Banff Centre Talks

Core member of Arcade Fire, Richard Reed Parry, visual artist and two-time Sobey Award-nominee Diane Borsato and choreographer Christopher House discuss the relationship between artistic practice and slowing down in an accelerated world. Moderated by Dominic Girard. #banffcentretalks

We live in a world of constant motion: individual and collective relocation and dislocation, changing political movements, and the acceleration of information and data in a digital age. Join international bestselling author and essayist, and TED Talks alumnus, Pico Iyer, for an onstage conversation on "the art of stillness" and what value we can gain in slowing down. Interviewed by Laurie Brown (CBC Radio's The Signal). #banffcentretalks

On this episode Sue Bell Yank talks to artist Christopher Robbins about his decade with the public art and activism collective Ghana ThinkTank. The group blends art with international development to challenge the dynamic between the "first" and "third" worlds. #banffcentretalks

Authors Michael Robotham and Louise Welsh discuss crime writing with Mojo Anderson. #banffcentretalks

Warning: This episode contains some strong language.

In this episode, a conversation with Canadian singer/songwriter Tom Wilson. Speaking with host Allison Brock, Wilson discusses his work with such venerable outfits as Junkhouse and Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, his success as a visual artist and the family revelations he discovered late in life. #banffcentretalks

Canadian filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has spent four decades and 50 films exploring Indigenous culture and history. Her best known documentary, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, garnered 18 international awards, telling the story of the Mohawk uprising in Oka. In this episode she discusses the power of documentary film to incite change, the art of listening and her definition of success. #banffcentretalks

In his first public appearance after winning the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize for Fifteen Dogs, author André Alexis sits down with Mojo Anderson to talk about his influences, some formative canine experiences and why he writes. #banffcentretalks

(Explicit language warning) Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Suketu Mehta of Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found and John Freeman, former editor of Granta, discuss the writing life and how we write 'home' in a world of migration and immigration. #banffcentretalks

Singer-songwriter Alex Cuba discusses growing up in Cuba in a prominent musical family, his move to Canada, and music collaboration in the digital age. Hear the Juno and Latin Grammy Award winner in a conversation recorded in front of a live studio audience. #banffcentretalks

Hear American choreographer and dancer Mark Morris in conversation with critic John Rockwell. #banffcentretalks