We revisit sonic encounters at the 57th Venice Art Biennale, when Italy was the first stop on our six-week Fresh Art International field expedition. In May 2017, preview days for the global exhibition presented an ephemeral opportunity to record the voices of curators, artists, and sounds of installations, performances and events. This episode features our experiences in the pavilions of France, Germany and Nigeria, and our walk through Egyptian artist Hassan Khan’s outdoor sound environment.
Art historian and curator Deborah Barkun introduces an episode from her Fresh Art International playlist: Our conversation with Ivorian artist Joana Choumali, first released on April 30, 2018.
We meet Los Angeles based artist Mark Bradford—known for connecting art with the real world—when he represents the United States in the 57th Venice Art…
We follow artist Joana Choumali from the Ivory Coast Pavilion at the 57th Venice Art Bienniale to Dak’Art 2018, as she explores the shared experience of migration and violence…
Thank You for Listening! Here are the TOP FIVE Fresh Art International audio programs of 2017! In these conversations, we talk about feminist art, the history of current global…
Today, we take you to the building complex known as Arsenale, on the island city of Venice, Italy. The historic shipyard is one of the…
Today, we take you to the 57th Venice Art Biennale in Italy, to share our encounters during preview days of the international art exhibition. These field recordings…
“La Biennale must present itself as a place whose method—and almost raison d’être—is dedicated to an open dialogue between artists, and between artists and the…
The real premise is that I believe in looking at the difficult things that my culture wants to suppress and not examine. Carolee Schneemann talks about painting,…
6 weeks + 5 countries + 9 cities + 595 art encounters On this exciting field expedition, we’ll transport you to Venice, Italy, Athens, Greece,…
