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
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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 ~ 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
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