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Fresh Art International episodes

  • Regina Frank at the Nexus of Art and Technology

    In a seaside village outside Lisbon, we meet German artist Regina Frank to hear how she's expanding on her longtime theme, The Artist Is Present. Regina talks about the political and cultural issues that interest her and introduces performative installation projects that explore tensions between analog and digital media.

    Sound Editor: Jay Agoglia

    Special Audio: Astor Piazolla, Tango Milonga del Angel

    Related Link: Regina Frank

    18 min
  • Fresh Talk: Regina Frank

    Now living a seaside village just outside Lisbon, German artist Regina Frank has expanded on her central theme, The Artist Is Present, for more than two decades. Regina talks about the political and cultural issues that interest her and how her meditative installation projects explore the tension between analog and digital media.


    Sound Editor: Jay Agoglia


    Photos: Courtesy Regina Frank


    Music: Astor Piazolla, Tango Milonga del Angel

    18 min
  • Lyric Activist—Papo Colo in New York and El Yunque
    Recorded with Puerto Rican artist Papo Colo in SoHo during the final exhibition at Exit Art, this nostalgic episode remembers the legendary contemporary art center. Papo and his partner Jeanette Ingberman (1952-2011) collaborated as artists and activists across decades to make a tremendous impact on New York's art scene. In May 2012, as Exit Art prepares to close, Papo readies himself for a new venture: a finishing school for young creatives in El Yunque, the Puerto Rican rainforest. 

    Sound Editor: Leo Madriz 
    Special Audio: with permission of Papo Colo, Clara Luna
     
    Related Episodes: Puerto Rico Rising—Resisting Paradise, Puerto Rico Rising—Radical Leaders, Puerto Rico Rising—Resilient Artists
    Related Link: Papo Colo
     
     
    13 min
  • Fresh Talk: Papo Colo

    This episode features Papo Colo, a Puerto Rican born artist who founded Exit Art, an important nonprofit contemporary art center, with his partner, the late Jeanette Ingberman. Their work as artists and activists has made a tremendous impact on the contemporary art scene since 1982. In May 2012, an exhibition and events in the space mark the closing of Exit Art, as Papo prepares to launch a new venture: a finishing school for young creatives in the Puerto Rican rainforest. 




    Sound Editor: Leo Madriz. 

    Images: Courtesy of Exit Art. 

    Music: Papo Colo, Clara Luna.
    13 min
  • Antoni Muntadas on Art and the Social Body

    Living and working in New York and Barcelona, Spanish artist Antoni Muntadas talks about the importance of language and the social body in the multi-media work he's been creating globally since the 1970s. We recorded this episode with Muntadas in Barcelona in early 2012. That year, we had the opportunity to experience his complex conceptual projects in exhibitions at the Reina Sofía Museum, Madrid, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona.

    Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz
    Special Audio: with permission of Antoni Muntadas, Stadium, 1988
     
    Related Episodes: Art Meets Food in Barcelona, Carolina Grau Curates a DIY Biennial
     
    El artista español Muntadas que vive y trabaja entre Nueva York y Barcelona, habla de la importancia del lenguaje y el cuerpo social en las obras multimedia que ha ido creando a nivel mundial desde la década de los 70. Sus complejos proyectos conceptuales se presentan este año en exposiciones en el Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, y el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona en 2012.
     
     
    15 min
  • Fresh Talk: Antoni Muntadas
    Spanish artist Antoni Muntadas talks about how language and the social body figure into the multi-media conceptual art projects he's been producing since the 1970s.Living and working in New York and Barcelona, Spanish artist Muntadas talks about the importance of language and the social body in the multi-media work he's been creating globally since the 1970s. His complex conceptual projects were featured in exhibitions in the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona earlier this year. 



    Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz. 

    Sound: Muntadas, Stadium, 1988



    El artista español Muntadas, que vive y trabaja entre Nueva York y Barcelona, habla de la importancia del lenguaje y el cuerpo social en las obras multimedia que ha ido creando a nivel mundial desde la década de los 70. Sus complejos proyectos conceptuales se presentan este año en exposiciones en el Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, y el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona.
    15 min
  • Khadijah Queen Gives Voice to the Black Peculiar

    With a PhD in English and literary arts from the University of Denver, Khadijah Queen is the author of seven books of poetry and prose. Her work appears and has been praised in O Magazine, The New Yorker, Rain Taxi, and elsewhere. In this 2012 episode, she talks about what is essential in her creative practice and shares poems from her 2011 book Black Peculiar. 

    Sound Editor: Jason Agoglia
    Music: Denelda Queen, Lush Life, 2007
     
    Related Episode: Rashid Novaire on Imagination as Cultural Space
    Related Link: Khadijah Queen
    16 min
  • Fresh Talk: Khadijah Queen
    Khadijah Queen talks about what is essential in her creative practice and shares poems from her latest book, Black Peculiar. 



    Sound Editor: Jason Agoglia. 

    Music: Denelda Queen, Lush Life, 2007
    16 min
  • King of Retro-Pop—João Paulo Feliciano in Lisbon

    João Paulo Feliciano, a visual artist, musician, music producer and event designer based in Lisbon, talks about how he manages the complexities of his creative practice and why he loves retro-pop.

    Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz 
    Photography courtesy João Paulo Feliciano and Cristina Guerra
    Special Audio courtesy of Feliciano’s dance orchestra Real Combo Lisbonense, a group dedicated to exploring the heritage of early Portuguese pop music
     

    Related Fresh VUE: Lisbon

    Related Link: João Paulo Feliciano, Cristina Guerra

     
     
    20 min
  • Fresh Talk: João Paulo Feliciano
    A visual artist, musician, music producer and event designer based in Lisbon, João Paulo Feliciano talks about how he manages to fit all those elements into his creative practice. 



    Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz 

    Images: Cathy Byrd 

    Sound: courtesy of Feliciano’s dance orchestra Real Combo Lisbonense, a group dedicated to exploring the heritage of early Portuguese pop music.
    20 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…