Fresh Talk: Yane Calovski

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In Istanbul, Cathy Byrd meets Yane Calovski, a transmedia artist and curator based in Skopje, Macedonia. Since 1998, his research-based works have been exhibited at Tate Britain, Manifesta 7, European Kunsthalle, Baltic Art Center, and Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, among other venues. Yane is the artistic director of Press to Exit, an organization founded in 2004 as a special program-based artist initiative for research and production in the field of visual arts and curatorial practices. 
  
Sound Editor: Jeff T. Byrd, with Leonardo Madriz 
Photos, courtesy the artist, except where noted 
Sound: Yane Calovski, Everything is after something, 2004. Produced by Baltic Art Center as part of the Production-in-Residence program 2003/04. Music made in collaboration with Tobias Sjoberg and Sebastian and Sebastian. Courtesy the artist.

Fresh Talk LIVE: Theaster Gates

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In this Fresh Talk LIVE feature, Cathy Byrd meets Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates in Washington, DC, on Election Night 2012. Theaster is the featured speaker in the second annual Kinetic: Conversations in Contemporary Art lecture series at American University. Wilmer Wilson, an alumnus of Howard University, American University graduate students Emily Fransisco and Heather Ravenscroft, and University of Mary Washington senior Sidney Mullis join the conversation.    

Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz | Photos: Cathy Byrd unless otherwise noted | Music: Theaster Gates + The Black Monks of Mississippi, Shine, 2011

Fresh VUE: Theaster Gates & Huguenot House

Theaster Gates: 12 Ballads for Huguenot House


Pictured here, 12 Ballads for Huguenot House was created by Chicago-based artist and urban planner Theaster Gates. His project for documenta(13) unites two disused buildings—one in Chicago and the other in Kassel, Germany—by dismantling parts of each to reuse in rebuilding the other. The spatial re-imagining is realized in twelve thematic “ballads.”

Theaster speaks about his work at American University, Washington, DC, on November 6, 2012. His talk is the second annual lecture in the new Kinetic: Conversations in Contemporary Art lecture series at the University. Fresh Art International makes history that night by recording the inaugural Fresh Talk LIVE podcast.

Photos: Cathy Byrd, except where noted.

Fresh Talk: Marcos Lutyens

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In Kassel, Germany, Cathy Byrd meets documenta(13) artist Marcos Lutyens for a Hypnotic Session in the Reflection Room. Based in Los Angeles, the London-born intermedia artist works with other artists and curators to develop events and exhibits that reflect his research into the mind and the unconscious. Marcos collaborated with artist, curator and writer Raimundas Malašauskas and smell researcher and artist Sissel Tolass to create this Hypnotic Session.

Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz 
Photos courtesy the artist, except where noted 
Music: Bill Frisell, Richter 858-8

Fresh Talk: Christian Philipp Müller

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In Kassel, Germany, Cathy Byrd meets Swiss artist Christian Philipp Müller to talk about Swiss Chard Ferry, his project for documenta (13). Christian lives in Berlin and Kassel, where since 2011, he's been Dean at the School of Art and Design. He has a history with the international exhibition, having participated in documenta 10 (1997) and is known for his interest in connecting art with the cultural history of plants.  

Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz 
Photos: Cathy Byrd and the artist, where noted 
Music: Beach Boys, Vege-Tables, 1967

Fresh VUE: The Netherlands 2012

September in the Netherlands meant a Fresh Art International residency at Open Ateliers, Zuidoost. A chance to meet resident creatives; record podcsts; view art; and witness the Stedelijk Museum, re-opened and renewed, after 8 long years!

First Fresh Talk podcasts in the Netherlands series:

Sasha Dees, Producer, Miss T's American Dream
Kate Moore, Musician and composer

Photos: Cathy Byrd

Fresh Talk: Kate Moore

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In the Netherlands, Cathy Byrd meets Australian musician and composer Kate Moore in The Hague to talk about the new music she invents for international performances. Kate’s ensemble RPM Electro debuts at The Hague's Theater Dakota on 5 November, 2012.  
  

Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz 
Photos: Courtesy Kate Moore 
Sound: Kate Moore, Days and Nature, 2012, performed by Asko Schoenberg Ensemble and Engraved in Stone, 2012, performed by STRACC