Isabel Hou talks with Mexico-based artist Jerry McLaughlin about his abstract artworks, which incorporate unusual materials like ash from bog peat and willow fires, his inspiration from architectural elements & surfaces in central Mexico, & more
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Lande Yoosuf
Lande Yoosuf is a writer, director, and producer. In this interview, she discusses her unusual approach of turning her short film, Second Generation Wedding, into a full-length screenplay, then adapting that screenplay into her novel, Ko-Foe: The Story of a Nigerian, Muslim Family in the New York Diaspora
The punk chimera of CLUB VIDEO
Sylvea Suydam reports on the happenings at Brooklyn’s CLUB VIDEO, a quarterly video showcase featuring short-form experimental comedy & more from independent creators
Why CHRISTOPHER BREAN MURRAY lies to tell truths
Poet Christopher Brean Murray talks about his collection, Black Observatory, & he discusses his intuitive methods of fabrication & questioning to discover truths in his works
Novelist LYDIA KIESLING talks about class, power, politics, & desire
Author Lydia Kiesling talks about the elements of class, power, politics, & desire in her new novel Mobility
LYNNE SHARON SCHWARTZ discusses her literary life at the wheel
Prolific author Lynne Sharon Schwartz discusses her latest publication, My Life at the Wheel, a book of personal essays that she considers a memoir in collage form
Conjuring spirits & the spirit of art with NICKOLA POTTINGER
An interview with Jamaican-born, Brooklyn-based artist Nickola Pottinger about her solo exhibition at Mrs., like yuh neva lef’ yaad, up through March 9
YOKO SHIOYA discusses her 20 years as Artistic Director of the Japan Society, NYC
Yoko Shioya, Artistic Director of the Japan Society, NYC, talks with Catherine Tharin about her 20 years as Director of Programming
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ aja monet
A full recording of our recent online edition interview between poet, lyricist, writer, and community organizer aja monet and Logan Royce Beitmen
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
ASHLEY CHEN'S choreographies of complexities
An interview with French choreographer and performer Ashley Chen
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 implications of AI & artmaking in DO YOU REMEMBER BEING BORN?
Author Sean Michaels discusses his new novel Do You Remember Being Born?, which explores the implications of AI-assisted co-authorship of creative works
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Blaise Agüera y Arcas
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