An interview with leading AI researcher, author, & TED speaker Blaise Agüera y Arcas about his new book, Who Are We Now?
Poet Paisley Rekdal discusses her book WEST: A TRANSLATION
Poet Paisley Rekdal talks about her book West: A Translation
DRAWING AS PRACTICE @ the National Academy of Design
Sara Reisman, Chief Curator of the National Academy of Design, discusses the Academy’s inaugural group exhibition Drawing as Practice, at its new Chelsea, New York location
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Miles Hyman
A conversation with French-American artist Miles Hyman about his inspirations, process, and the works now up in his solo show Secret Lives at NYC’s Philippe Labaune Gallery
YUGE ZHOU'S Love Letters
An interview with Chicago-based artist Yuge Zhou about her video art installation series Love Letters and its two new episodes now up at the Museum of Contemporary Photography
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 ~ Hallie Packard
A lively chat with artist Hallie Packard about her wildly organic, surreal, and magical paintings
Belonging and Not-Belonging in Jhumpa Lahiri’s ROMAN STORIES
Nirica Srinivasan reviews Roman Stories, the new short story collection by Pulitzer Prize-winner Jhumpa Lahiri
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
VINNY GOLIA'S sonic syncretisms
Composer, bandleader, and multi-woodwind performer Vinny Golia discusses the development of Movement Two Syncretism: For The Draw…the new addition to his massive collaborative project Even to this day…Music for Orchestra and Soloists
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Anthony Wilson
A talk with guitarist and composer Anthony Wilson about his new album Collodion, recorded with producer Pete Min for the innovative Los Angeles label Colorfield Records + his thoughts on creative evolution & taking risks as an artist
The transcendental ambiguities of BETHANY CZARNECKI
Painter Bethany Czarnecki discusses the sensual, polychromatic, and biomorphic realms on display at her solo show A memory, eternal - now up at NYC’s Massey Klein Gallery
A Reckoning With God in Lauren Groff’s THE VASTER WILDS
Nirica Srinivasan reviews Lauren Groff’s new novel The Vaster Wilds
Anthony Wilson explores new sonic territories with COLLODION
Guitarist and composer Anthony Wilson talks about the free-form and collaborative process of making his new album Collodion, out now on LA’s innovative Colorfield Records
Rosalind Withers discusses Flash Points: The Photography of Ernest C. Withers
Rosalind Withers, daughter of Civil Rights Movement photographer Ernest C. Withers, discusses the exhibition Flash Points: The Photography of Ernest C. Withers
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Pete Min of Colorfield Records
Pete Min of the innovative Los Angeles label Colorfield Records talks about his “Sherpa” approach to guiding musicians out of their comfort zones and allowing them to express themselves in new and unusual ways
Modern Ambition & Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood
Nirica Srinivasan reviews Booker Prize-winner Eleanor Catton’s recent ecological novel Birnam Wood
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Martine Johanna
In our latest podcast interview, Dutch artist Martine Johanna discusses her overall thematic approaches, the works displayed in her third solo show for New York’s Massey Klein Gallery, How to Eliminate Stress and Anxiety Through Good Housekeeping + much more
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Gigi Chen
Artist Gigi Chen discusses her deep admiration of birds and why she loves to place them in settings that mix the natural world with artificial aspects such as neon - joined by special guest co-host and fellow artist Dan Alvarado
GIGI CHEN'S neon naturalism
Gigi Chen talks about the gorgeous, intricate, and whimsical feathered subjects of her richly detailed paintings