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- Redefining the rules of art curation. With Antwaun Sargent.
Writer, editor and curator, Antwaun Sargent, joins our hosts for this episode of The Accutron Show. Together they discuss the fabric of his role as Director of the iconic Gagosian Gallery and redefining the rules of art curation today. For most of his career, Antwaun has written about and curated exhibitions devoted to Black artists. His 2019 book titled, The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion, which examined growing Black representation in fashion photography, was met with acclaim. Tune in to learn more.
Episode Highlights:
7:30 I am always after works that have certain originality, tension, and uniqueness. You have to examine each artist and artwork within the context that's being produced.
19:40 At the moment we are featuring an installation of Theaster Gates, steward of the Frankie Knuckles record collection who is engaging with the late DJ and musician’s archive of records, playing and digitizing them live at the gallery.
47:09 The book and exhibition The New Black Vanguard explores a group of Black photographers around the world that created a community centered around their work, publishing it only on Instagram and not in museums or galleries.Learn more about the Accutron watch here, and follow @AccutronWatch:
Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to hear new episodes as soon as they're released.
Follow our hosts on social media:
- Bill McCuddy: Facebook / Twitter
- David Graver: Instagram / Twitter
- Antwaun Sargent: Instagram / Facebook / Twitter
48 min - The many faces of a creative force of nature. With Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri.
On this episode, our hosts meet with the incredibly talented Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, celebrity photographer, filmmaker, and social justice advocate. Together they talk about Indrani's career, her childhood experience with Mother Theresa, her iconic work with David Bowie, Beyonce, and Lady Gaga, and her active involvement in social justice issues. Can art bring change to modern society? How can artists contribute to make the world a better place?
Episode Highlights:
12:07 Starting my charitable organization is the best work I have ever done. It's where my greatest joy is. Seeing these children and women whose life can be transformed so quickly is very rewarding.
14:09 We got a call at the studio one day and it was David Bowie. He was the Creative Director for Iman's retrospective book and was looking for someone new to work with. They had seen my work in an underground magazine and decided to give it a try.
23:45 One of my very first events at the United Nations, where I had an important role, was the "World Fashion Forum." I was so excited about the potential of bringing together luxury brands around some of the issues they could do much better with such as labor chain issues, slavery, living wages, and pollution issues.Learn more about the Accutron watch here, and follow @AccutronWatch:
Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to hear new episodes as soon as they're released.
Follow our hosts on social media:
- Bill McCuddy: Facebook / Twitter
- David Graver: Instagram / Twitter
- Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri: Instagram / Facebook / Twitter
35 min - The Return Of Broadway!
After being shut down for more than 15 months, the lights of Broadway are coming back on! To share the excitement, our hosts meet with Frank DiLella, Emmy Award-winning host of “On Stage” on Spectrum News NY1, the news channel's weekly half-hour theater program. Together they discuss the most anticipated shows of the season, the future of Broadway, and if things will ever be the same again. The episode inaugurates the second season of The Accutron Show, now also available on video. Quiet now... it's our opening night!
Episode Highlights:
16:43 Everyone was texting me saying Broadway was shutting down for 2 weeks, or 4 weeks. Then one of my co-anchors and dear friend of mine told me, "Frankie baby, this is going to be for a long time!"
26:11 There is no formula for a Broadway show to be a hit. Word of mouth is the strongest thing for a musical to be successful.
39:45 In order for Broadway to succeed right now, new yorkers really need to show up. This is something that is part of our heritage. I have missed it, I have been craving it, I intend to support it but without our tourists, we need to be there and make these shows work.
Learn more about the Accutron watch here, and follow @AccutronWatch:
Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to hear new episodes as soon as they're released.
Follow our hosts on social media:
- Bill McCuddy: Facebook / Twitter
- David Graver: Instagram
52 min - A Spaceview over Accutron and The Citizen Watch Group
In this episode of The Accutron Show, our hosts welcome to the studio Jeffrey Cohen, President of Citizen Watches America, and Michael Benavente, Managing Director of Bulova and Accutron. Together they go "behind the scenes" on the relaunch of the iconic Accutron brand, discussing the strategy, the collections and the celebration of Accutron's 60th Anniversary.
This episode concludes the first season of The Accutron Show. We are not going anywhere, simply stay tuned!
Episode Highlights:
12:20 - Everything is driven by data. Everything is about listening to the consumer and using it as a barometer for all activations. We have to be consumer-centric.
13:45 - There is no brand loyalty anymore today. The baby boomer generation were more brand loyalists but Millennials and Generation Z decide almost day-to-day what to buy and which brands to follow. You have to be relevant to them.
19:31 - My number one job is to think about legacy. With Citizen we wanted to be the true democratic watch, the watch for all citizens, and with Bulova we have the ultimate legacy of America and NYC.
48:35 - We are all about stories. So really my job is to connect to the consumer through emotional storytelling.
Learn more about the Accutron watch here, and follow @AccutronWatch:
Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to hear new episodes as soon as they're released.
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- Bill McCuddy: Facebook / Twitter
1 hr - The eternal art of tattoo with Bruno Levy
Bruno Levy is a multi-disciplinary artist who works in diverse mediums that range between tattooing, video, photography, music, painting and drawing. He has performed and shown works internationally at institutions and festivals ranging from the Guggenheim, the SFMOMA, the MCA in Chicago, the Bronx Museum, the Jumbotron in Times Square and many more. Bruno has become and established tattoo artist with a unique approach to design and philosophy behind this form of art. Discover more in this episode of The Accutron Show.
Episode Highlights:
8:55 - My work gets inspiration from pre-consumerist structure that exist within the tattoo world of today; a lot of it is based on nostalgic longing ideas of travel and home, missed love and romance... a memory of sorts.
10:38 - For me art is the moment when I get lost in the process, forgetting my self, forgetting the sense of time, a very therapeutic way to live in this world. I learned tattooing in Nepal and it was something that fell into my lap rather than seeking it.
13:00 - I deal with the idea of permanence from the perspective of a design that can last beyond trends and time. I keep this in mind when I create a design and tattoo. I am creating something that hopefully won’t feel passé in years to come.
Learn more about our guests:
Bruno Levy:
- Instagram: @brunolevytattoo and @bandit_studio
Learn more about the Accutron watch here, and follow @AccutronWatch on Instagram. Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to hear new episodes as soon as they're released.
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- Bill McCuddy: Facebook / Twitter
26 min - Talking backyard magic with James DeSantis
Have you ever suffered from... "Backyard Envy"? In this episode of The Accutron Show, our hosts interview James DeSantis, co-founder of landscaping company Menscapers and Bravo TV personality. James has helped create green spaces for Diane von Furstenberg, Calvin Klein and Sies Marjan. Tune in and be green.
Episode Highlights:
13:30 - We use the personality of our clients to design their outdoor spaces. We are always looking at what happens in the interior. We come up with a percentage diagram to figure out the usage and look of the outdoor space itself.
28:49 - The challenge right now for New York clients is to extend the time spent in their outdoor spaces while in lock down and not being able to fly to other places.
34:10 - It’s a very masculine driven field and we had to fight that a lot. We implement taste and design in carpeting and landscaping, that’s what’s has given us our edge.
Learn more about our guests:
James DeSantis:
Manscapers NY:
Learn more about the Accutron watch here, and follow @AccutronWatch on Instagram. Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to hear new episodes as soon as they're released.
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- Bill McCuddy: Facebook / Twitter
40 min - Art and war on the big screen with Rod Lurie
Our hosts have a powerful conversation with director, screenwriter and former film critic Rod Lurie. Together they discuss the state of Hollywood movie productions today and the incredible making of Lurie's latest film "The Outpost".
Episode Highlights:
19:55 - When I was prepping for the film I received a phone call saying that my son Hunter had had a cardiac arrest in Michigan. I was in Bulgaria and I got on a plane while asking my wife and daughter to please keep talking to him, to keep him alive.
28:30 - Every actor has a different motivation. For example when I was filming "Resurrecting The Champ" I had Samuel Jackson and Josh Hartnett with two completely opposite acting philosophies.
Learn more about our guests:
Rod Lurie:
Learn more about the Accutron watch here, and follow @AccutronWatch on Instagram. Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to hear new episodes as soon as they're released.
Follow our hosts on social media:
- Bill McCuddy: Facebook / Twitter
37 min - From Warhol to Instagram with Jeannette Montgomery Barron
Jeanette Montgomery Barron is an established photographer that became known for her portraits of the New York art world in the 1980s. Some of the iconic personalities she has photographed include Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe and Cindy Sherman. Together with our hosts, they discuss the evolution of art from photography from film to Instagram.
Episode Highlights:
12:50 - One of the scariest things for an artist to do is to photograph another artist. It happened when I photographed Robert Mapplethorpe, I was very nervous but he made me feel very comfortable and was very sweet.
14:25 - The first time I photographed Warhol, he didn’t give much time. It was in the lobby of The Factory that was on Union Square. He gave me 5 minutes! Then he got to know me and got to give me 20/30 minutes at the end.
23:50 - I think Instagram is great. It doesn’t change the role of a professional photographer. It’s used as a tool to get response from other photographer, creatives, and people looking for certain images.
Learn more about our guests:
Jeannette Montgomery Barron:
Learn more about the Accutron watch here, and follow @AccutronWatch on Instagram. Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to hear new episodes as soon as they're released.
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- Bill McCuddy: Facebook / Twitter
31 min - The future of the luxury watch retail business with Scott Meller
The guest featured in this episode is Scott Meller, President of multigenerational family-owned company, Feldmar Watches, in Los Angeles. As a fourth generation family member, Scott’s forward-thinking business acumen has placed Feldmar on the cutting edge of the luxury timepiece market. Scott discusses the future of "brick and mortar" in the watch industry and speaks about how business is going during the worldwide pandemic era.
Episode Highlights:
8:45 - Thanks to the relationship between Jack Heuer and Scott's grandfather, Feldmar reached out to the prop master at a film studio and was able to give a Tag Heuer Monaco to Steve McQueen, making that watch become iconic.
14:20 - He cannot confirm or deny that the famous ‘60 Minutes’ stopwatch, which opens every show, may have been provided by Feldmar to CBS.
25:30 - Millennials are falling in love with wristwatches and it may be the "fault" of the Apple watch, which millennials are still still buying; but now they also want a real watch. The trend in this generation is helping both sales of vintage and new watches at his store.
Learn more about our guests:
Feldmar Watch:
Learn more about the Accutron watch here, and follow @AccutronWatch on Instagram. Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to hear new episodes as soon as they're released.
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- Bill McCuddy: Facebook / Twitter
34 min - Behind the curtain of the fashion world with Kate Betts
In this episode, our hosts talk to American fashion journalist Kate Betts who has been covering the world of style for 25 years, first as a reporter in the Paris bureau of Women’s Wear Daily and later as an editor at Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Time magazine. Together they discuss the world of fashion today and the future of the industry.
Episode Highlights:
18:39 - To survive fashion brands must learn to stand for something. It will not be enough to create a great dress or suit, they really need to be engaged in the world and not only in their atelier.
27:23 - I loved writing my book on Michelle Obama‘s fashion. She liked fashion but did not want to be controlled by it. She dressed to be the first hostess of America and she did a great job that way.
35:10 - For the inauguration I hope the First Lady will wear something white or blue. Those are the colors that represent hope, a new beginning.
Learn more about our guests:
Kate Betts:
Learn more about the Accutron watch here, and follow @AccutronWatch on Instagram. Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to hear new episodes as soon as they're released.
Follow our hosts on social media:
- Bill McCuddy: Facebook / Twitter
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About The Accutron Show
From the publisher's feed
Time travel into American consumer culture through a series of conversations with notable guests and experts from various fields. Presented by Accutron watches.