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Fresh Art International episodes

  • The Life of a Roving Curator—with Sasha Dees in Amsterdam

    Cathy Byrd connects on skype with Sasha Dees, an independent curator/producer/consultant who lives and works between Amsterdam and New York. In the Netherlands, Sasha curates the residency program Open Ateliers in the area of Amsterdam known as Zuidoost. In the U.S., Sasha is the producer of a roving video performance project with Sietske Tjallingii, the protagonist in Miss T - My American Dream. Their road trips in search of mid-century roadside icons have led them to gigantic versions of a guitar, a blue whale, a sombrero and more.

    Sound Editor: Leo Madriz

    Photos: courtesy Sasha Dees

    Episode Music: Billy Holliday, All of Me

    12 min
  • Fresh Talk: Sasha Dees

    Cathy Byrd connects on skype with Sasha Dees, an independent curator/producer/consultant who lives and works between Amsterdam and New York. In the Netherlands, Sasha curates the residency program Open Ateliers in the area of Amsterdam known as Zuidoost. In the U.S., Sasha is the producer of a roving video performance project with Sietske Tjallingii, the protagonist in Miss T - My American Dream. Their road trips in search of mid-century roadside icons have led them to gigantic versions of a guitar, a blue whale, a sombrero and more.





    Sound Editor: Leo Madriz


    Photos: courtesy Sasha Dees


    Episode Music: Billy Holliday, All of Me


    12 min
  • The Call of the American Southwest—An Artist Residency in New Mexico
    This episode features conversations with five current participants in the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program. Established in 1967 by artist and art collector Don Anderson, the program offers visual artists the unique opportunity to spend a year concentrating on their work. The voices you'll hear are those of Sarah Bostwick, Jon-Paul Villegas, Brian Kluge, Corwin Levi (aka RadioSebastian), and Siobhan McBride.

    Sound Editor: Leo Madriz Photos courtesy Cathy Byrd and RAiR artists RAiR acoustics: Sarah Bostwick Music: Paper Bird, The Train Song
    14 min
  • Fresh Talk: Roswell Artists in Residence
    This episode features conversations with five current participants in the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program. Established in 1967 by artist and art collector Don Anderson, the program offers visual artists the unique opportunity to spend a year concentrating on their work. The voices you'll hear are those of Sarah Bostwick, Jon-Paul Villegas, Brian Kluge, Corwin Levi (aka RadioSebastian), and Siobhan McBride.



    Sound Editor: Leo Madriz Photos courtesy Cathy Byrd and RAiR artists RAiR acoustics: Sarah Bostwick Music: Paper Bird, The Train Song
    14 min
  • Painting with Fire—Navid Nuur in Madrid

    In Spain, we meet Navid Nuur, an Iranian-born artist based in the Netherlands. Navid was invited to present Hocus Focus, his first solo exhibition at Matadero Madrid, an art center developed on the former site of the city’s main livestock market and slaughterhouse. The artist who loves to experiment gives us a tour of his exhibition and talks about the painting project he presented in Switzerland at Art Basel.

    Special thanks to Gema Melgar, Matadero Madrid, for facilitating this podcast production.

    Sound editor: Leo Madriz

    Special Audio: Navid Nuur, Fire Painting, 2012

    Related Episode: How Does An Art Fair Sound in Madrid?

    Related Links: Navid Nuur, Matadero Madrid, Art Basel: Basel

    11 min
  • Fresh Talk: Navid Nuur

    This episode features Navid Nuur, an Iranian artist based in the Netherlands. Navid was invited to present his first solo exhibition in Spain at Matadero Madrid, an art center developed on the former site of the city’s main livestock market and slaughterhouse. The artist who loves to experiment talks about Hocus Focus and the painting project he just presented in Switzerland at Art Basel 2012.



    Special thanks to Gema Melgar, Matadero Madrid, for facilitating this podcast production.



    Sound editor: Leo Madriz


    Photos courtesy Matadero Madrid and Cathy Byrd


    Episode Sound: Navid Nuur, Fire Painting, 2012


    11 min
  • The Aesthetics of Improvisation—with Jason Moran in New York
    We connect with jazz pianist/composer Jason Moran by phone about his upcoming performance project in New York. The MacArthur Fellow and artistic adviser for jazz at the Kennedy Center talks about when he first started improvising, how he collaborates with contemporary artists, and what unfolded during Bleed, the suite of events he curated with his wife Alicia Hall Moran during their 2012 residency at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

    Sound Editor: Leo Madriz

    Special Audio: Jason Moran, He Takes His Coat and Leaves

     

    Related Episodes: The Shape, The Scent, The Feel of Things—with Joan Jonas in Austin

    Related Links: Jason Moran, Alicia Hall Moran, Whitney Museum of American Art

    15 min
  • Fresh Talk: Jason Moran


    Cathy Byrd spoke on the phone with Jason Moran, a jazz pianist/composer based in New York. The MacArthur Fellow and artistic adviser for jazz at the Kennedy Center talks about when he first started improvising, how he collaborates with contemporary artists, and what unfolded during Bleed, the suite of events he created with his wife Alicia Hall Moran during their Biennial residency at the Whitney Museum of American Art.


    Sound Editor: Leo Madriz


    Known photo credits noted


    Music: Jason Moran, He Takes His Coat and Leaves

    15 min
  • The Shape, The Scent, The Feel of Things—with Joan Jonas in Austin

    In Austin, Texas, we go backstage with seminal video and performance artist Joan Jonas to talk about how context influences each presentation of The Shape, The Scent, The Feel of Things, a project commissioned by Dia Beacon in 2004. Joan considers the evolution of her transmedia process since the 1960s and the inspiration she gets from working with jazz improvisor Jason Moran. Joan's collaborator in The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things (2005-2006) and Reading Dante (2008), Jason will soon feature in his own episode. Jason and Joan will perform together this September in Kassel, Germany, during the 13th iteration of the city-wide art exhibition and events known as documenta.

    Sound Editor: Leo Madriz
    Special Audio: Jason Moran, He Takes His Coat and Leaves
     
    Related Episodes: Jason Moran in Residence at the Whitney Museum of American Art
     
    Related Links: Joan Jonas, The Shape, The Scent, The Feel of Things, Reading Dante, Jason Moran, documenta 13
    11 min
  • Fresh Talk: Joan Jonas
    In Austin, Texas, Cathy Byrd talks with seminal video and performance artist Joan Jonas about how context affects each presentation of The Shape, The Scent, The Feel of Things, a project commissioned by Dia Beacon in 2004. Joan considers the evolution of her transmedia process since the 1960s and the inspiration she gets from working with jazz improvisor Jason Moran. Joan's collaborator in The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things (2005-2006) and Reading Dante (2008), Jason will be featured in his own Fresh Talk episode. Jason and Joan will perform together this September in Kassel, Germany, during documenta 13.



    Sound Editor: Leo Madriz Photos: known credits notedMusic: Jason Moran, He Takes His Coat and Leaves
    11 min

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Writer/curator Cathy Byrd sparks conversations about today’s art, design, and film on the Fresh Art International podcast. Synthesizing interviews and field recordings with critical commentary since…