Composer/producer Emily Wells sees us as the buffalo: frozen before downfall, but still alive—which is why she includes so much breath in her song. Wells, whose work deals with the climate crisis, looks to David Wojnarowicz’s AIDS activism for lessons. <p>Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at <a href="https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/emily-wells-david-wojnarowicz.html">https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/emily-wells-david-wojnarowicz.html</a>.</p>

Composer/producer Emily Wells sees us as the buffalo: frozen before downfall, but still alive—which is why she includes so much breath in her song. Wells, whose work deals with the climate crisis, looks to David Wojnarowicz’s AIDS activism for lessons. Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/emily-wells-david-wojnarowicz.html.

Composer/producer Emily Wells sees us as the buffalo: frozen before downfall, but still alive—which is why she includes so much breath in her song. Wells, whose work deals with the climate crisis, looks to David Wojnarowicz’s AIDS activism for lessons. <p>Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at <a href="https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/emily-wells-david-wojnarowicz.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/emily-wells-david-wojnarowicz.html</a>.</p>

Emily Wells and David Wojnarowicz’s "Untitled (Falling Buffalos)"

The arts can engage all our senses, but it’s in the crossover between them that things really get interesting. When we listen to music, what do we see in our mind’s eye? When we look at a work of art, what do we hear? Sound Thoughts on Art, a new podcast from the National Gallery of Art, explores the intersection of sight and sound.
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The arts can engage all our senses, but it’s in the crossover between them that things really get interesting. When we listen to music, what do we see in our mind’s eye? When we look at a work of art, what do we hear? Sound Thoughts on Art, a new podcast from the National Gallery of Art, explores the intersection of sight and sound. Hosted by musician and journalist Celeste Headlee, each episode focuses on a work of art in the National Gallery’s collection. Learn about the work and its context and hear a musician respond to that work through sound, creating a dialogue between visual art and music. Sound Thoughts on Art tells the stories of how we experience art and how it connects us.

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Emily Wells and David Wojnarowicz’s "Untitled (Falling Buffalos)"