The Root Cellar

By A L e X a N D e R _ H o G a N

The Root Cellar is an interview and conversation-based project focused on the creative process. I sit down with people who do interesting things to talk about what it’s like to do what they do. Our

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The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.

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February 06, 2023 Derek Piotr
Derek Piotr is a folklorist, researcher and performer whose work focuses primarily on the human voice. In 2020, Derek started his Fieldwork Archive to collect folksong, poetry, and memories. Recently, I met up with Derek at the Burnham Library in Bridgewater, Connecticut to discuss his work and the archive.

Listen to the fieldwork archive addition discussed during this interview here: https://fieldwork-archive.com/211.html

Find out more about Derek’s Fieldwork Archive here: https://fieldwork-archive.com

Learn more about Derek’s music here: https://derekpiotr.com
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58min
January 03, 2023 Adam Meuse
Adam Meuse has been creating independent comics for 20 years. His two self-published books, Social Insect and Taking Up Space, were recognized in Best American Comics 2010 and 2019. His self-published mini-comic Sad Animals sold over 10,000 copies. You're Garbage Fired, a collection of post-2016 presidential election sketchbook pages was published by Birdcage Bottom Books in 2018. His illustrations also appeared in the 2017 Philip K. Dick award-winning novel The Mercy Journals by Claudia Casper.

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38min
November 25, 2022 Alex Kuno
Alex Kuno is a full-time artist and illustrator living and working in Lowertown, Saint Paul, Minnesota. His work has been exhibited in galleries around the United States, Rome and Milan, profiled on mnoriginal.org, hifructose.com, Vice.com and juxtapoz.com and he maintains a growing list of commission clients and private collectors around the world.

Recently, Alex graciously agreed to talk with me about his work. If you're not familiar with Alex's work, I recommend looking him up on Etsy at AlexKunoArtwork or on Instagram @AlexKuno before listening. I hope you enjoy our conversation.
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39min
November 18, 2022 Max McKerlie
Max McKerlie is a Toronto-based artist focused on costume design and illustration. Through video and performance, Max has created a group of characters including Pastiché the Quilted Clown, Bisou the Soft Touch Clown, Luno the Moonbeam Clown, Babbetto the Pranking Potential Clown, Ashputtle the Peal and Peridot Clown, and Spirallo the Dizzy Clown that move through a cold and at times hostile world.

If you’re not yet familiar with Max’s work, I recommend watching Tiptoe of the Patchwork Pierrot and visiting maxmckerlie_art.

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30min
September 09, 2022 Crooked Crow Masks: Charlotte Whiteley
Charlotte Whiteley, an Alaska-born artist, works from her studio in Portugal with the narrative possibilities of masks. Learn more about her and her work at https://therootcellar.substack.com Once there, you can also subscribe to get episodes early and find the written conversations with artists, musicians, and writers from around the world.
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44min
April 15, 2022 Horror Director and Stop-Motion Animator Christine Pfister
Episode 4: Christine Pfister is a stop-motion animator and horror director whose shorts and music videos have won Best Horror Short at the London Shorts Film Festival and been named official selections at the Bucharest Shortcut Cinefest and Final Girls Berlin Film Festival. Her prop fabrications have been commissioned for Season Three of M. Night Shyamalan's series 'Servant'.

A world builder with a keen sense of horror, humor, and the mystical aspects of the human condition, Christine graciously invited me to her studio in upstate New York recently. Before you listen to our conversation, you can learn more about her work and see her shorts at: http://www.christinepfister.com
Podcast music by Too Hands, learn more at https://toohands.bandcamp.com.
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39min
February 10, 2022 Ceramicist Esther Clark
Episode 3: Alexander speaks with ceramicist Esther Clark.
Find Esther's work at https://estherclarkceramics.com
Podcast music by Too Hands, learn more at https://toohands.bandcamp.com.
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42min
December 19, 2021 Composer & Musician Dave Seidel
Episode 2: Alexander speaks with composer and musician Dave Seidel. Subscribe to the podcast mailing list at http://therootcellar.substack.com or find me on instagram @beyondthebeyondman
Find Dave's work at https://mysterybear.bandcamp.com
Podcast music by Too Hands, learn more at https://toohands.bandcamp.com.
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45min
November 14, 2021 Beth Robinson's Strange Dolls
Episode 1: Alexander speaks with Beth Robinson, creator of Strange Dolls. Find the podcast on the web at https://www.therootcellar.page or find me on instagram @beyondthebeyondman
Find more about Beth's work at https://www.strangedolls.net.
Podcast music by Too Hands, learn more at https://toohands.bandcamp.com.
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49min

FAQs about The Root Cellar:

How many episodes does The Root Cellar have?

The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.