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
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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
Fascism, queerness, & the making of modern sports: MICHAEL WATERS discusses his book THE OTHER OLYMPIANS
Author Michael Waters discusses his book The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports, a very detailed look at the long history of gender identity and testing in sports and many of the major athletes and officials involved in the controversies
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Gabriel Birnbaum
Brooklyn-based musician Gabriel Birnbaum talks about his new record, Patron Saint of Tireless Losers, along with his developing professional focus on therapy & improving mental health for musicians
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Lara Aburamadan
Independent Palestinian visual artist & journalist Lara Aburamadan discusses her aim to artistically portray images of Gaza that show its people's everyday life & culture
The surreal percussive textures of AMY AILEEN WOOD
Grammy Award-winning drummer and producer Amy Aileen Wood talks about her collaborative & experimental new album, The Heartening, now out on L.A.’s Colorfield Records
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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