Yoko Shioya, Artistic Director of the Japan Society, NYC, talks with Catherine Tharin about her 20 years as Director of Programming
All in Multidisciplinary Artists
KAREN FINLEY will not be redacted
Performance artist, poet, educator, and musician Karen Finley talks about her long career of disrupting the delicate sensibilities of senators, provoking the patriarchy, and the ways her work is newly resonating in today’s regressive cultural climate
Why aja monet's poems do what they do
Poet, writer, lyricist, & community organizer aja monet speaks about her Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album for her debut when the poems do what they do, those who’ve inspired her, what moves her to action, & why literature liberates
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ VLM
Virginia L. Montgomery (VLM) is a multimedia artist working across video, performance, sound design, & sculpture. In this interview, she discusses her recent solo exhibition at Austin's Women & Their Work, Eye Moon Cocoon, along with her unique parallel career as a Graphic Facilitator
Highlights of 2023
A look back at some of the notable INTERLOCUTOR interviews, reviews, and podcast episodes from 2023
The Metaphysical Dreamworlds of VLM
Multidisciplinary artist Virginia L. Montgomery (VLM) discusses her mesmerizing multimedia exhibition Eye Moon Cocoon, now up at Austin’s Women & Their Work
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Harper Simon
An in-depth discussion with author/musician Harper Simon about his ambitious new multimedia project, Meditations on Crime, comprised of years-long collaborations with many high-profile musicians, artists, and writers
Art as a weapon ~ MALIZA KIASUWA
Artist Maliza Kiasuwa discusses the mixed-media collage and sculpture work in her solo show Art as a weapon, now on display at Morton Fine Art in Washington, DC
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Sayazake
A talk with Queens-based multidisciplinary artist Sayazake - who operates in the realms of Photography, Illustration, and Painting. His work speaks to a conversation of adventure, spirituality, anime, and eccentricity.
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ KIDLEW Part II
We first talked with street & graffiti artist KIDLEW back in March 2023, but even 80 minutes wasn't enough to cover the scope of his shenanigans - listen here for a further dive into his life & work
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Adele Bertei
A conversation with singer, songwriter, writer, & director Adele Bertei about Twist: An American Girl, her new memoir covering her troubled childhood in 1960s and 1970s Cleveland, and her often risky but also sometimes jubilant process of self-discovery and survival
BUNNY MICHAEL is at peace with the apocalypse
An interview with the singular and transcendent-minded multidisciplinary artist Bunny Michael about their new EP Angels Everywhere
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Zhivago Duncan
In our latest podcast interview, Mexico City-based artist Zhivago Duncan deeply explores his process, motivations, and his ambitious thematic investigations of universal consciousness, epigenetic memory, the frictional nature of existence, and much more
Rob Mazurek's abstractivist fusions
Multidisciplinary artist/abstractivist Rob Mazurek discusses Lightning Dreamers, a new album written for a compacted version of his long-running Exploding Star Orchestra
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ KIDLEW
We travel far & wide in this in-depth podcast interview with NYC-based street & graffiti artist KIDLEW
Exhibition Feature - AI YO! by Jenny Wu
Morton Fine Art presents Ai Yo!, a solo exhibition of sculptural paintings by artist Jenny Wu
The symbolic languages of LISA MYERS BULMASH
An interview with multidisciplinary artist Lisa Myers Bulmash, who creates altered books, collages, and assemblages focusing on African American and female experiences
Exhibition Feature - DON'T WORRY, EVERYTHING'S COOL at Alchemy Gallery
Don’t Worry, Everything’s Cool is a group exhibition at NYC’s Alchemy Gallery, curated by artist John Copeland, with the multi-media works of Rose Eken, artist/designer Erik Brunetti, and filmmaker Ada Bligaard Søby - on display through January 15
Taking Heed with JENNIFER ELSTER
We talk with artist Jennifer Elster about her exhibition Take Heed - featuring raw, image and text-heavy paintings, sculptures, assemblages, and photographs - up through January 5 at NYC’s The Development Gallery
REIN VOLLENGA'S sleek abstract kink
An interview with Berlin-based Dutch sculptor Rein Vollenga, who creates strikingly sleek, gorgeous, challenging, and confrontational pieces that have been described as “abstract kink, fetish meets H. R. Giger.”