Fresh Talk: Navid Nuur

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Conversations About Creativity in the 21st Century

This episode features Navid Nuur, an Iranian artist based in the Netherlands. Navid was invited to present his first solo exhibition in Spain at Matadero Madrid, an art center developed on the former site of the city’s main livestock market and slaughterhouse. The artist who loves to experiment talks about Hocus Focus and the painting project he just presented in Switzerland at Art Basel 2012.

Special thanks to Gema Melgar, Matadero Madrid, for facilitating this podcast production.

Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz
Photos courtesy Matadero Madrid and Cathy Byrd, except where noted 
Episode Sound: Navid Nuur, "Fire Painting," Hocus Focus, 2012

Fresh Talk: ARCO Madrid 2012

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Conversations About Creativity in the 21st Century

Cathy Byrd shares her first encounter with Spain's annual contemporary art fair, ARCO Madrid 2012. Conversations: Suzanne Rietdijk,curator, ZINGERpresents, Amsterdam;Voluspa Jarpa, artist, Galeria Isabel Aninat, Santiago; and Anna Pahissa, owner/director, múltiplos, Barcelona. Episode Sounds: Fernando Gutierrez +.tape., Rapsodia; Jonathan Harker + Donna Conlon: Tapitapultas; Karl Holmqvist: Old News; Laia Estruch: Jingle.

Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz
Photos: Cathy Byrd.