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Edition #9: Ted Noten
Originally aired on Monday, April 2nd, 2007
For the latest installment of Material Culture, Brett Littman interviews the Dutch conceptual jewelry designer Ted Noten, whose work falls somewhere between object making, sociology, economic analysis, and performance. Littman and Noten discuss his current publication, CH2=C(CH3)C(=O)OCH3 enclosures and other TN's, his desire to "encase" things and his most recent project for the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.
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Edition #10: Ran Ortner and Norman Mooney
Originally aired Monday, April 14th, 2008
Brett Littman interviews Ran Ortner and Norman Mooney. The two artists discuss their relationship and the similarities and dissimilarities between their work.
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Miami 2006: Material Culture, Artist Residencies
Originally aired Sunday, December 10th, 2006
Brett Littman in conversation with curator Matthew Drutt at Art Basel Miami Beach 2006.
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Miami 2006: Material Culture, Editors' Round Up
Originally aired Friday, December 8th, 2006
P.S.1 Deputy Director Brett Littman hosts a group discussion during the Art Basel Miami Beach 2006 Art Radio broadcasts with guests Bill Powers (former editor in chief Black Book), Cecilia Dean (editor of Visionaire),...
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Art Basel Miami Beach 2006: Publishers Round Up
Originally aired Friday, December 8th, 2006
Brett Littman moderates a conversation among Bill Powers, Cecilia Dean, Judd Tulley, and Lindsay Pollack regarding the state of the art fair, particularly that of Art Basel, and whether or not the sheer number and...
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Art Basel Miami Beach 2006: Leopard Cube
Originally aired Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
P.S.1 Deputy Director Brett Littman talks to Liutauras Psibilskis, Rodrigo Mallea Lira, and Ylva Ogland, the latter two of whom speak only in a leopard language of meows, purrs, and growls. Only Psibilskis can...
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Miami 2006: Material Culture, Leopard Cube
Originally aired Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
P.S.1 Deputy Director Brett Littman with Rodrigo Mallea Lira, Ylva Ogland, and Liutauras Psibilskis.
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Edition #8: William Powhida
Originally aired Monday, July 17th, 2006
P.S.1 Deputy Director Brett Littman interviews artist and critic William Powhida. Over the past several years, Powhida has been making a stir in the artworld with his confrontational no-holds barred tromp l'oeil Hex...
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Armory Show 2006: What's After the $3M Photograph?
Originally aired Monday, March 20th, 2006
P.S. 1 Deputy Director Brett Littman discusses the evolving environment of the photography market with some people who have been in the game: David Raymond (photo collector), Vicki Goldberg (critic, photo historian),...
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Edition #7: Antonelli, Sigurdardottir, and Batan
Originally aired Monday, February 27th, 2006
P.S. 1 Deputy Director Brett Littman in a beachfront conversation with MoMA Architecture and Design Curator Paola Antonelli (Safe: Design Takes on Risk), Icelandic sculptor and installation artist Katrin...
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Edition #6: Interview with Peter Nesbett and David Kiehl
Originally aired Monday, January 23rd, 2006
P.S.1's Brett Littman continues his WPS1 show on the waterfront at Art Basel Miami Beach 05 with two guests. Peter Nesbett is Art on Paper magazine's owner/editor and co-founder of the Harlem exhibition space...
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Edition #4: Fake Estates
Originally aired Monday, November 21st, 2005

The story behind the mythical Queens island of deliciousness, La Flor Bakery, and the high-level engineering of its Odd Lot #3 cookies.


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Edition #2: Michael Graeve Performance
Originally aired Monday, August 8th, 2005
On June 21, 2005 Michael Graeve hauled 20 old phonographs with speaker up the stairs to the WPS1 Clocktower studios for one of his signature sound performance works. The happy cacophony of needles scratching rubber,...
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Edition #3: Michael Graeve Interview
Originally aired Monday, August 8th, 2005
Michael Graeve, an artist based in Melbourne, Australia and currently in residence in New York, has been working with painting and sound installations since 1995. During this interview host Brett Littman and Graeve talk...
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Edition #1: Tobias Putrih
Originally aired Monday, July 11th, 2005

Artist Tobias Putrih, who works primarily in cardboard installations, talks with host Brett Littman about materials, cinemas, growing up in Slovenia and the difference between sculpture and architecture.


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Edition #5: David Packer
Originally aired Sunday, January 9th, 2005
P.S.1's Deputy Director Brett Littman interviews British born ceramic sculptor David Packer at our Art Basel Miami Beach site. The artist is known for his meticulously sculpted insects and machines. He lives and works...
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Armory Show 2006: The French Connection
A spirited discussion lead by WPS1.org hosts Brett Littman and Tony Guerrero and special guest Sebastien Delot with the major French gallerists participating in the Armory Show 2006:

Cathy Vedovi, heads the...
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