The Quarantine Tapes

The Quarantine Tapes

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The Quarantine Tapes episodes

  • The Quarantine Tapes 209: Forrest Gander
    On episode 209 of The Quarantine Tapes, Paul Holdengräber is joined by Forrest Gander. A poet with an incredible body of work, Forrest talks with Paul about grief, translation, and the challenge and importance of being able to share joy in times of suffering.
    Paul and Forrest have a beautiful discussion on poetry, the environment, and much more, touching on the work of Barry Lopez, Jack Gilbert, and Bertolt Brecht. Forrest reads poems from his recent books, Be With and Twice Alive and explains his fascination with lichen and his work as a translator, including the moving experience of working on his upcoming translation of Carol Bracho’s poetry.
    35 min
  • The Quarantine Tapes Argentina 208: Karina K
    “Realmente, pienso que cada interpretación, de las distintas corrientes artísticas o quehaceres del arte: la literatura, la música, la actuación, la dramaturgia, todo lo que reverbera, desde el intérprete o desde el ideólogo o creador, mientras esté brillando el humanismo, se va a lograr”. Robert Schumann decía que: “La misión del artista es iluminar las profundidades del corazón humano” y eso resume nuestro propósito como artistas… Para mí, es mucho más valedero que la fama y la popularidad, poder iluminar el pensamiento y el corazón de las personas a partir de un texto o de una interpretación”
    33 min
  • The Quarantine Tapes 207: Chris Hedges
    On episode 207 of The Quarantine Tapes, guest host Lena Herzog is joined by journalist Chris Hedges. Author of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning and America: The Farewell Tour, Chris joins Lena to discuss the pandemic and the other challenges of this moment in history.
    Chris and Lena break down the ultimatum given to us by the pandemic. They dig deep into the history of war, the current state of the media, and the threats facing us from a collapsing environment. Their conversation is steeped in historical context and offers a thoughtful reflection on our moment and what it will take to move forward out of this time.
    39 min
  • The Quarantine Tapes 204: Padre Pepe
    En el presente episodio de “Las cintas de la cuarentena” Argentina, Sergio Cohen recibe al Padre Pepe con quien dialoga acerca de los efectos que causa la pandemia en los barrios más pobres del país, donde el sacerdote lleva una encomiable labor.
    31 min
  • The Quarantine Tapes 202: Nato Thompson

    On episode 202 of The Quarantine Tapes, Paul Holdengräber is joined by Nato Thompson. Nato’s most recent project is The Alternative Art School, an online arts program launched in 2020. Paul and Nato talk in depth about Nato’s history in the art world and this thrilling new endeavor.

    Nato explains what excites him about the possibilities this online-only school creates and discusses their mission to approach art as a life project. They discuss some of the artists Nato has worked with, from Trevor Paglen and Tracy K. Smith to Werner Herzog. Paul and Nato dig into the issues with existing structures in the art world, from museums to non-profits, and go back and forth about the problems and potential of virtual space.

     

    Nato Thompson is an author, curator, and what he describes as “cultural infrastructure builder”. He has worked as Artistic Director at Philadelphia Contemporary, and Creative Time as Artistic Director and as Curator at MASS MoCA. He is currently the founder of an online global art school titled The Alternative Art School which began after the summer of 2020.

    Thompson organized major Creative Time projects including The Creative Time Summit (2009–2015), Pedro Reyes’ Doomocracy (2016), Kara Walker’s A Subtlety (2014), Living as Form (2011), Trevor Paglen’s The Last Pictures (2012), Paul Ramírez Jonas’s Key to the City (2010), Jeremy Deller’s It is What it is (2009, with New Museum curators Laura Hoptman and Amy Mackie), Democracy in America: The National Campaign (2008), and Paul Chan’s Waiting for Godot in New Orleans (2007), among others.

    He has written two books of cultural criticism, Seeing Power: Art and Activism in the 21st Century (2015) and Culture as Weapon: The Art of Influence in Everyday Life (2017).

    Credits:

    Paul Holdengraber - Co-Creator, Host, OLA Director
    Anthony Audi - Co-Creator, Researcher, OLA Director
    Alejandro Cohen - Co-Creator, Producer, Composer
    Christian Pitt - Production Coordinator 
    Erin Cooney - Copy, Production
    Dublab Team

    33 min

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