Sylvea Suydam reports on the happenings at Brooklyn’s CLUB VIDEO, a quarterly video showcase featuring short-form experimental comedy & more from independent creators
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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
Highlights of 2023
A look back at some of the notable INTERLOCUTOR interviews, reviews, and podcast episodes from 2023
BUNNY MICHAEL is at peace with the apocalypse
An interview with the singular and transcendent-minded multidisciplinary artist Bunny Michael about their new EP Angels Everywhere
Tuning in to UHL'S Channels
The enigmatic and evocative art pop diva Uhl discusses her vocally experimental and genre-bending new EP Channels
Taking Heed with JENNIFER ELSTER
We talk with artist Jennifer Elster about her exhibition Take Heed - featuring raw, image and text-heavy paintings, sculptures, assemblages, and photographs - up through January 5 at NYC’s The Development Gallery
ESZTER BALINT'S musical anti-memoir
We catch up with songwriter/violinist/actress Eszter Balint about the new production of her “anti-musical” I Hate Memory, playing July 26 at Joe’s Pub in NYC
The tonal architectures of TEMPERS
Jasmine Golestaneh & Eddie Cooper of the NYC band Tempers talk about their latest album New Meaning, playing The Andy Warhol Museum, the album’s accompanying collage art book, and more ~
JOSEPH KECKLER'S underworld voyages
Joseph Keckler talks about the weird and winding path he’s taken towards becoming one of the most uncategorizable artists working today
MILES FRANCIS unearths the dark energies of boy bands
An illuminating chat with NYC singer, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Miles Francis about their recent single “Good Man,” + newest release “B.O.Y.” - featuring twisted modern covers of *NSYNC's “I Want You Back” & Backstreet Boys' “The Call”
KANDLE & KEENAN TRACEY set the fire
Canadian musician Kandle Osborne and actor Keenan Tracey discuss their recent work and creative collaborations on the music videos for “When it Hurts” and “Honey Trap,” from Kandle’s new album Set the Fire
KALAE NOUVEAU'S intricate intimacies
An interview with artist, stylist, model, singer, actor and femcee Kalae Nouveau
KEVIN CHRISTY
An interview with artist, actor, and standup comedian Kevin Christy about his solo art exhibition Memories Are Weapons - up now at The Hole NYC
JEX BLACKMORE
Activist Jex Blackmore talks about her performances, her motivations for her confrontational work, and the sad and scary state of the nation
KIRYA TRABER
A conversation with playwright and podcaster Kirya Traber about her recent and upcoming stage projects, her work at Lincoln Center, and her podcast Cheers & Queers
MARITZA NAVARRO
A conversation with choreographer Maritza Navarro