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RADIO // Radio Profiles Experimental Troupe Comedy (ETC) Radio show Members of the Experimental Troupe Comedy aka ETC speak about their special Halloween 2009 gig at the People's Improv Theater (the PIT). Will Corwin speaks with members of Experimental Troupe Comedy aka ETC, among them Chrisopher Chan Roberson, Jamil Ellis and Gene Perelson, just in advance of their special Halloween 2009 gig at 8 p.m. at People's Improv Theater (The PIT). These guys... Originally aired 10/23/09 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Sonorama Gary Smith: Solo Guitar (12 Improvisations) Hosted by Elliott Sharp Radio show A guitarist and improvisor living in London, Gary Smith has a unique and introspective guitar style filled with sonic surprises. His name has been associated with Rhys Chatham, Shoji Hano and others of the noise and guitar-driven experimental scene. A guitarist and improvisor living in London, Gary Smith has a unique and introspective guitar style filled with sonic surprises. His name has been associated with Rhys Chatham, Shoji Hano, aufgehoben and others of the downtown noise and guitar-... Listen Read More »	RADIO // Close Listening Richard Foreman Reading Prose Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show The writer/producer/director reads from two works of prose: Some Notes on My Next Project - Zomboid and excerpts from No-body: A Novel in Parts Foreman has written, directed and designed over fifty of his plays both in New York City and abroad. Richard Foreman reads from two works of prose: Some Notes on My Next Project - Zomboid and excerpts from No-body: A Novel in Parts (Overlook Press, 1996). Foreman has written, directed and designed over fifty of his plays both in New York... Originally aired 8/21/06 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Warm Up DJ Poodlecannon Hosted by Jeannie Hopper Radio show An East-European-flavored dance set by one of the regulars from NYC's Menahata Bulgarian bar. Enjoy the drunken fervor experienced at a concert starring Gypsy-punk mustache gods Gogol Bordello. Recorded at P.S.1 summer Warm Up music series in 2008. Recorded live in the summer of 2008 at the Warm Up summer music series of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (now MoMA/PS1) is an East-European flavored dance set. The backstory: Every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the Mehanata Bulgarian bar on New... Originally aired 9/22/08 Listen Read More »	RADIO // The Interview Show Tommy Mintz Hosted by Will Corwin Radio show Host Will Corwin speaks to artist Tommy Mintz, whose work was recently exhibited, with Corwin's, in The Young and The Restless, at Gordon Parks Gallery. His photographs seek to decontextualize and collide fraught tensions between people and... Originally aired 6/30/09 Listen Read More »	RADIO // The Interview Show Centre For Recent Drawing, Andrew Hewish & Paul Kindersley Hosted by Will Corwin Radio show A talk with Andrew Hewish of C4RD in London which exists both as a gallery space, studio residency program, and an online forum and community for artists who look at drawing more as an end than a means. Plus artist/curator Paul Kindersley drops in. Host Will Corwin stops by the Centre for Recent Drawing in Islington in London to talk with the founder/director Andrew Hewish. The C4RD exists both as a gallery space, studio residency program, and an online forum and community for artists who look... Originally aired 9/5/11 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Close Listening Thomas McEvilley Interview Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Thomas McEvilley in conversation with Charles Bernstein on cultural exchanges between ancient India and classical Greece; on anti-art, postmodernism, and aesthetics; on how he became an art critic; and on the new critical writing program at the... Originally aired 6/12/06 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Warm Up DJ Spun Radio show Part of the curatorial staff for P.S.1's Warm Up summer music series, Jason Drummond aka DJ Spun has been a key player in various east and west coast U.S. music scenes since the early 80's. Listen to his live set at P.S.1's 2008 Warm Up series here. Jason Drummond aka DJ Spun has been a key player in various east and west coast U.S. music scenes since the early 80's featured as a musician, DJ and producer. In 2003 he teamed up with Ben Cook to start the psychedelic Rong Music label based in New... Originally aired 7/21/08 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Close Listening Johanna Drucker Conversation Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Johanna Drucker in conversation with Charles Bernstein. The program starts with Bernstein's provocative question, "are you a poet, an artist, a fiction writer, a scholar, a designer or an aesthetician — or aren't you the kind that tells?" Johanna Drucker in conversation with Charles Bernstein. The program starts with Bernstein's provocative question, "are you a poet, an artist, a fiction writer, a scholar, a designer or an aesthetician — or aren't you the kind that tells?" and an... Originally aired 7/11/11 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Warm Up Phil South Radio show Phil South runs the famous New York City finance-district-based club No Ordinary Monkey, with Carlos from the ubercool label Whatever We Want. Recorded live at P.S.1 WarmUp on July 8, 2006. Phil South (No Ordinary Monkey, NYC) runs the famous New York City finance-district-based club No Ordinary Monkey, with Carlos from über cool label Whatever We Want. Recorded live at P.S.1 Warm Up on July 8, 2006. Listen Read More »	RADIO // Channel 192 Tobias Wolff, Our Story Begins Radio show Tobias Wolff's Our Story Begins, which includes both new and selected stories, reminds us once again that we are in the hands of an artist. Influenced by Chekhov but thoroughly American, Wolff presents ordinary people in extraordinary... Originally aired 4/21/08 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Off The Rail Eleanor Heartney Radio show Phong Bui talks to author Eleanor Heartney, one of today's most prominent art and culture critics. She discusses her vast art historical and critical output, particularly her text Postmodern Heretics: Catholic Imagination in Contemporary Art. Phong Bui talks to author Eleanor Heartney, one of today's most prominent art and culture critics; she is a contributing editor of ARTnews and ArtPress and Co-President of AICAUSA. Heartney discusses her tremendous art historical and... Originally aired 5/8/09 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Warper Party Radio Extravaganza Nick Demopoulos & The Smomid Hosted by DJ Shakey Radio show An interview & performance session with guitarist Nick Demopoulos, whose work ranges from composition to software development. He demonstrates an invention which he calls the Smomid, a touch sensitive guitar that controls highly responsive software. Nick Demopoulos has worked in a wide variety of contexts in the world of music and sound creation including guitar performance, composition, sound design, musical instrument design and music software development. With his electronic jazz ensemble "... Originally aired 2/4/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Off The Rail Jack Tworkov Retrospective Radio show On the occasion of the painter Jack Tworkov’s retrospective Against Extremes: Five Decades of Painting, which will be on view at The UBS Art Gallery until October 27, 2009, and the publication of The Extreme of the Middle: Writings of Jack... Originally aired 10/5/09 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Warper Party Radio Extravaganza Argotec Hosted by DJ Shakey, Banginclude Radio show Rich Courage aka Def Potec and Alex Argot join DJ Shakey and cohort Banginclude in Shakey's Clocktower project studio to play music and talk tech, lyrics, and career as the duo Argotec, a genre bending, eclectic, lyrical, glitched out electronic duo. Rich Courage aka Def Potec and Alex Argot join DJ Shakey and cohort Banginclude in Shakey's Clocktower project studio to play music and talk tech, lyrics, and career as the duo Argotec. Argotec is a genre bending, raw collision of conscious... Originally aired 1/9/12 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Close Listening Alan Loney Reading Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Poet Alan Loney reads from his collections Rise and Day's Eye. Loney published his first book of poetry in 1971 and was co-winner of the Poetry Prize in the New Zealand Book Awards in 1977, Literary Fellow at the University of... Originally aired 3/30/09 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Pamela Yates, Granito: How to Nail a Dictator Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show Pamela Yates has carved out a career as a photographer, documentary filmmaker, and editor over the past 30 years. Her 1982 documentary on Guatemala, When the Mountains Tremble, became evidence in a genocide trial against the military dictator. Pamela Yates has carved out a career as a photographer, documentary filmmaker, and editor over the past 30 years and Granito: How to Nail a Dictator brings her work full circle in a way. Yates’ 1982 documentary on Guatemala, When the Mountains... Originally aired 9/19/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine and Wakefield Poole, Ballets Russes Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show A remarkable documentary due to its subject (two competing companies of the famous Ballets Russes), its rare, mostly never-before-seen archival footage, and the amazingly vital and often funny veterans of the troupes, Ballets Russes enchants. A remarkable documentary due to its subject (two competing companies of the famous Ballets Russes), its rare, mostly never-before-seen archival footage, and the amazingly vital and often funny veterans of the troupes, some of whom have since passed... Originally aired 11/14/05 Listen Read More »
RADIO // The Island Haroon Mirza's Machine Hosted by Victoria Brooks, Andrew Bonacina Radio show Artist Haroon Mirza's 2012 performance featuring a machine he created during his residency at the Clocktower Gallery (NYC) as part of The Island Studio Sessions. The construction is made of found furniture, circuits, gadgetry, optical devices and ??? On Tuesday 20 March 2012 artist Haroon Mirza streamcasted a performance featuring a machine he created during his residency at the Clocktower Gallery as part of The Island Studio Sessions. As in other projects, Mirza has assembled an eclectic... Originally aired 3/22/12 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Rush Interactive Larry Litt Hosted by Michael Rush Radio show Performance artist and political activist Larry Litt joins host Michael Rush to report on the progress of his post-9/11 project, "Who Do You Blame?" - giving all a chance to sound off on their most deeply held resentments, and drawing an... Listen Read More »	RADIO // Emerging Underground SXSW 2011: Black Congress, Parts & Labor Hosted by Joe Ahearn Radio show The ARTonAIR crew records a super loud concert with Black Congress and interview them after. Plus a live recording and talk with the sometimes-punk band Parts & Labor as another day blurs into another night at the South By Southwest Festival. The ARTonAIR crew keeps forgetting its St. Patrick's day and are overwhelmed by all the crazy costumes at the festival, but nevertheless record a super loud live gig with the band Black Congress and an interview, plus some tunes and talk with the... Originally aired 4/11/11 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Experimental Composers Steven Mackey Hosted by Will Corwin Radio show Composer Steven Mackey brings his music to the Clocktower, en route to a rehearsal with the Ensemble ACJW at Julliard. He is known for merging gaps between various musical genres, most notably in works for electric guitar with classical ensambles Composer Steven Mackey brings his music to the Clocktower, en route to a rehearsal with the Ensemble ACJW at Julliard. Mackey is known for merging, bridging, or gently refusing to observe the gaps between various musical genres, most notably in... Originally aired 11/19/10 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Transister Radio Seaman & Queerfunkle Hosted by Frances Sorensen Radio show In this segment from 2006, host Frances Sorensen welcomes Seaman and Queerfunkel aka Ryan James and Jason Conover, two irrepressible lads, who met and joined forces post college, to formed their mesmerizing duet. In this segment from 2005, host Frances Sorensen welcomes Seaman and Queerfunkel aka Ryan James and Jason Conover, two irrepressible lads, who met and joined forces post college, to form their mesmerizing duet. After you hear them you, too, will... Originally aired 3/21/05 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Alex Gibney, Taxi to the Dark Side Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show A 2007 Oscar winner for Best Documentary Feature, Taxi to the Dark Side has a personal side for writer-director-producer and narrator Alex Gibney. An unremitting depiction of the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfield policy of torture of political prisoners... Originally aired 2/4/08 Listen Read More »