Audium Listens

We reflect on the tumult of 2020 with sculptor and CCA professor Mia Feuer. Mia takes us deep into her work researching and creating art around climate change. Now with COVID rocking everyone’s reality, she reflects on motherhood, careerism in the art world, and how to change with a changing planet. You can find out more about Mia’s work at miafeuer.com. This episode’s background guitar music is by our very own Nate Tedesco. View the full transcript here.

How do you master the art of the zoom gig? Musician and educator Cairo McCockran drops some insight; topics range from being a black musician in the age of BLM, an ambitious plan for a government-sponsored “Musician Corps,” and how to stay inspired during these dark times. Connect and discover his new weekly mix show “A Message from the Jazz Den” on his instagram. View the full transcript here.

Making a film is a massive endeavor for anyone, and it's certainly no easier for women and people of color. San Francisco-based filmmaker Jacintha Charles shares her experiences in the Singaporean and American film industries. Learn how she supports other women in film and how COVID and BLM are shaping her craft. Find out more about her work at jacinthacharles.com. Also featuring the cinematic music of Holly Mead. See the full transcript here. 

Jean Jeanie faces out for the inward motion of expression. Musicians are out of gigs, money and motivation during COVID.  Jean, leader of the band Future Twin, gives us insight on these issues from her experience as an artist and housing activist during the crisis. Find Future Twin’s new album, Suffer No Fools, on her patreon site. See the full transcript here. 

Can you hear me? Sound artist and academic Blanca Bercial shows us how listening to the sounds in-between sounds can help us reimagine our cities and our relationships to each other. Learn more about her work at blancabercial.com. View the full transcript here. 

In this first episode, host Dave Shaff talks to Audium co-founder and spatial sound pioneer Stan Shaff. The two use some lessons from Stan's past to contemplate a better future for the arts, amid the troubling times of the pandemic. Find out more about Stan's work at audium.org. See the full transcript here.