Fresh TALK: Joan Jonas and Jason Moran

Listen to Joan Jonas  
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Conversations About Creativity in the 21st Century      

On September 14 and 15, Joan Jonas and Jason Moran perform Reanimation at dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel, Germany. Fresh Art International takes this opportunity to share a double feature Fresh TALK in their honor.  

In Austin, Texas, Cathy Byrd talks with seminal video and performance artist Joan Jonas about how context affects each presentation of The Shape, The Scent, The Feel of Things, a project commissioned by Dia Beacon in 2004. Joan considers the evolution of her transmedia process since the 1960s and the inspiration she gets from working with jazz improvisor Jason Moran, Joan's collaborator in The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things (2005-2006), and Reading Dante (2008).

Jason Moran, a jazz pianist/composer based in New York, speaks with Cathy by phone. The MacArthur Fellow and artistic adviser for jazz at the Kennedy Center talks about when he first started improvising, how he collaborates with contemporary artists and what unfolded during Bleed, the suite of events he created with his wife Alicia Hall Moran during their Biennial residency at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

    
Sound Editor: Leo Madriz | Known image credits noted | Music: Jason Moran, He Takes His Coat and Leaves