Singer, writer, & multifaceted creator Joseph Keckler talks about his new performance piece, A Good Night in the Trauma Garden, which he’ll be performing on Saturday, November 22, at ArtYard in Frenchtown, NJ
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Alina Grasmann's HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS
Painter Alina Grasmann discusses her new solo show House of the Spirits, which depicts the Neutra House, designed & built in Los Angeles in 1932 by Austrian-American architect Richard Neutra, combined with imagery from her grandfather’s family photographs - on display through December 6 at Fridman Gallery in New York
Multidisciplinary artist AUTUMN BREON discusses EVERDAY ORACLE, her new deck of poetic, subversive tarot cards
Multidisciplinary artist Autumn Breon talks about Everyday Oracle, a deck of poetic, subversive cards that respond to real-life microaggressions, unsolicited comments, and casual erasures that Black women and femmes often encounter
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ musician, educator, activist, & organizer Amirtha Kidambi
Musician, educator, activist, & organizer Amirtha Kidambi discusses her newly launched podcast, "Outernational,” the new album with her ensemble Elder Ones, New Monuments Live in Vilnius, & upcoming performances with Elder Ones & her guest curation at the Le Guess Who? festival in Utrecht
Complicity, resistance, & love in the face of evil: Stephen O'Connor on his forthcoming novel WE WANT SO MUCH TO BE OURSELVES
Author Stephen O’Connor discusses his forthcoming novel, We Want So Much to Be Ourselves, a story set in 1920s & 30s Germany, exploring Freudian psychoanalysis & featuring a historical background with clear parallels to the rise of Nazism in Germany & the horrific political realities of what is happening in the U.S. today
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ filmmaker Peter Pavlakis discusses his debut feature APOSTASY BLUES
Brooklyn-based filmmaker Peter Pavlakis discusses his debut feature, Apostasy Blues
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ artist Dan Alvarado discusses his dating app satirical solo show PANDORA'S SWIPE
Artist Dan Alvarado talks about his new solo show, PANDORA’S SWIPE, a satirical take on the temptation, overstimulation, and hypersexualization of our online dating app dystopia, on display September 5 - 22 at Botanica Grove in Bushwick, Brooklyn
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Robin Givhan discusses her new book Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh
Pulitzer Prize–winning culture critic Robin Givhan discusses her new book Make it Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh, a detailed profile of Abloh’s legendary work & impact in not only fashion but the worlds of music and other art forms
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Bob Holmes discusses his ambitious & collaborative music project ACROSS THE HORIZON
Musician Bob Holmes of the New York-based trio Suss talks about his unique & ambitious Across the Horizon music series, where eight innovators from the wide landscape of instrumental music chose musicians for the first volume, now out as a double vinyl on Northern Spy Records
Heide Hatry discusses ONLY AT DUSK: A TRIBUTE TO FLACO THE OWL
Artist Heide Hatry talks in-depth about her solo show Only at Dusk: A Flaco Memorial Exhibition, honoring Flaco—the Eurasian Eagle Owl whose bold escape and survival in New York captured the city’s imagination, on display through August 7 at Ivy Brown Gallery
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Estefania Vélez Rodriguez
Brooklyn-based artist Estefanía Vélez Rodríguez talks in-depth about the seven paintings she has on display as part of the group show Past Tense/Future Perfect at NYC's Marc Straus Gallery, up through August 8
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Amanda Ekery on her new album Árabe, an exploration of Syrian & Mexican shared history & culture
Musician Amanda Ekery discusses Árabe, her new album exploring Syrian & Mexican shared history & culture
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Vincent John & Max Perla of Eraserhood Sound discuss scoring for CARL THE COLLECTOR
Vincent John & Max Perla of Eraserhood Sound discuss their dynamic scoring work for PBS KIDS’ groundbreaking Carl the Collector, the network’s first animated series spotlighting central characters on the autism spectrum
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Priya Vulchi discusses her new book GOOD FRIENDS: Bonds That Change Us and the World
Author Priya Vulchi discusses her new book Good Friends: Bonds That Change Us and the World, explores friendships across history, continents, and cultures to show how friendship can open up new levels of community
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Charlie Wells on his new book WHAT HAPPENED TO MILLENNIALS: In Defense of a Generation
Author & journalist Charlie Wells discusses his new book, What Happened to Millennials: In Defense of a Generation, which reexamines Millennial stereotypes & explores how the generation has been disrupted by war, recession, the pandemic, & a sharp turn toward cultural and economic polarization
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ JMikal Davis aka Hellbent discusses his unique approach to creating abstract art in public spaces
Tyler Nesler talks with JMikal Davis, aka Hellbent, a muralist, painter, & street artist who lives & works in Brooklyn & who specializes in a unique combination of American quilt-making & folk art traditions with a street art aesthetic
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Game Transfer Phenomena & The Tetris Effect: A Conversation With Joshua Caleb Weibley & Jordan Dykstra
A conversation with Joshua Caleb Weibley & composer Jordan Dykstra about their installation Projection 010: Game Transfer Phenomena, now up at NYC's Chart Gallery through February 15
VLM'S VESTAL VIRGIN VENGEANCE
Experimental filmmaker & multimedia artist VLM discusses “Vestal Virgin Vengeance,” a capsule collection of new video work & photographic prints inspired by the Vestal Virgins of ancient Rome, & the contentious state of women's healthcare in Texas
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Alex E. Chávez
Alex E. Chávez discusses his debut album, Sonorous Present, an immersive poetic & musical passage with collaborations by Queztal Flores, Aloe Blacc, Martha Gonzalez, poet Roger Reeves, Ramón Gutierrez, & Lucía Gutiérrez Rebolloso
Curator Marissa Del Toro discusses DESERVE WHAT YOU DREAM at NXTHVN
An interview with curator Marissa Del Toro about Deserve What You Dream, an art exhibition at NXTHVN in New Haven, CT, that explores the healing power of daydreaming amid racial disparities in sleep quality