Fresh Talk: Tara Gentile

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Conversations About Creativity in the 21st Century

In this episode, professional consultant Tara Gentile talks about what it takes for Creatives to thrive in the new economy—challenging the assumptions we have about work/life balance, the starving artist mythos, and true personal success.

Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz 
Photos courtesy Tara Gentile
Music: Aretha Franklin, Soulville, 1968

Fresh Talk: Regina Frank

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Conversations About Creativity in the 21st Century

Now living a seaside village just outside Lisbon, German artist Regina Frank has expanded on her central theme, The Artist Is Present, for more than two decades. Regina talks with Cathy Byrd about the political and cultural issues that interest her and how her meditative installation projects explore the tension between analog and digital media. Of Note: For Hermes Mistress(1994), the artist lived inside a remarkable red dress at Exit Art, NYC.

Sound Editor: Jay Agoglia
Photos: Courtesy Regina Frank 
Sound: Astor Piazolla, Tango Milonga del Angel

Actualmente viviendo en un pueblo cerca de Lisboa, la artista alemana Regina Frank ha expandido su tema central The Artist is Present, por más de dos décadas. Regina habla de los temas políticos y culturales que le interesan y cómo sus meditativos proyectos de instalación exploran la tensión entre los medios analógicos y digitales. Para un proyecto en 1994, vivió durante un mes en un gran vestido rojo en Exit Art, NYC.

Fresh Talk: Papo Colo

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Conversations about Creativity in the 21st Century

This episode features Papo Colo, a Puerto Rican born artist who founded Exit Art, a dynamic nonprofit contemporary art center, with his partner, the late Jeanette Ingberman. Their work as artists and activists has made a tremendous impact on the art scene in New York City since 1982. In May 2012, an exhibition and events in the space mark the closing of Exit Art, as Papo prepares to launch a new venture, a unique finishing school for young Creatives in the Puerto Rican rainforest.

Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz
Photos courtesy Papo Colo and Exit Art
Music: Papo Colo, Clara Luna

Este episodio cuenta con Papo Colo, un artista nacido en Puerto Rico, que fundó, junto con su mujer Ingberman Jeanette, Exit Art, un dinámico centro de arte contemporáneo. Como artistas y activistas han hecho, desde 1982, un tremendo impacto en la escena artística de Nueva York. En mayo de este año, una exposición y eventos en el espacio marcarán el final de Exit Art, ya que Papo se prepara para un nuevo proyecto: una particular escuela en la selva de Puerto Rico para los jóvenes creativos.

Fresh Talk: Antoni Muntadas

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Conversations about Creativity in the 21st Century

Living and working in New York and Barcelona, Spanish artist Antoni Muntadas talks about the importance of language and the social body in the multi-media work he's been creating globally since the 1970s. His complex conceptual projects were featured in exhibitions in the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona earlier this year. 

Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz
Sound: Muntadas, Stadium, 1988

El artista español Antoni Muntadas, que vive y trabaja entre Nueva York y Barcelona, habla de la importancia del lenguaje y el cuerpo social en las obras multimedia que ha ido creando a nivel mundial desde la década de los 70. Sus complejos proyectos conceptuales se presentan este año en exposiciones en el Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, y el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona.