Episodes
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This is the second part of our interview with Meriem Chabani, co-founder of New South, an international architecture, urban design and research practice based in Paris and Brussels. Our last episode left off as Meriem explained her architecture graduation project Remade in Bangladesh, where she looked at how new urban planning and architecture could improve the working conditions and the versatility of the Bangladesh’s landscape. If you want to see images of the projects discussed please go to our instagram account @theartofsocialchange. Enjoy the episode !
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For our 31st episode we spoke to Meriem Chabani, co-founder of New South Architects. New South is an international architecture, urban design and research practice based in Paris and Brussels. During our conversation we discussed how relationships of power are present in cities, often taking the form of architecture and urban planning. We explored the idea of working from the point of view of the global south in order to find solutions that may also apply elsewhere. Our interview got so good that we ended up dividing this episode in two parts. We will be releasing part 2 in the coming weeks. If you would like to see images of the projects we discussed during the podcast you can go to our Instagram account @theartofsocialchange. We hope you enjoy this episode!
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For our 29th episode we spoke to Angolan-Portuguese artist Mónica de Miranda in Lisbon. Monica’s research-led practice is grounded in the concepts of urban archeology and emotional geography. Her films, installations and photographs are inspired by her own personal story and anchored in postcolonial politics, emancipation and identity.
During our interview we discussed her recent film The Island, her installation Mirage and the series of photographs titled Shadows Fall Behind. If you would like to see images of the works we discussed during the podcast you can go to our Instagram account @theartofsocialchange. We hope you enjoy this episode! -
For our 29th episode, Alix had a conversation with Chaveli Sifre while visiting La Embajada’s booth in Liste, a fair in Switzerland dedicated to international, independent galleries and spaces. In her gallery's booth, Chaveli was conducting an experiment. Sitting in a corner, looking over a glass contraption, she distilled an odd mixture of water, money given to her or found in wishing wells, and locally sourced "healing alpine plants". Through this performance, Sifre explored the reduction of bodies to capital and means to reverse this process. Listen to the full episode to find out more about this serendipitous encounter.
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In our 28th episode, curator Marielsa Castro made us wonder, What does it take to construct the bonds that bind communities together? How can we create genuine relationships with our neighbors?
During our conversation, we discussed how her interest in collectivity and commoning has led her to be a part of the cooperative Coopia and how this has influenced her current role in the Jumex Museum in Mexico City. She walked us through the museum’s recent project Museos en Común, where the entire team sought to build a long-lasting bond with with the people of their neighboring food market Mercado Granada.
As usual If you would like to see images of the artworks and projects we discuss on the podcast, and to stay up to date on the upcoming episodes you can go to our Instagram account @theartofsocialchange. -
For this episode, we had a conversation with Yoshua Okón. Yoshua was born in Mexico City in 1970, where he currently lives and where Gabriela met with him.
His work ressembles a series of near sociological experiments executed for the camera. They blend stage situations, documentation, and improvisation to question our perceptions of reality and truth. In this episode, Gaby and Yoshua talked about staging real life soap operas, about police forces in Mexico, Astroturfing, about sneaking into a Los Angeles cinema set, political slogans, the movie industry and so many other things.
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For our 26th episode we had a conversation with artist and Afield fellow Filipa Cesar and architect Marinho de Pina. We talked about their historic and personal bonds to the country of Guinea-Bissau and its war of independence. They walked us through their efforts in preserving the country's historic footage of the revolution and the unique place they created in order to continue with this dream: the Mediateca Onshore.
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For this 25th episode we had a conversation with Sandra Terdjman and Abi Tariq from AFIELD, an initiative that feels very close to what we strive to do on the podcast. AFIELD is an international network of cultural changemakers created in 2014. It awards fellowships for social initiatives from arts and culture, organizes events, leads a study program, and many other things. AFIELD is anchored in the fundamental belief that artists are essential to the fabric of society, as thinkers, visionaries and changemakers. By providing the resources and support, AFIELD believes in their profound capacity to lead transformational change in their communities and in society as a whole.
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For our 24th episode we had a conversation with Gaëlle Choisne. She told us the serendipitous accident that prompted her to become an artist, a fateful event that catalyzed her multi-disciplinary artistic practice. Between occult fables and objective sciences, Choisne navigates through imaginaries as composite as the techniques which give them shape. She told us about her mixed heritage and how visiting her mother’s country, Haiti inspired some of her recent films. Together we explored several of her performances about love and collective healing, showing us how her works address the world’s disorder through a creative lense.
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For this episode we had a conversation with Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, a fascinating duo of artists and filmmakers. They walked us through their first encounter growing up in the tumultuous Lebanon and how this shaped their artistic practice. In films and installations, the artists examine the unreliability of images, history, memories, and even first-person experiences in narrating the world around us.
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For our 22nd episode, Gaby recorded a continuation of our interview with Martha Wilson, this time in New York. Last time we met Martha as she was preparing for her first solo-show at the Pompidou Center and it turns out that Paris left quite an impression on her, so she decided to return and make a brand new project titled Generations of Feminism in France. In this episode we talk about her venturing from a photography-based practice to a completely different format. We discussed the ways in which trauma can be channeled into creative practices and conversed about the invisible challenges that become apparent once we reveal patriarchal structures.
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Our 21th episode with artist Ndayé Kouagou was full of questions. The artist revealed how a situation of crisis led him to daringly enter the world of art. He walked us through his performance works and talked about the importance of constantly questioning oneself.
Ndayé Kouagou (1992) is an artist and performer based in Paris; his practice always starts from texts of which he is the author. Voluntarily or involuntarily confused, he tries as best as he can to bring a reflection on these three topics; unease, power and vulnerability. -
For our 20th episode we conversed with Marine Van Schoonbeek, the director and co-founder of Thanks for Nothing, an association that mobilizes artists and the world of culture by organizing solidarity oriented projects. We talked about the complex merging of philanthropy and art, and the path that led her to where she is today. We discussed the recent Colloquium of Art and Commitment organized by the association in the Louvre auditorium and inquired about the politicization of art. Finally, Marine walked us though the association’s most ambitious project yet, La Collective. A new venue for artistic creation, solidarity and ecology.
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This is a special episode of The Art of Social Change podcast produced by Alix de la Chapelle for Threads*sub_ʇxǝʇ radio. Carl Jung once said, “Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside awakens.” For this special episode we shift the focus from looking outside ourselves to looking inside, hoping to discover how our subconscious speaks to us through the mysterious entities called dreams. Alix interviewed several artists to gather a broad view on how creatives today tackle the dream, from a poetic to a political standpoint. Enjoy listening.
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For our 18th episode we had the honor of interviewing feminist artist Martha Wilson. She walked us through her life story, from her Quaker origins to the bustling art scene of New York in the 70’s. She talked about her current exhibition Martha Wilson in Halifax now on view at the Pompidou Center in Paris and her carte blanche solo-show at the mfc michele didier Gallery titled The Political and Performance Art Collection.
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For our 17th episode we interviewed artist, ecologist, and curator Stéphane Verlet-Bottéro. The work of Verlet-Bottero looks to heal the bonds between humans and nature, between our past and our present, and between our institutions and our communities.
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Imagine listening to someone’s heartbeat for five minutes. Imagine a silent dinner. Imagine accepting to get rid of social codes. Imagine experiencing telepathy. Imagine building a friendship as an artwork. Imagine being directed to enact a script written by an artist.
This is what entering the performances of Honi Ryan and Abi Tariq feels like.
For our 16th episode of the Art of Social Change Podcast we invited these two artists to talk about their individual practices and their collaborative work. -
In our 15th episode with Asli Seven, albino crocodiles rub shoulders with mutant tourists, submerged islands and power plants. Asli Seven is a researcher, writer and a curator based between Istanbul and Paris. During this new episode, we discussed how we can be inspired by art to create tools to engage with the world that surrounds us. And how exhibition making and fiction can serve us to imagine a new future.
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This new episode of the The Art of Social Change Podcast proposes another layer of appreciation for jazz. What if musical forms, such as jazz improvisation, could inspire new ideas for our political structures?
For our 14th episode we conversed with French anthropologist Alexandre Pierrepont. We spoke about the road that led him to study jazz through anthropology, about how he founded the musical residency organization The Bridge and the social movements that nourish his practice today. Alexandre has also recently released a new book titled Chaos, Cosmos and Music which continues to explore music and identity. -
For our 13th episode we interviewed Flora Fettah, vice-President of the French nonprofit association Contemporaines. With a name that translates as « contemporary women », Contemporaines’ mission is to support young women artists and art professionals in a caring way by helping them overcome obstacles linked to historical inequalities in the arts.
During our interview we conversed about what its like to be a young woman in the art world, about what intersectionality means in today’s cultural climate and Flora shared exciting ongoing projects such as Contemporaines' new mentorship program: Passerelles. - Show more