Art of Interference

Join us for Art of Interference’s second episode, which takes a closer look at the fascinating phenomenon of fog. In this episode, we delve into the work of Fujiko Nakaya, a Japanese artist whose unique fog sculptures have been exhibited around the world. In this episode, we talk about:

• The ephemeral and evocative nature of fog, 
• Nakaya’s unique fog sculpture exhibit at the Haus der Kunst  in Munich, Germany,
• and how fog can teach us how to see the world in new ways.

We also hear from 

• Art curators Sara Theurer and Andrea Lissoni about their experience exhibiting Nakaya’s work,
• and atmospheric scientist Ralf Bennartz on what fog is and how it transforms the way we see the world. 

For more information about she show, as well as the artists, the experts, the music, and additional materials featured in each episode, visit: https://artofinterference.com/

In this first episode of Art of Interference, we speak with Vietnamese visual artist Thao Nguyen Phan about her video installation Becoming Alluvium. The work centers on a parable on dew and the human follies of controlling nature. It first showed in 2021 and New York Times critic Holland Cotter called it “a beauty.” 

In this episode, we talk about:

• Phan’s career-long preoccupation with the Mekong River, 
• the role of artists in contemporary conversations about climate change,
• and how the effects of technological interventions change people's relation to the water.

We also hear from :

• climate scientist Steve Goodbred about the shifting waterways in Southeast Asia and the effects of rising oceans levels on the Mekong Delta, and from 
• literary scholar Ben Tran about the extent to which Phan's art can serve as a model to live amid the climate emergencies of our present. 

Co-Hosts: Emma Reimers and Lutz Koepnick

For more information about she show, as well as the artists, the experts, the music, and additional materials featured in each episode, visit: https://artofinterference.com/