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RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Ziad Doueiri, The Attack Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show A brilliant Arab surgeon, just honored by the Israeli government for his work, who wakes one morning to find out his wife was a suicide bomber. Writer-director Doueiri (Lila Says, 2004) tells of making the film and of his life. What happens when you realize the woman you've shared your life with... had another identity? In the case of Ziad Doueiri's The Attack, it's a brilliant Arab surgeon, just honored by the Israeli government for his work, who wakes one morning to... Originally aired 6/24/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // DJ Culture Louie Vega, Eclipse Hosted by Jeannie Hopper Radio show Jeannie Hopper hosts the Grammy-awarded producer/artist/DJ on the occasion of the Fania Records release of his Elements Of Life orchestra project's 2-disc album, Eclipse. a merging of Afrobeat, Jazz, Latin, R&B, Gospel, Soul, Blues, Brazilian and ... Jeannie Hopper hosts Louie Vega on the occasion of the Fania Records release of his Elements Of Life orchestra project's 2-disc album, Eclipse. The first disc showcases 17 brand new tracks from Elements Of Life that tastefully traverse the sounds of... Originally aired 6/24/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // New York Public Library Michael "Kaves" McLeer, Skin Graf Hosted by Arezoo Moseni Radio show Acclaimed graffiti artist turned tattooist Michael “Kaves” McLeer discusses his groundbreaking book Skin Graf in which he explores the relationship between graffiti and tattoo art; he is joined by fellow ink experts Billy Burke and Sacha Jenkins. A conversation with Michael "Kaves" McLeer, Billy Burke, and Sacha Jenkins on the book Skin Graf recorded April 24, 2013 at the New York Public Library. Acclaimed graffiti artist turned tattooist Michael “Kaves” McLeer discusses his... Originally aired 6/24/13 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Channel 192 Calvin Tomkins & Paul Chan on Duchamp Radio show The New Yorker writer and artist Chan discuss Tomkins' new book, Marcel Duchamp: The Afternoon Interviews that feature previously unpublished 1964 interviews with Marcel Duchamp, his friend, guide and idea fountain whose influence still sprinkles us. New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins and artist Paul Chan discuss Tomkins' new book, Marcel Duchamp: The Afternoon Interviews, published by Chan's press, Badlands Unlimited. The Afternoon Interviews feature Tomkins' previously... Originally aired 6/24/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // ARTonAIR Interviews Savona Bailey-McLain, West Harlem Art Fund Hosted by Jeannie Hopper Radio show Jeannie Hopper hosts Savona Bailey-McLain of the West Harlem Art Fund. Originally aired 6/24/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // DJ Culture Jason Drummond, Hip House Set Radio show Rong Music's Jason Drummond delivers his Hip House Set. Originally aired 6/24/13 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Venice Biennale Venice 2013: Jesper Just & Tony Podesta Hosted by Julia Draganovic Radio show Podesta offers insight into his discoveries and observations regarding the 2013 edition and Just discusses video-installation that transforms the Danish Pavilion in the Giardini into an immured (erotic?) hide-out. With Julia Draganović of LaRete. Tony Podesta gives an insight into his discoveries and observations regarding the Venice Art Biennial 2013. A conversation with Julia Draganović of LaRete Art Projects. Jesper Just talks about Intercourses…. His video-installation that transforms... Originally aired 6/24/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Teenage Kicks Heavy Gothic Sans Serif Hosted by Alec Hanley Bemis Radio show Alec Hanley Bemis presents a unique take on gothic rock, defining the genre in unexpected ways and utilizing unexpected recurring threads like Throbbing Gristle, Trent Reznor, Sufjan Stevens, Antony, and the darkest artist of all, Taylor Swift. Black is the color of my true love, and this episode presents a unique take on gothic rock, defining the genre in unexpected ways and utilizing unexpected recurring threads like Throbbing Gristle, Trent Reznor (NIN; How to Destroy Angeles), Sufjan... Originally aired 6/17/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // The Interview Show Lynda Benglis, Everything Flows Hosted by Will Corwin Radio show Will Corwin sits down with art legend Lynda Benglis to discuss her childhood, her 2013 exhibition at Philadelphia's Locks Gallery "Everything Flows" that is dedicated to her late life partner and answer the question "is feminist art still relevant"? Will Corwin sits down with renowned artist Lynda Benglis to discuss her 2013 exhibition at Philadelphia's Locks Gallery. Everything Flows is a show of Benglis' work from 1980 until the present, with a special focus on the fountain series... Originally aired 6/17/13 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Experimental Composers Susie Ibarra, Hidden Truths Radio show Composer Susie Ibarra's surround sound piece "Hidden Truths: Prayer for a Forgotten World," performed utilizing electronics, percussion instruments, and an acoustic kulintang gong. Produced in part by Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center. Hidden Truths: Prayer for a Forgotten World, is a surround sound performance piece composed by Susie Ibarra for Electric Kulintang featuring Roberto Rodriguez on electronics, percussion and drums and Ibarra on electronic and acoustic... Originally aired 6/17/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Radio Lorca Poet in New York: Reading Lorca Radio show On June 10th, authors, poets, artists, and thinkers who have devoted much time to reading, writing about and translating Lorca, gathered at Saint Mark's Church in New York City to recite their favorite passages from Lorca's "Poet in New York". On June 26, 1929, Federico Garcia Lorca arrived in New York City from Madrid and began one of his greatest works, Poet In New York. On the evening of June 10th authors, poets, artists, and thinkers who have devoted much time to reading,... Originally aired 6/17/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Historic Audio from the Archives of Charles Ruas Miss MacIntosh, My Darling: Chapter 65: About Mr. Bonebreaker the Bible Salesman, Owen Dodson Hosted by Charles Ruas Radio show Owen Dodson reads Chapter 65, About Mr. Bonebreaker the Bible Salesman, of Miss MacIntosh, My Darling. The doomsday street preacher proposes to Miss MacIntosh and she agrees. Yet, the wedding doesn't take place due to some discoveries by Bonebreaker. Owen Dodson reads Chapter 65, About Mr. Bonebreaker the Bible Salesman, of Miss MacIntosh, My Darling by Marguerite Young. Dodson (1914-1983) was a poet, novelist, and playwright. He was associated with the Harlem Renaissance and has been... Originally aired 6/17/13 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Clocktower Exhibits & Events The Gamelatron Interviews Hosted by Jeannie Hopper Radio show Jeannie Hopper interviews artist, A. Taylor Kuffner, and curator, Joe Ahrean about The Gamelatron Project. They also discuss contemporary artist's efforts to transform spaces that are located amidst the hustle and bustle or NYC's Times Square. Jeannie Hopper sits down with Clocktower curator Joe Ahearn and artist A. Taylor Kuffner to discuss the Gamelatron Bunga Kota (City Flower) installation. Kuffner's latest manifestation of The Gamelatron Project appears June 2013 in the Icon Building... Originally aired 6/17/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Tobias Lindholm, A Hijacking Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show Stephen Schaefer speaks with screenwriter turned filmmaker, Tobias Lindholm, about his recent film "A Hijacking". The film being based on a true story, Lindholm discusses his efforts keep the movie consistent with the actual events that transpired. Tobias Lindholm, a screenwriter turned filmmaker, demonstrates in A Hijacking, his first solo feature, a fidelity to reality. He chronicles the awful dilemma of a Danish crew hijacked by Somali pirates and the negotiations that stretch for... Originally aired 6/10/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Soundwalk Collective The Only Good System Is A Sound System Hosted by Becca Lieb Radio show An arrangement by the Soundwalk Collective that features the pulsating tones, played through a sound system, projects off building walls. The resulting sounds seem to create a call and response dialog with the building's metal and glass surfaces. "The Only Good System Is A Sound System" is a sound project that resonates the architecture of the legendary Berlin club Berghain, playing the material structure of the building as a musical instrument. Tuning resonant frequencies to excite the... Originally aired 6/10/13 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Sonoridade The Return of SambaSoul Hosted by Béco Dranoff Radio show It's officially summer in New York City! Sonoridade host Béco Dranoff has just the music for the occasion: SambaSoul from the 70s and 80s. More a feeling then a genre, expect funk, disco, rock, and easy listening throughout the playlist. June is officially Summertime in New York City and a time to be outside enjoying New York's parks, squares, bike paths and roof bars. In this spirit, Sonoridade host and producer Béco Dranoff went back to his vaults to select some obscure gems of... Originally aired 6/10/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // ISSUE Project Room Nate Wooley & Mazen Kerbaj Hosted by Eve Essex Radio show A live recording of a collaborative performance by two of the greatest living trumpet innovators, Nate Wooley and Mazen Kerbaj, at Brooklyn's Issue Project Room. Recorded in September 2012. Two of the most exciting innovators of the trumpet, Nate Wooley and Mazen Kerbaj perform solo and duo at a performance organized by ISSUE Project Room in September 2012. Nate Wooley’s solo playing has often been cited as being a part of an... Originally aired 6/10/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Dialogues in Asian Contemporary Art Erin Gleeson, Season of Cambodia Hosted by Leeza Ahmady Radio show Curators Leeza Ahmady and Erin Gleeson discuss the 2013 Season of Cambodia Visual Art program. The project, called "IN RESIDENCE" supports the union of contemporary Cambodian artists, New York institutions, and international scholars. Leeza Ahmady and Erin Gleeson, co-curators of the 2013 Season of Cambodia Visual Art program, "IN RESIDENCE", discuss the curatorial process that brought together 10 Cambodian contemporary artists, one curator, 14 New York institutions, and numerous... Originally aired 6/10/13 Listen Read More »
RADIO // ARTonAIR Interviews Rebecca Lazier, Coming Together/Attica Hosted by Jeannie Hopper Radio show Jeannie Hopper talks to choreographer Rebecca Lazier about her piece "Coming Together/Attica," an immersive, site-specific dance work to a pulsating, minimalist score based on the words of prisoners recorded after the 1971 riots in upstate New York. Prefacing performance at Boerum Hill's Invisible Dog Art Center from June 13th to 15th, host Jeannie Hopper talks to choreographer Rebecca Lazier about her piece Coming Together/Attica; an immersive, site-specific dance work to a pulsating... Originally aired 6/10/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Experimental Composers Roberto Paci Dalò, Ye Shanghai Radio show Prolific Italian composer and artist Roberto Paci Dalò shares the recording of his expansive and hauntingly mysterious sound collage entitled Ye Shanghai from the ORF Funkhaus in Vienna for Kunstradio. Swirling sound, at times soothing then jarring. This recording features a concert by Italian composer and multimedia artist Roberto Paci Dalò entitled Ye Shanghai, recorded at the ORF Funkhaus in Vienna for Kunstradio. This complex and poignant sound collage is comprised of recorded voices that... Originally aired 6/5/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Radio Lorca Celebrating Federico García Lorca Radio show The New York Public Library celebrates Federico García Lorca’s life and legacy with readings and performances by John Giorno, Will Keen, Philip Levine, Christopher Maurer, Laura Garcia Lorca, Tracy K. Smith, Paul Muldoon, and Patti Smith. Produced by Paul Holdengräber, director of LIVE from the NYPL, and the Fundación Federico García Lorca, a special installment of the Library’s series, celebrating Federico García Lorca’s life and legacy with readings and performances by John Giorno... Originally aired 6/5/13 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Venice Biennale Venice 2013: Joana Vasconcelos Hosted by Federica Patti Radio show For the 55th Venice Biennale, Portugal's Joana Vasconcelos presented her "cacilheiro" or Lisbon ferry boat. With azulejos tiles and surreal, knitted, deep-ocean womb, the boat was meant as a deterritorialising territory for all visitors in Venice. For Portugal’s participation in the 55th la Biennale di Venezia, artist Joana Vasconcelos is presenting Trafaria Praia, a project in which a cacilheiro, or Lisbon ferryboat, is transformed into a floating pavilion and artwork. Federica Patti of... Originally aired 6/4/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Venice Biennale Venice 2013: Alfredo Jaar Hosted by Federica Patti Radio show The Chilean artist's installation guides visitors along an arching passage—like one of Venice’s iconic bridges—of striking visual and somatic encounters. Federica Patti of LaRete Art Projects conducts the interview. Representing Chile at the 55th la Biennale di Venezia, Alfredo Jaar’s evocative installation Venezia, Venezia guides visitors along an arching passage—like one of Venice’s iconic bridges—of striking visual and somatic encounters. Federica... Originally aired 6/4/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Andrea Riseborough, Shadow Dancer Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show Talented and classically trained British actress Andrea Riseborough discusses her roles in several films including Oblivion, Hidden, and Birdman in the wake of her role in the 2013 film Shadow Dancer as a 1990s IRA terrorist turned informant. The steady rise of England's Andrea Riseborough can be attributed to talent, hard work and stamina: she never seems to stop working. The classically trained RADA grad has progressed from scene-stealers like the dewy ingènue in Brighton Rock... Originally aired 6/3/13 Listen Read More »