip | Special Audio and Photography, courtesy Jefferson Pinder
Related Fresh VUE: Jefferson Pinder, Ben Hur
Related Link: Jefferson Pinder
Sunday Nov 20, 2011
Sunday Nov 20, 2011
New York-based video artist Janet Biggs makes an extreme sport of her creative expression. In this conversation, Janet considers the power of desire and the physical challenges she met while producing the complex video projects we experience in No Limits, her current mid-career survey. Organized by the Tampa Museum of Art, the exhibition runs from October 8, 2011 through January 8, 2012.
Sound Editor: Jeff T. Byrd | Special Audio courtesy Janet Biggs
Related Episodes: Janet Biggs on Artmaking at the Edge of the World
Related Links: Janet Biggs, Tampa Museum of Art
Monday Nov 07, 2011
Monday Nov 07, 2011
When we record with Kate Hers, a Korean-born artist based in Berlin, in 2011, she describes the German art scene and explains how she raised funds through Kickstarter for her project Dr. Rhee's Kimtschi Shop. The artist and her partner, physicist Hanjo Rhee, will trade their special version of Korea’s national treasure for cultural artifacts from local customers from November 19 to 25, 2011, in the space known as Das Gift, in Berlin.
Thursday Nov 03, 2011
Thursday Nov 03, 2011
William Pope.L, a performance artist and interventionist based in Chicago and Lewiston, Maine, is presenting a magic lantern show titled Blink for Prospect.2 New Orleans, the 2011 U.S. Biennial. For his project, the artist made a film from more than a thousand images donated by the people of New Orleans. On the night of October 22, Pope.L projected the film through the back of an old ice cream truck (previously, The Black Factory) as a team of volunteers pulled it across the dark city. Blink came to rest at Xavier University where it will remain on view through January 2012. This episode features a conversation with Pope.L, the sounds of Blink in motion and a hint of Don Quixote.
Sound Editor: Jeff T. Byrd | Music: Don Quixote | Photos: Amanda LaPlaca and Cathy Byrd
Related Episodes: William Pope.L on Endurance, Art and Community in Prospect 3 New Orleans,
Related Links: William Pope.L, Blink, Prospect.2 New Orleans
Related Images: New Orleans
Wednesday Oct 12, 2011
Wednesday Oct 12, 2011
In Baltimore, we sit down with Joyce J. Scott, a venerated visual and performing artist born and raised here. She talks about the state of art in her home town and she introduces her upcoming projects for the citywide exhibition and events known as Prospect New Orleans. For Prospect.2, Joyce presents conceptual beadwork and prints in galleries at Tulane University and Dillard University, and performs at Cafe Istanbul. Listen in to find out how the artist casts light on the history of race and voices her frustration at the chasm between men and women in the 21st century.