Fresh Art International

In the Netherlands, we travel to Den Hague to record with Australian musician and composer Kate Moore at home. We're here to learn more about the new music she invents for international performances. Kate’s ensemble RPM Electro brings their Handmade Homegrown concert to The Hague's Theater Dakota in November 2012.

This is not our first encounter with Kate Moore. We met for the first time in summer 2012, at MacDowell, where she was a resident in their artist community.

Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz 

Special Audio: Kate Moore, Days and Nature, 2012, performed by Asko Schoenberg Ensemble and Engraved in Stone, 2012, performed by STRACC

Related Episode: Brave New Work in MacDowell's Artist Community

Related Links: Kate Moore, RPM Electro, MacDowell

On a spring 2012 road trip in the American Southwest, we drive through the desert to Marfa, home of the Chinati Foundation, a museum designed by artist Donald Judd to present art in conversation with the surrounding landscape. We stop to explore Ballroom Marfa, where then director Fairfax Dorn and project manager Melissa McDonnell sit down with us to talk about the genesis of the contemporary art space. Architect Michael Meredith meets us at an outdoor cafe to share his perspective on how a drive-in theater might come to life in this remote setting.

Sound Editor: Leo Madriz

Special Audio: Brian LeBarton, The Wind, 2010. New Year’s Film/Score Series. January 2, 2010. Courtesy Ballroom Marfa

Related Episode: CineMarfa 2012

Related Links: Marfa, Texas, Chinati Foundation, Donald Judd, Ballroom Marfa, Fairfax Dorn, Melissa McDonnell, Michael Meredith

On a Spring 2012 road trip in the American Southwest, Cathy Byrd meets members of Ballroom Marfa’s creative team. Director Fairfax Dorn, project manager Melissa McDonnell, and architect Michael Meredith talk about why Ballroom came to West Texas and what they envision for Marfa's near future Drive-In theater. Sound Editor: Leo Madriz Photography credits as noted Episode Sound: Brian LeBarton, The Wind, 2010. New Year’s Film/Score Series. January 2, 2010. The Crowley Theater, Marfa.

Cathy Byrd connects by Skype with artist Jason Forrest. Aka DJ DonnaSummer, the laptop musician has been based in Berlin for the past eight of years with his artist wife Jennifer Ray. Jason talks about how he became part of an international music scene and introduces his new platform: Network Awesome.

Sound Editor: Leo Madriz

Special Audio featured in this order: "New Religion" from The Everything, Jason Forrest; "Close to the Edge" from Close to the Edge, Yes;"The Exquisite Organs" from The Everything, Jason Forrest; "Bring that Beat Back" from Bring that Beat Back, Public Enemy; "Keys to the Door" from The Everything, Jason Forrest; "Utopia" from Utopia, Jason Forrest

Related Episode: American in Berlin—The Art of Jen Ray, Sounds of Berlin

Related Links: Jason Forrest, Network Awesome, Jennifer Ray

On Skype, we connect with London-based curator Helena Reckitt about the artists she selected to participate in Nuit Blanche Toronto 2012. Each year, the citywide Nuit Blanche event brings more than a million people out onto the streets from dusk to dawn for temporal art experiences. Projects in “Once More, With Feeling,” her sector of the legendary art event, will animate notions of repetition, remaking, renewal and revolt.

Special Audio, in order of appearance: Katie Paterson, Hadley+Maxwell, Susan Stenger

Related Episode: Filming Rhythm, Stories and Soul in the Toronto Subway

Related Links: Helena Reckitt, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, 2012, Once More With Feeling