Singer, writer, & multifaceted creator Joseph Keckler talks about his new performance piece, A Good Night in the Trauma Garden, which he’ll be performing on Saturday, November 22, at ArtYard in Frenchtown, NJ
Alina Grasmann's HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS
Painter Alina Grasmann discusses her new solo show House of the Spirits, which depicts the Neutra House, designed & built in Los Angeles in 1932 by Austrian-American architect Richard Neutra, combined with imagery from her grandfather’s family photographs - on display through December 6 at Fridman Gallery in New York
Multidisciplinary artist AUTUMN BREON discusses EVERDAY ORACLE, her new deck of poetic, subversive tarot cards
Multidisciplinary artist Autumn Breon talks about Everyday Oracle, a deck of poetic, subversive cards that respond to real-life microaggressions, unsolicited comments, and casual erasures that Black women and femmes often encounter
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ musician, educator, activist, & organizer Amirtha Kidambi
Musician, educator, activist, & organizer Amirtha Kidambi discusses her newly launched podcast, "Outernational,” the new album with her ensemble Elder Ones, New Monuments Live in Vilnius, & upcoming performances with Elder Ones & her guest curation at the Le Guess Who? festival in Utrecht
Complicity, resistance, & love in the face of evil: Stephen O'Connor on his forthcoming novel WE WANT SO MUCH TO BE OURSELVES
Author Stephen O’Connor discusses his forthcoming novel, We Want So Much to Be Ourselves, a story set in 1920s & 30s Germany, exploring Freudian psychoanalysis & featuring a historical background with clear parallels to the rise of Nazism in Germany & the horrific political realities of what is happening in the U.S. today
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Simon Daniel Tegnander Wenzel
Logan Royce Beitmen interviews Norwegian artist Simon Daniel Tegnander Wenzel, who works with scent, performance, video, sound, & installation
Novelist Anna North discusses her newest book BOG QUEEN
New York Times bestselling novelist Anna North talks in-depth with Nirica Srinivasan about her new book, Bog Queen
José Limón Dance Company Artistic Director DANTE PULEIO
Catherine Tharin in conversation with José Limón Dance Company Artistic Director Dante Puleio
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ filmmaker Peter Pavlakis discusses his debut feature APOSTASY BLUES
Brooklyn-based filmmaker Peter Pavlakis discusses his debut feature, Apostasy Blues
CLUB VIDEO GLOWS UP
Sylvea Suydam writes about the most recent Club Video show, a Brooklyn-based DIY film festival showcasing experimental comedy shorts from independent creators
An interview with VANGELINE, artistic director of the Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute
Catherine Tharin in conversation with Vangeline, a New York–based teacher, choreographer, & dancer specializing in the enigmatic & evocative practice of Japanese Butoh
The seeking of solitude & a clean slate: Austyn Wohlers discusses her debut novel HOTHOUSE BLOOM
Writer Austyn Wohlers in conversation with Nirica Srinivasan about her ambitious & acclaimed debut novel Hothouse Bloom
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ artist Dan Alvarado discusses his dating app satirical solo show PANDORA'S SWIPE
Artist Dan Alvarado talks about his new solo show, PANDORA’S SWIPE, a satirical take on the temptation, overstimulation, and hypersexualization of our online dating app dystopia, on display September 5 - 22 at Botanica Grove in Bushwick, Brooklyn
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Robin Givhan discusses her new book Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh
Pulitzer Prize–winning culture critic Robin Givhan discusses her new book Make it Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh, a detailed profile of Abloh’s legendary work & impact in not only fashion but the worlds of music and other art forms
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Bob Holmes discusses his ambitious & collaborative music project ACROSS THE HORIZON
Musician Bob Holmes of the New York-based trio Suss talks about his unique & ambitious Across the Horizon music series, where eight innovators from the wide landscape of instrumental music chose musicians for the first volume, now out as a double vinyl on Northern Spy Records
NICK BRANDT's images of strength & resilience in the face of climate change
Photographer Nick Brandt’s series The Day May Break is an ongoing project exploring the human & environmental toll of climate change worldwide. In this interview, he discusses its latest chapter, The Echo of Our Voices, featuring Syrian refugees now living in Jordan
Timelessness & urgent relevance in the works of AUSTEN BRANTLEY
Austen Brantley, a Detroit-based artist whose sculptures & public projects venerate Black cultural figures, talks about the ways he seeks to make his work both timeless & urgently relevant, & the aftermath of the recent vandalization of his statue memorializing the Tuskegee Airmen
Sensuality, emotional resilience, & longing for connection: Suzanne Barbezat on her book FRIDA KAHLO's LOVE LETTERS
Author Suzanne Barbezat discusses her latest book, Frida Kahlo’s Love Letters, which includes a selection of letters to Frida’s great loves, along with translation and commentary
Heide Hatry discusses ONLY AT DUSK: A TRIBUTE TO FLACO THE OWL
Artist Heide Hatry talks in-depth about her solo show Only at Dusk: A Flaco Memorial Exhibition, honoring Flaco—the Eurasian Eagle Owl whose bold escape and survival in New York captured the city’s imagination, on display through August 7 at Ivy Brown Gallery
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Estefania Vélez Rodriguez
Brooklyn-based artist Estefanía Vélez Rodríguez talks in-depth about the seven paintings she has on display as part of the group show Past Tense/Future Perfect at NYC's Marc Straus Gallery, up through August 8