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This is a collaborative community project featuring an ever-expanding collection of short audio portraits of organizations, spaces, and activities as described by the people who manage them. The goal of Radio Profiles is to provide information, generate interest, and expand audiences for New York City culture. Radio Profiles is a project of AIR - with archives from WPS1 - and originally developed in association with The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, BOMB Magazine, and The Film-Makers' Cooperative. We welcome all to participate. Cultural groups can email us to set up a recording session.

RADIO // Radio Profiles Pierogi Radio show Clocktower Radio's Will Corwin chats with Joe Amrhein about the foundation of Pierogi Gallery in Williamsburg. Will Corwin stops by Pierogi founder Joe Amrhein's sur-Pierogi pad to chat about the foundation of the gallery--arising out of frustration with the lack of cultural discourse at the time, he'd had no initial intention of it becoming the artistic... Originally aired 4/2/10 Listen Read More »	RADIO // ARTonAIR Interviews The Copyright Corner Hosted by Jeannie Hopper Radio show AIR's Jeannie Hopper speaks with Michelle Bogre, Associate Professor in the School of Art, Media and Society at Parsons and founder of The Copyright Corner. AIR's Jeannie Hopper speaks with Michelle Bogre, Associate Professor in the School of Art, Media and Society at Parsons and founder of The Copyright Corner. She discusses her decision to go to law school to study copyright and intellectual property... Originally aired 4/2/10 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Radio Profiles Phil Aarons, Printed Matter Radio show Curator Phil Aarons talks about his work with Printed Matter (where he is Board President), the success of his book and exhibition In Numbers, Serial Publications By Artists, and his encyclopedic knowledge of 'zines. Coming down from the high of the success of his book and exhibition In Numbers, Serial Publications By Artists, curator Phil Aarons discusses with Will his work with Printed Matter, where he is Board President. He also shares his encyclopedic... Originally aired 3/26/10 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Radio Profiles Sideshow Radio show Sideshow gallery owner Richie Temperio talks about being an artist in Williamsburg in the 1960's and 70's, at the very beginnings of the art scene there. Will Corwin greets Sideshow gallery owner Richie Temperio at home in his gallery on South 2nd Street. Richie talks about being an artist in Williamsburg way back when, and provides some intriguing details about the very beginnings of the art scene... Originally aired 3/26/10 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Radio Profiles The Bruce High Quality Foundation Radio show Who is Bruce? Find out more here with Peter Brock, Sarah Chacich, Allison Weisberg, and of course, the BRUCENNIAL. Who is Bruce? Well, we’re still not sure--but he has his own biennial. Peter Brock speaks with Legacy Russell of The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Sarah Chacich of BHQFU and Allison Weisberg of Recess Art Space about the Foundation and their... Originally aired 3/16/10 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Radio Profiles House of YES Radio show Kae Burke, Director of House of YES, a performance venue and art space in Brooklyn, describes the many aspects of the artist collective and its sundry going-ons. House of YES is a performance venue and art space in Brooklyn, New York. Kae Burke, Director of House of YES, describes what led her from Rochester to Bed-Stuy to Bushwick to found the space, a brief history of which she delineates. She then takes... Originally aired 3/12/10 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Radio Profiles Superflex Radio show Jakob Fenger and Bjorn-Stjerne Christiansen, of the three-person Danish artist collective Superflex, discuss their shared interests in alternative social systems and of the potential functions of works of art beyond the context of the art world. Phong Bui speaks with Jakob Fenger and Bjorn-Stjerne Christiansen of the three-person Danish artist collective Superflex while the missing member, Rasmus Nielsen, puts the finishing touches on their 2010 exhibition Flooded McDonalds at Peter... Originally aired 2/5/10 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Radio Profiles Silent Barn Hosted by Will Corwin Radio show Joe Ahearn talks about the edgy edges of Ridgewood and Silent Barn: it's not just a music venue, it's also a housing complex--a social condenser, if you will. Pursuant to a Clocktower Radio's field trip the night before to Queens' Silent Barn, Joe Ahearn, one of the venue's organizers, comes in to talk to Will Corwin about what exactly he's doing out there in the edgy edges of Ridgewood, the only New York... Originally aired 1/22/10 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Radio Profiles Betsy Sussler, BOMB Magazine Radio show Betsy Sussler gives a tutorial on how to start a cutting-edge arts magazine based on a seemingly impossible ideal--to talk about art the way artists talk about art and explains how she's been doing it successfully since 1981 with BOMB magazine. Betsy Sussler returns to the Clocktower, where she had her first job in New York City. She gives host Will Corwin a tutorial on how to start a cutting-edge arts magazine based on a seemingly impossible ideal--to talk about art the way artists talk... Originally aired 11/24/09 Listen Read More »
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 // Radio Profiles Carlos Giffoni: No Fun Fest Radio show Musician and label owner Carlos Giffoni talks about No Fun Fest, an annual noise music festival he runs that features some of the premier bands of the genre. The Clocktower Radio's humblest seeker after truth Elliot Stapleton speaks with musician and label owner href="http://www.myspace.com/carlosgiffoni">Carlos Giffoni. Giffoni runs No Fun Fest, an annual noise music festival that features some of... Originally aired 10/16/09 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Radio Profiles Radio Purgatory: The Renaldo The Ensemble Radio show The Renaldo The Ensemble came up to our studios for what turned out to be a musical romp with flashes of spontaneous revelation and the ongoing threat of slapstick. Tipped off by our friends at 3-Legged Dog, we invited the members of The Renaldo The Ensemble up to our studios for what turned out to be a musical romp with flashes of spontaneous revelation and the ongoing threat of slapstick. Led by guitarist/... Originally aired 10/16/09 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Radio Profiles Gallery Aferro Radio show Will Corwin interviews Evonne Davis and Emma Wilcox, the founders and co-curators of Gallery Aferro in Newark, New Jersey. In a city fraught with evictions and municipal corruption, it can be tough to get people to focus on art. But armed with an... Originally aired 10/12/09 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Radio Profiles Ear to the Earth Festival 2009 Radio show Host David Weinstein talks with artists/composers Steven Feld, Elliott Sharp, Joel Chadabe, and Bruce Odland about the Ear to the Earth Festival. Celebrating sound, music, and ecology, Ear to the Earth takes place October 8-10, 2009 at Judson Church. Host David Weinstein talks with artists/composers Steven Feld, Elliott Sharp, Joel Chadabe, and http://www.bruceodland.net/">Bruce Odland about the Ear to the Earth Festival that celebrates sound, music, and ecology (Judson Memorial Church, New... Originally aired 10/5/09 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Radio Profiles New York Gypsy Festival Radio show Congratulations, New York Gypsy Festival! This year marks the festival's fifth anniversary, and AIR's Jeannie Hopper talks with festival organizer Mehmet Dede about the growing popularity of the genre. Jeremiah Lockwood of The Sway Machinery... Originally aired 9/14/09 Listen Read More »