Join Ben Lima for a conversation with Martin Powers, Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures at the university of Michigan, as the two discuss how Chinese art and culture have influenced Western ideals of meritocracy, individualism and good government.
Mon, 10 December 2018
Dans cet entretien conduit par Christian Poincheval, l’artiste singulier Fabrice L’Hénaff parle de l’exposition Improbables, qui s’est tenue au Musée de la Perrine de Laval, autour de laquelle se sont réunis plusieurs artistes et performeurs. |
Sun, 9 December 2018
Ludwig Schwarz earned a BFA from Southern Methodist University and an MFA from the School of the Visual Arts, NY. Solo exhibitions include “Some 20 year old works on Paper and 2 New Sculptures”, curated by Charles Dee Mitchell, The Box Company, Dallas, TX (2017); “Rest Stop”, Peter Makebish Gallery, NYC (2015); “Retrospective (1990-2014)”, Oliver Francis Gallery, Dallas (2014); “Meet the Schwarzes,”(with Marjorie Schwarz), Nada Art Fair, NYC (2013); “The Four Seasons (Season Premier)”, Sunday LES, NYC (2008); “Untitled (Travelogue 8)”, Freight and Volume, NYC (2005); as well as exhibitions at Angstrom Gallery and Road Agent, Dallas and Lump, Raleigh, NC. Group exhibitions include Brucennial 2012 and 2010, NYC; Leo Castelli, NYC; Gavin Brown, NYC; Inman Gallery, Houston; The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA; Texas Prize at Art House, Austin, and Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont. |
Tue, 4 December 2018
Qu’est-ce qu’un peintre, ou bien qu’est-ce que l’activité de peindre? c’est la question qu’adresse Christian Poincheval à Fabrice L’Hénaff, artiste peintre. Ce podcast traite notamment du travail singulier de Fabrice L’Hénaff qui désigne pour lui sa manière d’être bien plus qu’un style ou un courant artistique.
Direct download: Art_Singulier_De_Fabrice_Lhenaf.mp3
Category:Voices From the Crowd -- posted at: 7:32pm CDT |
Thu, 29 November 2018
Since arriving at Boston University in 2005, Gregory Williams has delivered lectures and participated in numerous conferences in Europe and the United States. An editor-at-large of Brooklyn’s Cabinet magazine, he has published art criticism in periodicals, including Artforum, frieze and Texte zur Kunst. He has written catalogue essays for exhibitions of Rosemarie Trockel (Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Kunstmuseum Basel and WIELS in Brussels) and Martin Kippenberger (Tate Modern in London), and has authored book chapters for The Black Sphinx: On the Comedic in Modern Art, John C. Welchman, ed. (Zurich: JRP/Ringier, 2010) and Regarding the Popular: High and Low Culture in the Avant-Garde and Modernism, Sascha Bru, et al., ed. (Berlin and New York: Walther de Gruyter, 2011). Most recently, his essay, “Ground Control: Painting in the Work of Cosima von Bonin,” appeared in the Winter 2012 issue of Art Journal. His book, Permission to Laugh: Humor and Politics in Contemporary German Art, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2012. |
Thu, 15 November 2018
Since arriving at Boston University in 2005, Gregory Williams has delivered lectures and participated in numerous conferences in Europe and the United States. An editor-at-large of Brooklyn’s Cabinet magazine, he has published art criticism in periodicals, including Artforum, frieze and Texte zur Kunst. He has written catalogue essays for exhibitions of Rosemarie Trockel (Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Kunstmuseum Basel and WIELS in Brussels) and Martin Kippenberger (Tate Modern in London), and has authored book chapters for The Black Sphinx: On the Comedic in Modern Art, John C. Welchman, ed. (Zurich: JRP/Ringier, 2010) and Regarding the Popular: High and Low Culture in the Avant-Garde and Modernism, Sascha Bru, et al., ed. (Berlin and New York: Walther de Gruyter, 2011). Most recently, his essay, “Ground Control: Painting in the Work of Cosima von Bonin,” appeared in the Winter 2012 issue of Art Journal. His book, Permission to Laugh: Humor and Politics in Contemporary German Art, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2012. |
Tue, 13 November 2018
Luciano Queiroz (@lucianolqueiroz) e João Silveira (@johngaucho) recebem Ricardo Dal Farra para conversar sobre sua carreira nada convencional na música, a electroacústicaa relação da música com as mudanças climáticas e seu projeto “Balance Unbalance – BunB”.
Direct download: pac_005_mudancasclimaticas_musica.mp3
Category:PAPO ARTECIÊNCIA -- posted at: 5:05pm CDT |
Mon, 5 November 2018
Harvey Seifter, founder of Art of Science Learning, joins Dr. Kathryn Evans to discuss an experimental section of ARTS 1301 that will incorporate findings and practices from his organization, Art of Science Learning.
Direct download: Harvey_Seifter_Interview_2_11_4_19.mp3
Category:New Leonardos -- posted at: 6:51pm CDT |
Sat, 3 November 2018
Hansong dan is Associate Professor of English at the School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University. His research interests include modern/contemporary American novels, 9/11 literature, posthumanism and Digital Humanities. He has authored numerous articles in nationally renowned journals, such asForeign Literature Review. His articles in English can be found in volumes published by Northwestern University Press and the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. His book, To Realize the Universal: Allegorical Narrative in Thornton Wilder’s Plays and Novels, was published by Peter Lang in 2012. He has translated some works by Thomas Pynchon, Julian Barnes, and Thornton Wilder. |
Mon, 29 October 2018
Hansong dan is Associate Professor of English at the School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University. His research interests include modern/contemporary American novels, 9/11 literature, posthumanism and Digital Humanities. He has authored numerous articles in nationally renowned journals, such asForeign Literature Review. His articles in English can be found in volumes published by Northwestern University Press and the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. His book, To Realize the Universal: Allegorical Narrative in Thornton Wilder’s Plays and Novels, was published by Peter Lang in 2012. He has translated some works by Thomas Pynchon, Julian Barnes, and Thornton Wilder. |
Sat, 20 October 2018
This episode of the MAP Radio Hour features a conversation with writer, director and performer Katt Lissard about her theater work in the Southern African country, Lesotho. Additionally, Lissard and Engelstad reflect on their experiences as Fulbright Scholars and the value of Fulbright to relationship building, learning and international exchange.
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Thu, 18 October 2018
The Art of Being Governed: Everyday Politics in Late Imperial China : A Conversation with Michael Szonyi
Join Ben Lima for a conversation on the topics of imperial and modern China with Michael Szonyi. Click here to learn more about Michael Szonyi Recorded and Edited by Andrew Oh |
Fri, 12 October 2018
Ying, Xinxun works and teaches at the Fiber Art Department of the Chinese Academy of Fine Art. Her artistic creations include fiber installation, body installation, light installation, theatrical exhibition, image and video, painting and so on. Her works have a particular focus on the living condition of contemporary people, such as issues like how technology reshape people’s way of perception and how people find their way to live together with technology in the current techno-ecology. In this episode, Ying starts with sharing her idea behind one of her works “Don’t worry” which she created based on her personal experience witnessing her mother’s surgery. The title of the work is drawn from the doctor’s words “Don’t worry, I’ll suture nicely for you”. Being inspired by the comforting power of this sentence, she started the creation of this series of works. By combining soft fibers which have a particular sense of intimacy with human skin and other “sensorial materials” with a touch of technological sense put by Ying, she gave a unique liveness to her beautifully shaped artistic “creatures” with vivid “scars”. Scars are usually ugly and hurting, but by resting independently in a peaceful atmosphere, these “creatures” and their “scars” visualize a contrast between a virtualized soft beauty and actual dangerous reality, and arouse a mixed feeling of unsettling and comforting, reflecting our deep anxiety towards our contemporary reality and the ruthless passing of time. The use of the title “don’t worry” thus gain a particular meaning and also a sense of aspiration for recognizing our own power for coping with it. Creating a new “species” or “synthetic creatures” with new material experiments is Ying’s way for exploring the actual living condition of contemporary people. In another work of hers, “Birdy,” performers wearing wings stand on a swing. This work is inspired by Foucault’s idea that “Madness always seems to suffer the fate of confinement, and confinement becomes the reason why madness exists.” In Ying’s work, the seemingly mad performers in their hopeless pursuit of flying looks both sad and beautiful, and reveals a contradiction of the confinement and self-release of contemporary people. Ying also shares her observation on the practice of the new generation of artists. Unlike their pioneers working in the age of the 1980s, Ying thinks that without the historical burden and regulation of art media, the new art practices have a unique sense of freedom and relaxation. Thank you for listening! More of Ying’s work can be found at http://yingxinxun.com/. Please don’t hesitate to contact me via duansiying@gmail.com if you would like to learn more about the details of the conversation or have any suggestion. |
Sun, 7 October 2018
In this first episode of Balance-Unbalance, we introduce the mission of Balance-Unbalance which is to go above spreading awareness, inducing responsibility to the people towards our lands, by engaging with committed professionals and artists. |
Sat, 6 October 2018
Fiona Hall and Eun Ah Lee talk about helping children learn how to think well and how mothers and children learn this together. What mothers do in STEM is contributing to change stereotypes of STEM women. |
Tue, 2 October 2018
Minister Faust is an award-winning Kenyan-Canadian science fiction and magical realist author, artist and broadcaster. In this episode we discuss his long-awaited sequels to the Coyote Kings and War on Mir series, as well as independent publishing, tips on self-promotion for artists, the white canon of CanLit, and ancient Kemeti philosophy. For more on Minister Faust, and to subscribe to his upcoming Patreon for the serialised Coyote Kings sequel, check out: http://ministerfaust.com
Direct download: Otherplanes_Ep5.mp3
Category:Other Planes | Afrofuturism Podcast -- posted at: 11:37pm CDT |
Sun, 30 September 2018
Join Ben Lima for a conversation on the topics of morality and philosophy with Mark Johnson, author and Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences. |
Thu, 27 September 2018
CHAT ARTECIÊNCIA 004: DA FÍSICA A FRANKENSTEIN COM AWDRY MIQUELIN (From Physics to Frankenstein with Awdry Miquelin) [POR]
Luciano Queiroz (@lucianocupim) e João Silveira (@johngaucho) recebem Awdry Miquelin para conversar sobre sua carreira na física, a influência da arte em sua vida e a importância da arteciência no Frankenstein. Luciano Queiroz (@lucianocupim ) and João Silveira (@ johngaucho ) receive Awdry Miquelin to talk about his career in physics, the influence of art on his life and the importance of art-science in Frankenstein. |
Tue, 25 September 2018
Photography historian Abigail Solomon-Godeau speaks on a wide range of topics, from the psychology of power and desire as the two relate to photography, to consent in present-day street photography, to the use of photography as propaganda. |
Sun, 23 September 2018
Please join Camilla Pang and Yvan Tina on this second part of the interview which talks about the relationships between art and science as ways to communicate points of view and understanding. What can the experience of Synaesthesia and Asperger's syndrome, for example, tell us about the nature of information and processing? Do art and science share the same goals with regards to society? Or are these complementary? Camilla Pang addresses some of these questions and shares some personal exemplars of how one can blend art and science in everyday thinking. |
Fri, 21 September 2018
A conversation on sonification and electroacoustics between Scot Gresham-Lancaster and Roger Dean, British-Australian musician, academic, biochemist and cognitive scientist. |
Wed, 19 September 2018
Join Ben Lima for a conversation with Stephen Asma, a Professor of Philosophy at Columbia College Chicago, where he is also Senior Fellow of the Research Group in Mind, Science and Culture. Asma is the author of ten books, including The Evolution of Imagination (University of Chicago Press, 2017), The Evolution of Mind: Affective Roots of Culture and Cognition with Rami Gabriel (Harvard University Press, forthcoming), On Monsters: an Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears (Oxford University Press), and The Gods Drink Whiskey (HarperOne). Recorded and edited by Oskar Olsson |
Fri, 14 September 2018
In this first episode, Camilla Pang and Yvan Tina discuss the relevance of bioinformatics in the life sciences. How it improves our understanding of DNA and provides multiple avenues for medical research and therapeutics but also how it challenges our representation of life. The podcast ends with a speculative reflection on gene editing and the possible evolution of consciousness. |
Thu, 13 September 2018
Join Ben Lima for a conversation with Sandra Russ, a distinguished University Professor and Louis D. Beaumont University Professor at Case Western Reserve University. Her research has focused on understanding how pretend play is involved in child development and in child psychotherapy. She is the author of Pretend Play in Childhood: The Foundation of Adult Creativity (2013), American Psychological Association. Edited by Andrew Oh |
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Fri, 31 August 2018
Direct download: CD_BoldRoast_InternationalStudent.mp3
Category:The Bold Roast: Student Conversations -- posted at: 8:26pm CDT |
Thu, 30 August 2018
Join Ben Lima for a conversation with Thomas Gaehtgens, director of the Getty Research Institute. The two discuss European art history and traditions of museum curation, as well as Museumsinsel, the northern half of one of Berlin's districts which is made up of five architecturally grand museums. Spoken of in Specific detail is the Bode Museum. Edited by Oskar Olsson. |
Tue, 28 August 2018
Direct download: CD_BoldRoast_JobHunting.mp3
Category:The Bold Roast: Student Conversations -- posted at: 12:44am CDT |
Fri, 24 August 2018
Join Ben Lima for a conversation with filmmaker Sandra Luz-Lopez Barroso. The two discuss Barroso’s film Artemio (2017), migration and the Costa Chica of Oaxaca and Guerrero. Recorded and edited by Oskar Olsson.
Direct download: AR_Sandra_Luz-Lopez_Barroso_Pt_2.mp3
Category:Athenaeum Review -- posted at: 6:32pm CDT |
Wed, 22 August 2018
Join Ben Lima for a conversation with filmmaker Sandra Luz-Lopez Barroso. The two discuss Barroso's film Artemio (2017), migration and the Costa Chica of Oaxaca and Guerrero.
Direct download: AR_Sandra_Luz-Lopez_Barroso_Pt_1.mp3
Category:Athenaeum Review -- posted at: 9:34pm CDT |
Mon, 20 August 2018
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Mon, 13 August 2018
Join Ben Lima for a conversation with Martin Powers, Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures at the university of Michigan, as the two discuss how Chinese art and culture have influenced Western ideals of meritocracy, individualism and good government. |
Sat, 11 August 2018
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Wed, 1 August 2018
Tan, Liqin is a full professor and co-director of the art program at Rutgers University-Camden. He has served as a board member of the Digital Art Committee, SIGGRAPH and as a juror for the digital art gallery at SIGGRAPH. He was also one of the activists during the ’85 Art New Wave of China.
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Sun, 29 July 2018
Join Ben Lima for a conversation with art historian Michael Lobel, author of numerous books on the subjects of pop and postwar art. The two discuss realism, pop art, and how the culture of commercial art has changed over the years. Recorded and edited by Oskar Olsson. |
Thu, 26 July 2018
Roger Malina is joined by Amir Boroujerdi, founder of CollegeReadyPrep and longtime educator, for a conversation on the topics of learning, education, and the goal of prparing young students for a lifetime journey of learning. |
Sun, 22 July 2018
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Tue, 17 July 2018
Suzanne Preston Blier, President of the College Art Foundation and author of numerous works on Art History, joins Ben Lima for a conversation on the ideas of risk, power and identity in African art and culture. |
Tue, 10 July 2018
Would you believe me if I told you that you are exercising your brain just by listening to your favorite music? Neuroscientific research suggests that music has impacted the minds of children and elderly in profound ways. Music continues to promote neuroplasticity even in the aging brain. Join my conversation on how music makes you smarter with Dr. Kathryn Evans, a singer, conductor, director, producer, and academic researcher. |
Mon, 9 July 2018
Do you know what telematics is? Can plants be connected to computers? And what does this have to do with art? Luciano Queiroz (@lucianocupim) and João Silveira (@johngaucho) receive Guto Nóbrega to understand what hyperorganisms and hybridity are.
Direct download: pac_003_hiperorganismos_hibridacao.mp3
Category:PAPO ARTECIÊNCIA -- posted at: 5:52am CDT |
Fri, 6 July 2018
In part two of Traversing Raagas, Deepa Ganesh discusses her experiences with Gangubai Hangal, who was a Indian Classical Singer of the Khyal genre from the Kirana Gharana in Hindustani Classical Music. Gangubai lived a simple, humble life in Hubli, a city in the state of Dharwad in Karnataka. She was always generous and kind to all the people around her, often sharing sweets, cheer and joy. After meeting her for a brief time during Gangubai's birthday, Deepa wrote an article on her for Frontline and the response to the article was huge. In reply to this response, Three Essays, a publisher based in Delhi, commissioned Deepa to write a book on her. Deepa lived with Gangubai inside her house and started writing the book in 2007. Gangubai faced several difficulties in her life due to the caste system and gender inequalities where women were discouraged from taking up singing as a form of employment. Deepa published the book "A Life in Three Octaves" in 2013, which chronicled the life and fond memories of Gangubai Hangal. Her legacy continues through her voice and soulful music. At the end of this podcast, we hear Gangubai Hangal's recital of Raag Shuddha Kalyan. Bumpers by Hamid Hassan Book link: A Life in Three Octaves: https://www.amazon. |
Wed, 4 July 2018
Direct download: OtherPlanes_04.mp3
Category:Other Planes | Afrofuturism Podcast -- posted at: 12:53am CDT |
Sun, 1 July 2018
A conversation with Tania Aedo, cultural producer and director of Laboratorio Arte Alameda. |
Fri, 29 June 2018
In this episode of the MAP Radio Hour features a conversation with Puerto Rico-based art collective MAOF (materials and crafts) about their work salvaging trees and other biological materials for design and art and the lasting impact of colonialism in Puerto Rico, as well as their rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Maria. Translation of the Spanish segments of this conversation is by Jean Luc Vila. |
Tue, 26 June 2018
In this podcast, we uncover the wandering of a neuroscience lab crew in the Azores while in search for the exploration/exploration duality both in scientific work and beyond. We will talk about the importance of doing scientific retreats as a way to promote reflection about science, scientific questions and methodologies.
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Fri, 22 June 2018
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Tue, 19 June 2018
Chris Chafe talks about his years of experiences in the field of sonification with Scot Gresham-Lancaster. Chris is the Director of the Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. Listeners who want to hear some of Chris’s excellent sonification work can go here: http://chrischafe.net/portfolio/sonification-2/. His bio is at: http://chrischafe.net/about-2-2/ |
Fri, 15 June 2018
Deepa Ganesh has been a student of music, a journalist and has been writing about music since a long time. She speaks about her initial experiences on writing about music and how writing on music theory were emphasized more than music appreciation. According to her, writing from and on the experience of music is more important than the geometries of it. She has met renowned musicians like Kishori Amonkar, Gangubai Hangal and studied both the families of music , Carnatic and Hindustani Classical music. She feels music can be divided through their temporal qualities rather than rigidities of external systems. Bumpers by Hamid Hassan. Edited by Ritwik Kaikini. |
Wed, 13 June 2018
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Fri, 25 May 2018
Reynaldo habla con el artista de instalaciones eléctricas híbridas Gilberto Esparza sobre el tema de su trabajo y las artes digitales latinoamericanas. Translation: Reynaldo speaks with hybrid electric installation artist Gilberto Esparza on the subject of his work and Latin American digital arts. |
Tue, 22 May 2018
Join Roger Malina for a conversation with AoSL founder Harvey Seifter as the two discuss the impact of artistic skills and experiences on the processes of learning and innovation. |
Fri, 18 May 2018
Luciano Queiroz (@lucianocupim) e João Silveira (@johngaucho) recebem Anunciata Sawada para entender como a Arte e Ciência ou Ciência e Arte estão presentes na Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Nosso objetivo é abordar assuntos relacionados a arte-ciência através de entrevistas com pesquisadores brasileiros nesse campo de estudo e entender o que é arte-ciência e como ela está inserida em nossas vidas. How does the relationship between science and art take place in one of the main research institutions in Brazil, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)? Anunciata Sawada is the guest of Luciano Queiroz, @lucianocupim , and João Silveira, @johngaucho, in this second episode of Papo ArteCiência, and will talk about this interaction!
Direct download: pac_002_ciencia_arte_fiocruz.mp3
Category:PAPO ARTECIÊNCIA -- posted at: 3:00pm CDT |
Wed, 16 May 2018
Ben Lima speaks with Yve-Alain Bois on the topics of modernist painting, art history, and his current work. Recorded and edited by Oskar Olsson. |
Sun, 13 May 2018
PhDc student Rae Pleasant speaks with Roger Malina about her work in the field of oral histories that seek to preserve the ideas and life experiences of multiple generations. |
Thu, 10 May 2018
Cleomar Rocha is the guest of Luciano Queirozand João Silveira in this talk about smart cities and Media Labs in Brazil.
Direct download: pac_001_cidades_inteligentes_medialab.mp3
Category:PAPO ARTECIÊNCIA -- posted at: 3:48pm CDT |
Sun, 6 May 2018
Zhang, Peili is considered the father of Chinese video art for his three-hour video 30X30 (1988). He is also as an influential educator who started the New Media Department at China Academy of Art in 2002 where young artists such as Hu, Weiyi, Lin, ke, Lu, yang among many others graduated from. This episode starts with a re-discovery of his 30X30. The work depicts the artist breaks a mirror and glues the pieces together. Although being labeled as the first Chinese video art piece in China, the artist’s intention behind the work has been ironically covered by its fame. Firstly, in today’s talk, it is actually called a “failure” by Zhang as he actually planned to lock the audience in the room, forcing them to stay with the monotonous or “meaningless” time of mirror gluing, and thus making obvious the consciousness of time passing. However, it was him ended up being forced to hold the video controller and keeping fast forward under the press of the audience. What made this work pivotal in contemporary Chinese art is not that it made in the video form, but the effort to engage the audience, trying to make them part of the work and thus create an experience for them which might leave some traces or make some differences in their life instead of just a pretty painting on the wall to be taken a glance of. In that sense the original intention of the work hasn’t been touched upon at all at the time. Secondly, the point is to create a period of “meaningless” time no matter what Zhang was doing. Because of the expectation of the TV media, the audience would tend to expect something happening during the event, but they would be disappointed to find that there is actually nothing happened, neither in terms of the content nor the video form, camera language or visual effect, nothing happened only except for the time passing. Zhang mentioned Waiting for Godot when asked about if he has been influenced by the Greek mythology Sisyphus. But the choice of mirror breaking and gluing has its own symbolic meaning anyway, which actually came from the Chinese idiom “A broken mirror joined together” to indicate a certain hope after the violent break. The work finally shows helplessly that a mirror can never be rejoined and reused. We didn’t dig into the political metaphorical meaning which could possibly be there, but continue to talk about the use of video instead of performance and the difference in between. Zhang dislikes the kind of showing himself of performance in front of the audience and he feels much more comfortable when facing with a camera, which means, the “mediated” time is more “natural” for him than the “real” time. From there we discussed his later works from Uncertain Pleasures (1996) to his retrospective exhibition Certain Pleasures (2001), covering the topics including the relationship between “to look at” and “to be looked at”, the visceral power of media worthy of both artistic exploration and particular vigilance. Thank you for listening and please don’t hesitate to contact me via duansiying@gmail.com if you would like to learn more about the details of the conversation or have any suggestion.
With particular gratitude to Chronus Art Center for facilitating this interview. |
Fri, 4 May 2018
A continuation of Ben's conversation with John Mraz on photography in Mexico. The music used for the intro and outro bumpers is Cello Suite no. 1 in G, BMW 1007, composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Recorded and edited by Oskar Olsson. |
Tue, 1 May 2018
A conversation with John Mraz about photography in Mexico. The music used for the intro and outro bumpers is Cell Suite no. 1 in G, BMW 1007, composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Find the full piece here. Recorded and edited by Oskar Olsson.
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Fri, 27 April 2018
Janeil Engelstad talks with Shannon Stratton about her work as the Mildred and William Lasdon Chief Curator at The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, as well as Stratton’s own background as an artist and MAD’s recent exhibition Sonic Arcade: Shaping Space with Sound. |
Wed, 18 April 2018
Jieming Hu is one of the pioneering artists of digital media and video installation art in today's China and is currently the chair of the academic board at the School of Fine Arts at the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts. This episode covers topics including early Chinese media art practices in the background of social changes, his thinking about media culture as reflected in his artworks, artistic exploration into time and life, manipulation of installation spaces via smell, sound and light, etc. 1980s and 90s witnessed a transition in the living condition of Chinese people which was reflected in the media condition. In contrast with the information exploration in the Internet Age, TV used to be the only information resource for Chinese people with only 12 channels. Being sensitive to the social change of the times, the first period of Hu’s art creation focused on questioning the relationship between media, popular culture and people, such as taking snapshots from the 12 TV channels and making them into a synthesized visual experience of labyrinth, juxtaposing pictures of Coke cans, Pepsi bottles and red flags to create an ironic new version of the “Raft of the Medusa,” etc. In the years following 2000, Hu’s works turn more “inwards” into the exploration of the issue of time and memory. For example, his installation work Dozens of Days and Dozens of Years (2007) displays a set of furniture pieces decaying 4000 times faster than normal decaying speed with chemical and optical facilities, thus directly presenting the power of time and the fragility of life. When discussing the on-site affection of an artwork, Hu mentioned his long interest in the documentary of the animal world, and how he incorporates these primitive sensorial arousing elements including subtle changes in smell, sound and light into the construction of his artwork. The episode then ends with a discussion of Hu’s twofold solo exhibition with Jeffery Shaw: how the parallel presenting of the two art pieces gives a strongly contrasting effect and play between “showing” and “hiding”, “presence” and “absence”, and thus also exemplifies a particular Chinese way of artistic exploration into new media. Thank you for listening and please don’t hesitate to contact me via duansiying@gmail.com if you would like to learn more about the details of the conversation or have any suggestion. |
Tue, 10 April 2018
Eun Ah Lee talks to Dr. Mijung Kim (University of Alberta in Canada) and Dr Hye-eun Chu (Macquarie University in Australia) about how teachers can encourage and guide young girls toward the STEM world.
Direct download: Teachers_Can_Help_Future_Femgineers.mp3
Category:Femgineers -- posted at: 9:10pm CDT |
Tue, 10 April 2018
Maryam Veysmoradi is a young Iranian filmmaker and director who has produced several short films. My dialogue with her revolves around issues such as the nature of the short film versus the feature film, the relationship between short films and ethical dilemmas, political realities, and the human being’s existential predicaments. Instead of dealing with subjects rooted in the minutiae of everyday life, in some of her works, she has tried to touch upon issues which are concerned with war and universal peace. Primarily, in this podcast, Maryam Veysmoradi elaborates on the nature of short film as an autonomous artistic medium which is aesthetically and ontologically distinguishable from its counterpart feature film. Although “brevity” is the principal characteristic of the short film, but Maryam emphasizes that this characteristic does not detract the strong influence of the short film in terms of engaging and evoking the emotional and mental state of its audiences. In her works, she wishes to achieve a universal cinematic language which can exceed human linguistic differences and that would enable to call upon human beings all across the world.
Direct download: Art_Iran_Mariam_Final_1.mp3
Category:Artisthinktive Iran: A Forum for Distinctive Thinking on Iranian Arts -- posted at: 12:22am CDT |
Mon, 9 April 2018
Hello everyone, I am the channel host Siying Duan, currently conducting my doctoral research in new media instillation and comparative aesthetics at Shanghai University. In this episode, I introduce the main contents of this podcast channel with a particular focus on the idea of “象(Xiang)” which has both the connotation of “elephant” and “image”. In Chinese aesthetics, “象(Xiang)” is an important concept which basically means an aesthetic object that both present and absent, which creates an effect transcends the barrier between viewer and artwork. This kind of aesthetic thinking is not exclusive to traditional Chinese art practice; on the contrary, its dynamic, relational and non-dualistic features resonate with characteristics of contemporary media art practices. In order to make these art practices more visible and accessible, in this podcast, Chinese artists who are experimenting with all kinds of interesting media will be invited to the conversion in this channel, to share about their artworks, their feelings and motivations, their working methods, how they react to the contemporary world with these works, how they relating themselves to the tradition, not in the sense of kongfu panda or spring roll, but as natural and at the same time unavoidable as the mode of thinking lurking in the language being spoken everyday, and so on. I am sorry that probably most of the episodes will be in Chinese, please don’t hesitate to contact me via duansiying@gmail.com if you would like to learn more about them or have any suggestion. |
Wed, 4 April 2018
Knowledge Link through Art and Science (KLAS) is an Artist in Residence program of the Max Planck Society. KLAS fosters ArtSci exchange and transdisciplinary innovation and education whilst also establishing a link between Synthetic Biology research groups of two research institutions – Rijksuniversiteit Groningen [RuG] and two Max Planck Institutes [MPI]. In addition to awarding two Artist Residencies in 2017, KLAS will present a series of events and conversations around specific thematic topics. KLAS is funded by the Max Planck Society and the Schering Foundation and organized by Polyhedra. Wolfgang Knapp focuses on interdisciplinary projects, art and the media, curatorial activities and international project cooperation. Knapp is professor h.c. at the Department of Fine Arts and Design at Zhejiang Commercial Technical College in Hangzhou/China and has been chairperson of the Commission for artistic and scientific projects at the University for the Arts in Berlin. He created the UdK-Preis für interdisziplinäre Kunst und Wissenschaft(UdK Prize for interdisciplinary art and science). |
Tue, 27 March 2018
Knowledge Link through Art and Science (KLAS) is an Artist in Residence program of the Max Planck Society. KLAS fosters ArtSci exchange and transdisciplinary innovation and education whilst also establishing a link between Synthetic Biology research groups of two research institutions – Rijksuniversiteit Groningen [RuG] and two Max Planck Institutes [MPI]. In addition to awarding two Artist Residencies in 2017, KLAS will present a series of events and conversations around specific thematic topics. KLAS is funded by the Max Planck Society and the Schering Foundation and organized by Polyhedra. Tom Robinson, from the Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, and his group, aim to build membrane structures using lipid vesicles, which mimic biological cell organelles. The goal is to understand how enzyme-catalyzed metabolic processes occur within confined organelles; and eventually, construct a cell using artificial membranes in order to understand how a cell functions. |
Mon, 26 March 2018
A podcast on the various elements of human computer interaction and the evolution of coding explained through the multidisciplinary journeys of Anvit Srivastav, an artscilab alumni presently working in the field of computer science, and Yusra Khan, the digital community manager for the ArtSci lab, currently pursuing her master's in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience. Hosted by Ritwik kaikini.
Direct download: Ritwik_Anvit_and_Yusra.mp3
Category:The Bold Roast: Student Conversations -- posted at: 2:13pm CDT |
Fri, 23 March 2018
Martin Keary is a composer and visual artist based in London. “Apart from publishing work on musical topics, I write music for live ensembles, video games and film. My alma mater is the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where I completed an MMUS in composition under Gordon McPherson and Rory Boyle.” Martin came to my attention when I ran across this well produced and thought provoking YouTube video on Sonification. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ocq3NeudsVk" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe> This is one of many excellent videos he has produced and distributed on YouTube, but this one was so germane to the topic of this channel that I had to give him a ring. In doing some research on him, I discovered that he is, himself, a very talented composer, which for me gives him some basis for his well founded criticisms of many “sonifications” out there. Here is a pointer to a piece of his that might interest some listeners. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c2yaKi73fp4" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe> We had an freewheeling conversation that I hope you find interesting. I refer but do not name the Temporal Semiotic Units developed at the Laboratoire Musique et Informatique de Marseille. This work may be of interest to some as well. http://www.labo-mim.org/site/index.php?2013/03/29/225-temporal-semiotic-units-tsus-a-very-short-introduction |
Fri, 23 February 2018
Charlie Cotton speaks about collaboration and discovery in the context of KLAS. Edited by Oskar Olsson.
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Thu, 22 February 2018
Janeil Engelstad talks with Evelyn Tickle about Grow Oyster Reefs, her work to restore oyster reefs along the US Eastern Seaboard and the class she leads at James Madison University where students are designing buildings inspired by oyster reef design with an eye towards protecting shorelines, as the sea level rises. Bumper: "Color Garden" by lungfulls (https://soundcloud.com/lungfulls).
Direct download: MAP_Radio_Hour_-_Evelyn_Tickle.mp3
Category:MAP Radio Hour -- posted at: 5:48pm CDT |
Mon, 19 February 2018
Knowledge Link through Art and Science (KLAS) is an Artist in Residence program of the Max Planck Society. KLAS fosters ArtSci exchange and transdisciplinary innovation and education whilst also establishing a link between Synthetic Biology research groups of two research institutions – Rijksuniversiteit Groningen [RuG] and two Max Planck Institutes [MPI]. In addition to awarding two Artist Residencies in 2017, KLAS will present a series of events and conversations around specific thematic topics. KLAS is funded by the Max Planck Society and the Schering Foundation and organized by Polyhedra. Caterina Benincasa, born in Rome, Italy, studied physics and philosophy at Bristol University, UK, and specialized in Aesthetics & Theory of Contemporary Art (MD), History of Science (MD) and World Heritage Studies (MD). She has been visiting lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sassari, Italy, researcher in Contemporary Visual Art, France, researcher in Neuroaesthetics at Don Gnocchi Foundation, Italy, and recently worked for the ‘Modern Geometry and the Concept of Space’ research group at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany. In this episode, aesthetician and physicist Caterina Benincasa discusses the goals and inner workings of KLAS. |
Sun, 18 February 2018
Eun Ah Lee and Emma Newkirk talk about a STEM student's choices, doubts, and how to overcome such doubts and keep going. |
Sat, 17 February 2018
Knowledge Link through Art and Science (KLAS) is an Artist in Residence program of the Max Planck Society. KLAS fosters ArtSci exchange and transdisciplinary innovation and education whilst also establishing a link between Synthetic Biology research groups of two research institutions - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen [RuG] and two Max Planck Institutes [MPI]. In addition to awarding two Artist Residencies in 2017, KLAS will present a series of events and conversations around specific thematic topics. KLAS is funded by the Max Planck Society and the Schering Foundation and organized by Polyhedra. In this episode, Dr. Arren Bar-Even speaks about his work as the Research Group Leader for "Systems and Synthetic Metabolism" for the Max Planck Research Group. https://klas.mpikg.mpg.de/venue/ |
Tue, 13 February 2018
Ecology and Sustainability in the Post-Industrial City: A Conversation with Artist and Educator Frances Whitehead
Janeil Engelstad talks with civic practice artist Frances Whitehead about Whitehead's work in Gary, Indiana, building sustainability into projects and the importance of renegotiating the symbolic and the practical in art. |
Fri, 9 February 2018
A real thrill to get a chance to talk to music technology guru and one of the most dedicated sonification researchers today. It was a great pleasure to talk to Mark about his ideas regarding the direction of future sonificaiton research and the slow and steady approach to acclimating our future culture(s) with the idea of integrating sound in the representation of data as an expected part of the flow of knowledge. |
Tue, 6 February 2018
Janeil Engelstad talks with activist Sarah Corbett about Corbett's work in craftivism - a synthesis of activism and craft - and the power of quiet, thoughtful protest.
Direct download: MAP_Radio_Hour_-_Sarah_Corbett.mp3
Category:MAP Radio Hour -- posted at: 5:59pm CDT |
Mon, 29 January 2018
Terranova interviews Olynyk about her transdisciplinary art-sci practice and work in the Medical Humanities at Washington University, St. Louis. |
Mon, 29 January 2018
Roger Malina speaks with Yusra Khan about how individuals travel between different fields, and how data collected about a person is changing most industries.
Direct download: Data_bodies_master.mp3
Category:The Bold Roast: Student Conversations -- posted at: 4:58pm CDT |
Thu, 18 January 2018
Carla Scaletti is an experimental composer, designer of the Kyma sound design language and co-founder of Symbolic Sound Corporation. Her compositions always begin with a “what-if” hypothesis and involve live electronics interacting with acoustic sources and environments. The listener is encouraged to first watch Carla’s brilliant keynote at the 2017 International Conference of Audio Display if possible athttps://youtu.be/T0qdKXwRsyM |