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A contemporary art podcast for the socially engaged audience. We meet artists, curators, critics and thinkers, who do not just comment on the world but seek to change it. Hosted by Vid Simoniti. A Liverpool Biennial / University of Liverpool collaboration. www.biennial.com

Liverpool Biennial


    • Mar 11, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 24m AVG DURATION
    • 7 EPISODES


    Latest episodes from Art Against the World

    What is a Biennial? · Liverpool Biennial Episode 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 26:36


    How do biennial curators weave a narrative out of diverse artworks? Liverpool Biennial Director Sam Lackey shares her experience; curator Manuela Moscoso discusses the process behind Liverpool Biennial 2021. Presenter Vid Simoniti. Liverpool Biennial 2021 www.biennial.com LINKSLiverpool Biennial 2021: find out more about the artists and the exhibition Twitter: Liverpool Biennial / Vid Simoniti Instagram: Liverpool Biennial Works mentioned: Sam Lackey Neo Muyanga – A Maze in Grace (forthcoming at Liverpool Biennial) Anthony Gormley – Another Place (2005) Koo Jeong A – Evertro (Everton Park Skatepark) (2015) Teresa Solar – Osteoclast (forthcoming at Liverpool Biennial) Linder Sterling – The Ultimate Form (2012) exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield Manuela Moscoso Oswald de Andrade: Manifesto Antropófago (1928) Jorge Manuela Barreto – Environmental Sculpture (forthcoming at Liverpool Biennial) Neo Muyanga – A Maze in Grace (forthcoming at Liverpool Biennial)  

    Speculation · Liverpool Biennial Episode 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 29:01


    Art that imagines alternative futures and pasts. Artist Larry Achiampong discusses the legacies of Afrofuturism today, while Luisa Ungar's debates the role of fiction in the archive. We are joined by the critic Pablo Larios. Presenter Vid Simoniti. Liverpool Biennial 2021 www.biennial.com LINKS Liverpool Biennial 2021: find out more about the artists and the exhibition Twitter: Liverpool Biennial / Vid Simoniti Instagram: Liverpool Biennial  Larry Achiampong Relic Traveller Phase 1 and 2 (2017-19) https://www.larryachiampong.co.uk/projects/relic-traveller-phase-1 https://www.larryachiampong.co.uk/projects/relic-traveller-phase-2 Luisa Ungar Guided Zoo Visits (2012) Dominion of Extinction (2018) Pavilion (2017) https://issuu.com/deluxu/docs/ungar_portafolio_reciente commentator Pablo Larios

    The Port · Liverpool Biennial Episode 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 29:16


    Art that portrays seas and migration. Alberta Whittle's new video unearths links between climate change and colonialism. Invernomuto's sound installation traces the influences of the Black diaspora on the Mediterranean culture. We are joined by curator Elvira Dyangani Ose. Presenter Vid Simoniti. Liverpool Biennial 2021 www.biennial.com LINKS Liverpool Biennial 2021: find out more about the artists and the exhibition Twitter: Liverpool Biennial / Vid Simoniti Instagram: Liverpool Biennial  Works featured Alberta Whittle between a whisper and a cry (2019) https://www.biennial.com/2020/exhibition/artists/alberta-whittle The opening of Alberta Whittle's work contains a quotation from Christina Sharpe's book In the Wake: On Blackness and Being (Duke University Press) 2016 Invernomuto (Simone Bertuzzi and Simone Trabucchi) Black Med (2018-) https://blackmed.invernomuto.info/ commentator Elvira Dyangani Ose

    Transitions · Liverpool Biennial Episode 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 29:01


    On art that reflects our changing bodies. Pedro Neves Marques' film raises the possibility of male pregnancies; Ane Graff's sculptures show how our bodies adapt to pollution. We are joined by curator Chus Martinez. Presented by Vid Simoniti. Liverpool Biennial 2021 www.biennial.com LINKS Liverpool Biennial 2021: find out more about the artists and the exhibition Twitter: Liverpool Biennial / Vid Simoniti Instagram: Liverpool Biennial  Works featured Pedro Neves Marques A Mordida (The Bite) (2019) http://www.pedronevesmarques.com/amordida_filminstallation.html  Becoming Male in the Middle Ages (2021) This work is showing at the Liverpool Biennial. http://www.pedronevesmarques.com/becomingmaleinthemiddleages.html Ane Graff States of Inflammation (2019) https://www.anegraff.com/ Commentator Chus Martinez

    Forest · Liverpool Biennial Episode 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 28:44


    How can art respond to ecological challenges? Jorge Menna Barreto relates how his “stomach sculpture” protects the Amazon rainforest, and video artist Bo Zheng discusses whether we can have sex with plants. We are joined by curator Margarida Mendes. Presenter Vid Simoniti.  LINKS Liverpool Biennial 2021: find out more about the artists and the exhibition Twitter: Liverpool Biennial / Vid Simoniti Instagram: Liverpool Biennial  Works featured Jorge Menna Barreto Il Restauro (2016) https://www.visibleproject.org/blog/project/restauro-environmental-sculpture-32a-bienal-of-so-paulo-brazil/ Bo Zheng Pteridophilia (2016) http://zhengbo.org/2018_PP3.html commentator Margarida Mendes

    Violence · Liverpool Biennial Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 29:56


    How can artists show violence with sensitivity? Painter Ebony G Patterson discusses her portraits of gang members in Jamaica. Photographer Sohrab Hura's explains his response to social media violence in India. We are joined by curator Catalina Lozano. LINKS Liverpool Biennial 2021: find out more about the artists and the exhibition Twitter: Liverpool Biennial / Vid Simoniti Instagram: Liverpool Biennial Works discussed: Ebony G Patterson Gangstas for Life Series (2007-) http://ebonygpatterson.com/works.php The Of 72 Project (2011) http://www.theof72project.com/ Sohrab Hura The Coast (2019) https://www.sohrabhura.com/The-Coast The Lost Head and the Bird (2017) https://www.sohrabhura.com/The-Lost-Head-The-Bird commentator Catalina Lozano

    AATW Trailer Episodes 1-6: contemporary art and political change

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020 1:39


    Introducing Season 1 of Art Against the World.  In the next six episodes, we interview politically engaged contemporary artists, thinkers and curators. Produced in collaboration with Liverpool Biennial and the University of Liverpool. Episodes released 25 October 2020 More info at www.biennial.com  

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