Fresh Art International

Christie van der Haak is from The Hague, the Netherlands, studied design and fashion before becoming a painter interested in high color and decorative patterns. Her intricate and colorful patterns and designs are translated into tapestries and wall coverings, often creating immersive environments.

Sharon Aponte Misdea is Deputy director of collections and curatorial affairs at the Wolfsonian, dedicates herself to the preservation and interpretation of the modern design museum’s collection.

Silvia Barisione is a curator at The Wolfsonian whose research focuses primarily on 20th century design and prewar Italian architecture. She is curator of the Modern Dutch Design exhibition at The Wolfsonian.

Follow along as we preview Miami Art Week 2016—from performances planned for Art Basel‘s Public Sector to a look behind the scenes of Untitled Art Fair. First, we hear how New York-based artist Naama Tsabar‘s and Tom Tom magazine publisher Mindy Abovitz’s art and music worlds collide. Next, we visit Spinello Projects to catch up with Naama Tsabar and learn about Transitions #3, her Miami debut solo exhibition running concurrently with Art Basel Miami Beach 2016. Finally, we learn about the UNTITLED. Art Fair from the Programming Director Amanda Schmitt.

Sound Editor: Guney Ozsan

Artist Alexis Gideon talks about myth and memory in his newest animated video opera: The Comet and The Glacier. He brings this musical narrative to life at Locust Projects, Miami, Florida. Gideon's intense multi-media environmental installation takes visitors on a journey into his imagination and serves as the stage for his performances during Miami Art Week 2016.

Sound Editor: Guney Ozsan | Sound effects courtesy Alexis Gideon

Today, our show on Jolt Radio, Miami, is a feast of new performance art projects. Hear the conversation Cathy Byrd recorded with artist William Pope.L one night during the roving street performance he created for the 32nd Bienal São Paulo. Learn about the Tide by Side processional event planned for the Faena Art District on Miami Beach from curator Claire Tancons and artist Marinella Senatore. Also in the studio, Alexis Gideon introduces the multi-media opera The Comet and the Glacier he brings to Locust Projects, Miami.

American artist William Pope.L talks about endurance in performance art and shares the story of Baile, or Ball, the project he created for the 32nd São Paulo Biennial. Based on Pope.L’s research into recent political frictions and social inequalities in Brazil, the theatrical endurance project involves three pairs of professional dancers taking 8 hour shifts to perform 24 hours a day, for four days. They walk and dance along a mapped-out route at the heart of the city.

Sound editor: Guney Ozsan

Bringing local creatives into the studio at Jolt Radio, Miami, we dig into contemporary art and the black imagination. Curator Valerie Cassel Oliver sets the tone in a conversation we recorded about her exhibition project: Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art. We expand the dialogue to include introduce artists, filmmakers and curators working with black art, film and collecting in Miami.

In the Studio: Filmmakers Jamilah Sabur, Founding Director of Prizm Art Fair Mikhaile Solomon, ArtCenter/South Florida Artistic Director Natalia Zuluaga and Artist Domingo Castillo. Call in: Amir George, filmmaker and co-founder of Black Radical Imagination.

Sound Editor: Guney Ozsan

Artist Sarah Oppenheimer and curator René Morales talk about Sarah’s project titled S-281913 at Perez Art Museum Miami. The context for her newest work is the recently built museum designed by architects Herzog and De Meuron. Sarah’s project in the Meyerhoff Green Gallery represents a ground-breaking moment in her practice. That’s because the 'S' in the title of the work stands for 'switch.' The artist has been researching and testing the idea of an architectural “switch,” an element that intervenes in or influences how we move across and through a space. S-281913 has kinetic properties that visitors can activate. Listen to this episode to hear the ideas behind the work.

Sound Editor: Guney Ozsan

At the Rauschenberg Residency on the island of Captiva just off the west coast of Florida, we meet artists, writers, and scientists working on projects related to the environment. They’re here for a special session known as the Rising Water Confab, a month-long program exploring the topic of climate change.

Featured in this episode: Amy Balkin, an artist based in San Francisco, invites contributions to what she calls “A people’s archive of sinking and melting." Christopher Cozier, an artist from the island of Trinidad Tobago, reflects on the environmental extremes of the Caribbean as a way of life. Los-Angeles based Mick Lorusso contemplates a mangrove intervention based on discoveries he made during his residency. Though Rachel Armstrong teaches living architecture at Newcastle University and much of her practice is grounded in science, on Captiva, her thinking about climate change takes a spiritual turn. Buster Simpson, a public artist based in Seattle, Washington, has organized two sessions of the Rising Water confab. He hopes that Captiva might serve as a model of environmental solutions for South Florida.

Sound Editor: Guney Oszan