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RADIO // Soundwalk Collective Kill The Ego: New York Radio show A radio epic, a tone poem, composed from 10 years worth of intimate field recordings: from fragmented memories of poets and dominatrixes, of pimps and prophets, of visionaries and lost children, sewn together from the city's most obscure corners. This program is an epic, a tone poem, composed from 10 years worth of intimate field recordings. These are the fragmented memories of poets and dominatrixes, of pimps and prophets, of visionaries and lost children. An unorthodox expression from the... Originally aired 2/11/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Close Listening Gerrit Lansing Conversation Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Gerrit Lansing talks with Charles Bernstein, and guest Susan Howe at Lansing's house in Gloucester, Mass about the wild of Gloucester, the relation of the magic (and the magical) and the occult to poetic practice, Nerval, and queer politics. Gerrit Lansing talks with Charles Bernstein, and guest Susan Howe at Lansing's house in Gloucester, Mass. Lansing, a close friend of Charles Olson, discusses the wild of Gloucester, the relation of the magic (and the magical) and the occult to... Originally aired 2/11/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Creative Time Laura Poitras, Surveillance Hosted by Nato Thompson Radio show Documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras talks about her trilogy of films (garnering equal attention from Academy Awards and Homeland Security) addressing the War on Terror and the extreme risk involved in making them. The 3rd film addresses surveillance. Creative Time curator Nato Thompson speaks with documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras about her trilogy of films addressing the War on Terroróand the extreme risk involved in making them. Poitras' first film in the series, My Country, My Country... Originally aired 2/11/13 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Sonoridade Musica Moderna #9 Hosted by Béco Dranoff Radio show The latest Brazilian-Afrobeats, Neo-Tropicalismo, Nu-Bossa, Carnaval Re-Covered, Indie-Folk, Jazz-Bossa, Samba, Rare-Groove, Loungecore, Dub and all the possible sounds in between. Grab your headphones and come follow this tropical sound rainbow! As promised, this edition is also dedicated to Musica Moderna, the new and amazing music being crafted by the younger generation of Brazilian artists and producers. Sonoridade host and producer Béco Dranoff selected 12 brand new tracks to portray... Originally aired 2/11/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // DJ Culture DJ Julius Papp, NeoDisco Hosted by Jeannie Hopper Radio show Jeannie Hopper talks with Julius about his DJ career spanning 3 decades, his record productions including his latest release "Music Is The Key" and his record label NeoDisco. Jeannie Hopper talks with Julius about his DJ career spanning 3 decades, his record productions including his latest release "Music Is The Key" and his record label NeoDisco. West Coast based by way of Montreal, Julius' DJ career began on the rave... Originally aired 2/11/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // ISSUE Project Room Radio Che Chen & Sherlock Terry Hosted by Eve Essex Radio show Drawing on Indian music, Minimalism and using zithers and monochords that they have built or modified, composers Che Chen and Sherlock Terry‘s collaborative work is rooted in sympathetic vibration, the sonic potential contained within a single note. Drawing on Indian music, Minimalism, and the outsider tradition of instrument building composers, Che Chen and Sherlock Terry‘s collaborative work is rooted in the sonic potential contained within a single note. Using zithers and monochords that... Originally aired 2/4/13 Listen Read More »
Chuck Close & Artifex Press Hosted by Arezoo Moseni Radio show David Grosz & Carina Evangelista speak with artist Chuck Close about his iconic large scale portraits within the context of Artifex Press's Chuck Close Catalogue Raisonné, one of a series. Close, for his part, is charming, irascible, and insightful. A discussion with artist Chuck Close; Carina Evangelista, editor of the Chuck Close Catalogue Raisonné; and David Grosz, Editor in Chief of Artifex Press on the occasion of the release of Chuck Close: Painting, 1967-2012, a searchable, sortable... Originally aired 2/4/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Historic Audio from the Archives of Charles Ruas Nova Convention, The Music Hosted by Charles Ruas Radio show This part of the Nova Convention series features the musical performances by Frank Zappa, Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg Peter Orlovsky, Steve Lacey and Ed Sanders. The 1978 Convention was a three day event that payed homage to William S. Burroughs. The Nova Convention is a radio series documenting a three day event that took place in New York City in 1978 as an homage to William S. Burroughs. This segment highlights the musical participants with performances by Frank Zappa, Patti Smith, Allen... Originally aired 2/4/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // The Interview Show Tracey Emin, What She Did For Love Hosted by Will Corwin Radio show Host Will Corwin speaks with artist Tracey Emin about love. They discuss Emin's 2013 winter shows in NYC & Miami, including her month long February installation in Times Square, where midnight messages of love will appear on over 40 screens each day. Host Will Corwin and artist Tracey Emin talk about love. Sitting in the back office of Lehmann Maupin in New York City they discuss what it means to fall in love again after you've been through it all, God, getting older, and making art that really... Originally aired 2/4/13 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Emerging Underground aclu benefit Hosted by Joe Ahearn Radio show An in-studio performance and interview with musician "aclu benefit". Host Joe Ahearn speaks with him about his wide array of upcoming music projects and past ones like The Best Thing Ever, Hip Hip Hooray, Hubcap Pretty, Bike Punx, A Pretty Sunset. Joe Ahearn sits down with musician aclu benefit and speaks with him about his many music projects while, simultaneously, he plays on his guitar. They discuss his unorthodox music venues, which includes public elevators and bathrooms. The musician... Originally aired 2/4/13 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 // Beyond the Subtitles Christopher Walken, Stand Up Guys Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show Christopher Walken teams with Al Pacino in this mobster comedy that brings the two Oscar winners back in action with a third Academy Award honoree, Alan Arkin. Walken reflects on a career that began with singing and dancing in Broadway choruses. Christopher Walken teams - for the second time actually - with Al Pacino in the mobster comedy Stand Up Guys that brings the two Oscar winners back in action with another Academy Award honoree, Alan Arkin. Walken reflects on this "third act"... Originally aired 1/30/13 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Independent Curators International (ICI) The Curator's Perspective: Mami Kataoka Radio show A lecture by Mami Kataoka, Chief Curator at Tokyo's Mori Art Museum, entitled Into the Equilibrium: Understanding the Changing World from an Eastern Perspective. She discusses the idea of "impermanence" and how it impacts contemporary Asian art. Mami Kataoka, Chief Curator of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, presents a lecture, Into the Equilibrium: Understanding the Changing World from an Eastern Perspective, for the fourth Curators Perspective of 2012. This event was produced by Independent... Originally aired 1/28/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Channel 192 Zadie Smith, NW Radio show Zadie Smith (widely admired for her previous book, On Beauty) reads from her new novel, NW. The book is about three Londoners that grew up on a council estate and how their lives unfolded upon reaching adulthood. A Q&A follows the reading. Author Zadie Smith reads from her latest novel NW. A Q&A follows the reading. This session was recorded at 192 Books, November 14 2012. It's been seven years since Smith's last novel, the Orange Prize winning On Beauty, during... Originally aired 1/28/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Orbital Mash OM Episode 17 Hosted by Me Raabenstein Radio show The debut performance of a track by Slowcream - Music For Radio. This is a one hour cutout exclusively produced for Clocktower Radio / ARTonAIR.org. The two hour original version will be released on Nonine Recordings, Berlin. Enjoy the melody !!! Music with a view selected and presented by Me Raabenstein. In this episode you will listen to the debut performance of a track by Slowcream - Music For Radio. This is a one hour cutout exclusively produced for Clocktower Radio / ARTonAIR.org. The... Originally aired 1/28/13 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Creative Time Tom Healy & Mike Daisey, American Utopias Radio show Tom Healy interviews playwright, actor, and author, Mike Daisey about his recent political theatrical productions. They discuss Daisey's recent work, “American Utopias” and how theater can be used to create a utopic environment. Creative Time Reports contributor Tom Healy interviews Mike Daisey, a playwright, actor, and author. Healy and Daisey discuss the motivating ethos of his work, from his experience of “non-Euclidean” New York to storytelling after the occupation of... Originally aired 1/28/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Experimental Intermedia Concerts Dumas, Liberovskaya, Hirsch Radio show Video artist Katherine Liberovskaya enlisted vocalist Shelley Hirsch and sound artist Chantal Dumas to join together and share stories, compositions, sounds, and video pieces. This intermedial performance has been minutely summarized as "9-9-18". A recording session shared between New York City based Shelley Hirsch and Canadian artists Katherine Liberovskaya and Chantal Dumas. Entitled, "9-9-18", Liberovskaya (live video), Dumas (field recordings, laptop), and Hirsch (voice, words) bring... Originally aired 1/28/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Impossible Music Alicia Svigals, The Yellow Ticket Hosted by David Weinstein Radio show Klezmer fiddler Alicia Svigals discusses her live score to a 1918 silent film starring Pola Negi as a suppressed Jew, with pianist Marilyn Lerner and Andrew Ingall from the Foundation for Jewish Culture. The film/concert tours widely during 2013. An interview with the musicians behind the live musical performance to a 1918 silent film classic starring Pola Negi. Composer.violinist Alicia Svigals walks us through her process and pianist Marilyn Lerner joins via phone plus Andrew Ingall from... Originally aired 1/28/13 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Teenage Kicks Little Black Truffles for San Giovanni D'Asso, Italy Hosted by Alec Hanley Bemis Radio show Music evoking a recent trip to Italy; blending spaghetti western mainstays like Ennio Morricone and Gianfranco Reverbi, modern Italian rock in the form of Afterhours, and a selection of music he listened to while traveling the countryside. Enjoy! In this episode of Teenage Kicks creator Alec Hanley Bemis weaves a playlist of music evokiing his recent trip to Italy. This eclectic mix blends together spaghetti western mainstays like Ennio Morricone and Gianfranco Reverbi, modern Italian rock... Originally aired 1/28/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Amy Berg, West of Memphis Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show Director Berg on her documentary about 3 teenagers convicted in 1984 of murdering 3 boys; following the teens along with legal teams, activists, family and friends working toward their release. One, Damien Echols, co-produced with Peter Jackson. Oscar nominated documentarian Amy Berg was enticed by none other than New Zealand’s Peter Jackson and his partner Fran Walsh to take a look at the notorious miscarriage of justice involving the “West Memphis Three” and the 1984 child murders at... Originally aired 1/25/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Radio Theatre and Spoken Word Blood Pillow Presents Essential Rumi Hosted by Blood Pillow Radio show A rousing adaptation of selected poems by 13th century poet, Rumi, with a diverse cast including Soft Machine, Russell Crowe, Bonnie Raitt, Tilda Swinton, Cabaret Voltaire, Randy Newman, Jozef Van Wissem, John C. Reilly, Ridley Scott, Lynne Ramsay... A rousing adaptation of selected poems by 13th century poet, Rumi, with a diverse cast of contributors, including Soft Machine, Russell Crowe, Bonnie Raitt, Tilda Swinton, Cabaret Voltaire, Randy Newman, Jozef Van Wissem, John C. Reilly, Ridley... Originally aired 1/21/13 Listen Read More »
RADIO // New York Public Library Nancy Grossman & Ian Berry, Tough Life Hosted by Arezoo Moseni Radio show Nancy Grossman: Tough Life Diary is a retrospective book that coincides with an exhibition that features her work at the NY Public Library. An event was held in Dec. 2012 at the Library. Grossman and curator, Ian Barry discuss the book and her work. Artist Nancy Grossman discusses her book, Nancy Grossman: Tough Life Diary along with the Tang Museum's Associate Director Ian Berry in An Art Book series event at the Library in December 2012. The retrospective publication presents five... Originally aired 1/21/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // HERE Arts Center Joseph Silovsky, Puppets 2.0 Hosted by Pete McCabe Radio show Host Pete McCabe interviews puppeteer Joseph Silovsky on his upcoming performance at the CULTUREMART Festival, set for Feb. 6-7, 2013. They discuss how Silovsky has seamlessly integrated technology and robotics into storytelling with puppets. Host Pete McCabe interviews puppeteer Joseph Silovsky who discusses his work in progress Send for the Million Men for the 2013 edition of CULTUREMART, as part of his Artistic Residency at the HERE Arts Center. Silovsky discusses his use of... Originally aired 1/21/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Soundwalk Collective Empty Quarter Recordings from the Rub' Al Khali Desert 2009 Radio show The Soundwalk Collective's anthology of sounds produced from a 45-day journey through the Rub' Al Khali Desert in the southern Arabic peninsula. The collection of audio invokes a sort of meditative state in which nomadism can be found from within. Much like an anthropologist doing fieldwork in a marginal land, Soundwalk Collective went on a 45-day journey through the Rub' Al Khali Desert in the southern peninsula of Saudi Arabia. In this Desert of deserts, the crossroads of the Arabic... Originally aired 1/21/13 Listen Read More »