Nothing Concrete

In the final episode in our exploration of classical composers of the Black Renaissance, Samantha Ege looks at the music of one of the quintessential composers of this era: Florence Price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Samantha Ege looks at two pioneering African American women from the early twentieth century: Nora Holt and Helen Hagan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Samantha Ege takes us to 1930s Chicago to discover the women who were a driving force in the city's rebirth, most notably Margaret Bonds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Samantha Ege shines a light on two women whose music is rooted in the Black Renaissance: Zenobia Powell Perry and Betty Jackson King. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode, Ege shines a light on two of the composers who influenced the music that emerged from the 20th-century Black Renaissance in the United States: British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Canadian composer Robert Nathaniel Dett. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Dr Samantha Ege introduces the Black Renaissance: a cultural movement that took place in the United States in the early 20th century. Hear about its origins and influences, discover the incredible music that emerged from it, and connect to the pioneering composers who wrote it – many of whom were women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final episode of this series of Sound Unbound, we bring you a special edition, featuring composer and musician Nitin Sawhney. He, Josie Long and Ben Gernon look at the space around us and how it influences creative practice, with a sneak peak inside our concert hall and Coventry Cathedral. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the penultimate episode of this series of Sound Unbound, Josie Long speaks to academic, composer and performer CN Lester. They take us back to the 17th Century and the wonderfully dramatic music of Barbara Strozzi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode of Sound Unbound, we hear how poet and self-acclaimed investigator of missing sounds Raymond Antrobus responded the first time he heard Sibelius' Second Symphony. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode of Sound Unbound, Jazz singer, songwriter and vocal coach Zara McFarlane speaks of the four most memorable notes in classical music's history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode of Sound Unbound, Josie Long introduces actress Bonnie Greer, as she introduces us to Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, which draws inspiration from the Middle Eastern legends in One Thousand and One Nights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our second series of Sound Unbound, a podcast where comedian and co-founder of Arts Emergency Josie Long talks to creative minds about the music that moves them, with help from conductor Ben Gernon. In this first episode, actress and pianist Amber Anderson tells us what Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu means to her, as the final she played before leaving music school. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen to a special conversation from our lakeside hosted by artists Abbas Zahedi and Joshua Leon. The discussion developed out of themes raised by our exhibition Postwar Modern in relation to Abbas Zahedi's idea that we now live in the ‘Age of Many Posts'.Kounsel is an immaterial and moving space organised by Joshua Leon and Abbas Zahedi where all can enter into discussion as active contributors and listeners. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Members of our Young Poets and Young Visual Arts Group chat about what it means to be a young artist today and their experience of being part of our young creative programmes.Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In another archive edition we return to the cinema and experience a family falling apart in front of their son's eyes in 1960s suburbia – here we speak to actor turned writer and director Paul Dano about Wildlife.In 1960s Montana Joe loses his job and struggles for purpose, eventually temporary abandoning his family to help fight nearby forest fires. The film follows how the mother and son cope and adapt to life without their husband and father. In the film Dano has drawn together an impressive cast with Cary Mulligan playing Jean Brison, Jake Gyllenhall playing Jerry Brison and Ed Oxenbould as their 14 year old son Joe. Written by Dano with his partner Zoe Kazan, adapted from Richard Ford's novel of the same name, we spoke to the director at the 2018 London Film Festival and started by asking why he wanted to bring this particular book and story to the screen.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's archive edition our focus turns once again to the cinema as we relisten to an honest and engaging conversation with director Lynne Ramsay.For over two decades director Lynne Ramsay has blazed a path in her films from her debut 1999's Ratcatcher to the subject of this interview, 2017's dark and intense You Were Never Really Here.‘You know there's no money, time's running out, there's always this crazy energy and I think sometimes that's just brings out the best ideas for me….I don't think I've ever not walked on to a film slight y terrified and I think you should be slightly terrified'. – Lynne Ramsey.The director has worked with and brought out outstanding performances from the likes of Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin, Samantha Morton in Morvern Callar and more recently Joaquin Phoenix as an intense hitman in You Were Never Really Here.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's edition we travel back in our archive and re-discover one of the centres most ambitious festivals. At a time when musical genres were in flux and people were hungry for something new - the Barbican celebrated Steve Reich with a marathon weekend of music entitled Reverberations.On May 7 & 8 2011 we celebrated Steve Reich's 75th birthday. Reverberations included the European premiere of his string quartet WTC 9/11; the UK premiere of his Mallet Quartet by the Amadinda Quartet; and the UK premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning piece Double Sextet by Eighth Blackbird and the London premiere of 2x5 by Bang on a Can. It was a busy weekend.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's archive edition we return to 2013 and director Clio Barnard's reimagining of Oscar Wilde's famous fairy tale – The Selfish Giant.‘Well I guess I see it as a love story really, but it's about a friendship between two boys and I guess they are trying, struggling to come of age – Clio Barnard.In this film, Wilde's fairy tale is transported to the estates of Bradford. Barnard is never shy of dealing with tough subject matter and the drama has real emotional punch, with incredibly brilliant debut performances from the young cast.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this archive episode we return to an interview with actor and director Desiree Akhavan, speaking to her in detail about her film The Miseducation of Cameron Post.Akhavan's The Miseducation of Cameron Post is the follow up to her debut Appropriate Behaviour and is drawn from the 2012 Novel of the same name. Set in the 90s the film stars Chloe Grace Moretz as Cameron Post who finds herself after a post-prom outing in a christian gay conversion camp. She bonds with new outsider friends Jane Fonda, played by Sasha Lane, and Forest Goodluck, played by Adam Red Eagle. We met up with the director to discuss her film.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we have a live recording of Can we be artists?, a bold panel discussion we hosted in collaboration with Headway East London. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this edition we uncover the story of the most controversial whistle-blower of the 21st Century – Edward Snowden.The 2016 Oliver Stone drama Snowden is the true story of how one insider leaked thousands of classified documents to the press, uncovering illegal and frankly unbelievable surveillance technique used by the American government. Joseph-Gordon Levitt plays the lead with strong support from Shailene Woodley as his girlfriend Lindsey Mills. Around Snowden is a floating set of characters played by some incredible actors such as Zachary Quinto, Rhys Ifans, Nicholas Cage, Tom Wilkinson and Joely Richardson, to name but a few. Here we speak to Joseph-Gordon Levitt.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this edition we journey into the cinematic storytelling of filmmaker Sebastián Lelio with the bold and beautiful Oscar nominated A Fantastic Woman and its follow up Disobedience, a powerful drama about faith and love.A Fantastic Woman is sumptuous and soul searching - with an incredible score from composer Matthew Herbert. Disobedience is a powerful and deeply reverberating drama that goes beyond easy description.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this special podcast collaboration, The Log Books' Tash and Adam take a closer look at some of the objects in our Out and About exhibition, and what they tell us about LGBT+ life in London over the past 40 years - and today.From Drag Balls to fetish wear; protest banners and photo albums. Hear about the subcultures, hard-fought political campaigns, inspiring characters and parties that tell the story of LGBT+ London over the past 40 years, and got us to where we are today. See the items yourself in our Out and About exhibition: barbican.org.uk/outandaboutSubscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we look to our archive, returning to 2017 when we had the chance to speak to acting legend Gael Garcia Bernal about the film Neruda.The Mexican actor, producer and director's first full-length role was in the Oscar nominated drama Amores Perros in 2000, but he is perhaps best known for his role as Che Guevara in The Motorcycle Diaries which came out five years later. His range of roles is pretty incredible having starred in Pixar's Coco, Almodovar's Bad Education, and even taking on the role of a maestro conductor in Amazon Prime's Mozart in the Jungle. Neruda is set in 1940s Chile: Garcia's plays a police inspector, who embarks on a poetic hunt for writer and poltician Pablo Neruda. Directed by Pablo Larraín, who is perhaps best known for his Oscar nominated film Jackie. Here the director is working again with Gael, having previously collaborated on the 2012 film No.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's archive edition we travel to the beautiful Sicilian island of Lampedusa where everything is not quite as it seems in the powerful 2016 documentary, Fire at Sea.The film focusses on the European migrant crisis and sets the migrants' dangerous Mediterranean crossing against a background of the ordinary life of some of its inhabitants. Set on the island of Lampedusa it documents the lives of a twelve-year-old boy from a local fishing family and a doctor who treats the migrants on their arrival.Directed by Gianfranco Rosi, this documentary won the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Back in 2016 we caught up with the director to discover what drove him to make this film.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's archive edition we travel deep into our minds – learning more about our relationship to music and sound from three leading electronic artists or collectives: James Holden, Mira Calix and The Light Surgeons.Back in March 2013 you could have been in the audience for 'Consciousness' a performance lecture by Marcus du Sautoy, featuring music by James Holden and visuals by One of Us.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's archive edition we have a tale of a near impossible romance set against the backdrop of post-World War 2 Europe in Pavel Pawlikowski's masterpiece Cold War.Set in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris - Cold War depicts an unimaginable love story, that of young singer Zula played Joanna Kulig and struggling musician Wiktor played by Tomasz Kot. This is a breathtaking, beautifully shot film from the director who previously brought us the equally as stark and surprising Ida. We spoke to the lead actors about their roles in this Palm D'or winning film.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's archive edition, we shift our focus back to 2013 when the venue celebrated composer Benjamin Britten's centenary. On the 8–10 November 2013 you may have been in the audience for Illuminating Britten, a celebration of the composer. This weekend was curated by filmmaker and author of ‘Britten's Children', John Bridcut – he surrounded the music with a series of talks, discussions, film screenings and even a quiz. Broadcaster Sandy Burnett spoke to John Bridcut for this podcastFrom the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this compelling interview with Thelma Schoonmaker we explore her legacy: A film editor who has worked with Martin Scorsese for over 40 years - from Raging Bull, to the subject of our podcast, The Silence. Back in 2016 we spoke Schoonmaker, who had already received eight Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editor and won three times: for Scorsese's - Raging Bull, The Aviator and The Departed. Here we get a fascinating and revealing glimpse into the extreme work involved, and the make or break of the editing process. Silence stars Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver as two 17th-century Jesuit priests who travel to Japan to try and locate their mentor Father Ferreira, played by Liam Neeson. They face violence, persecution and perhaps death in taking on this dangerous journey.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's edition we travel back to 2017 and meet up who director Sally Potter who invites you and some special guests to The Party…In the comedy meet tragedy The Party - we find ourselves in Janet's house, celebrating her new job with close friends . Although all doesn't go to plan and over the next 71 minutes relationship unravel, and vol-au-vents are burnt. We spoke with the director, alongside actors Bruno Ganz and Timothy Spall about the film.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We return to our archive and remember a conversation with Mike Leigh about Peterloo, a gritty, real and sorrowful film from this excellent British director.'With one of my films you're discovering things - be they real things or things I've invented which take on a new reality for you because that's what it's all about.' – Mike LeighThere is nothing not ambitious about Mike Leigh's twenty-first film, in which he turns his attention to the 1819 Massacre in St Peter's Field, Manchester, where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally. The collection of characters include reformers, members of the government, the military, royalty, journalists and not forgetting a couple of spies - portrayed by the likes of Marion Bailey, Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake and Tim McInnerny. Working with a regular team of collaborators behind the camera, this film is packed densely tight with layered drama, emotion, and historic relevance. We met with the director to explore its many themes and messages.Leigh's films include the much praised and referenced Abigail's Party, Vera Drake, Secrets & Lies, Happy-Go-Lucy, or the one most relevant to this film and interview, his portrayal of the British painter in Mr Turner. From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maxine Peak plays Funny Cow, a woman who want to make people laugh, someone who refuses to give up on her dreams. The film is the fictional tale of a woman who dreams of making it in the unforgiving northern comedy circuit of the 70s. On this week's archive edition we grab some popcorn and speak to actors Maxine Peak and Tony Pitts about their 2017 cinema collaboration. In Funny Cow - Tony Pitts is the writer, Adrian Shergold directs and Maxine Peake stars. Alongside Maxine, the cast include Tony Pitts as her husband, Paddy Considine as her boyfriend, Alun Armstrong as tragic comedian and mentor Lenny, and Lindsey Coulson as Funny Cow's bitter Mother.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Over this three-part series we've entered a parallel universe of video games music, from the chunky world of 8-bit tunes to the full studio cinematic scores that define the modern immersive gaming experience. These mechanical melodies have been sneaking out of the consoles and into the concert hall for well over a decade.Now in our end of final edition we take a step back and look at how the music is escaping from behind the screen and invading the concert stages of the world. We explore the point where the gaming and record industry meet as these transfer from digital analogue to vinyl. And finally we loop back to Episode 1 and hear the Gameboy transformed into a crunchy, chipped easy to carry live music tool.What would happen if you took that old world and put it actually on to a Symphony Orchestra. It's like taking those plastic, very synthesized sounds and kind of giving them the technicolour that only an orchestra can provide. – Charles Hazelwood.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From 2018 we present the second of our three-part series Ode to Joysticks. Sit back as we move from 8-bit to 64-bit and find ourselves in worlds old and new, searching for mystical treasure, solving puzzles, joining ancient societies, driving fast cars or at the most fundamental level just trying to survive that new very scary looking new monster coming toward us. We learn how some of the top games composers, conductor and orchestral arrangers challenge themselves with each project to create something new: imagination and determination are needed in equal measure, and within the region of 100 years of experience between them there is plenty to talk about. We speak to composer Winifred Philips who alongside scoring some incredible games has encouraged others into her world with her book A Composer's Guide to Game Music. Composer Nitin Sawhney, who was awarded the Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement award, but for him it was an invitation from actor and director Andy Serkis that began for a five year adventure scoring two stunningly successful games - soundtracking gamers' moments of frustrating and exhilaration. Composer Austin Wintory who was nominated for a Grammy for his score to Journey, has built a career through a sense of exploration and curiosity. Irish composer and conductor Eímear Noone, the world's current premier conductor of video game scores. As a composer, Eimear is part of the team writing the music for World of Warcraft: Warlords of Dreanor, and conducted of The Zelda Symphony, a full four-movement symphony created from the themes from the iconic video game. Film composer Inon Zur who started off writing music as in-house composer on the Power Rangers TV series, but ended up writing video games scores to be played by the London Symphony Orchestra.Danish composer Jesper Kyd, a self-taught musician who used the Commodore 64 and Amiga as his initial tool for composing - as the computer systems grew and expanded so did his ambition. And Bulgarian composer Penka Kouneva who has worked with the likes of Steve Jablonsky on orchestration the games score for some big franchise game such as Transformers and Gear of War. Finally we speak to professor of psychology Lauren Stewart from Goldsmiths University about how the beep beep 8-bit phenomenon of the earworm has become a common malady for the serious or even casual gamer. From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From 2018 we present the first of our three-part series Ode to Joysticks. Sit back and enter a parallel universe of video games music from the chunky world of 8-bit tunes to the full studio cinematic scores that define the modern immersive gaming experience. Computer or Video games have been with us since the 70s, from their money gulping origins in the amusements arcade to the invasion of the home computer and the eating up our pocket money. What accompanied them was the most incredible inventive machine melodies, reveling in the limited channel and sounds. Pioneering composers and coders created tunes so annoying, so brilliant, so catchy, so avant-garde they're practically invented their own genre of music. On this first of three editions we attempt a rough history of video games music and try to unravel an 8-bit tune…with a professor, a doctor and one of the most legendary composers for the Commodore 64 - Professor James Newman, Dr Kenny McAlpine and Rob Hubbard. From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we talk to writer and director Rungano Nyoni where she talked in detail about her debut film, I Am Not a Witch, and about the struggles and triumphs of the film making process. ‘It's a life or death acusation which can be based on as little as someone has a dream about you, it's a bad dream they dream they're chasing them and then they wake up and they're like - you must be a witch, why were you in my dream?' - Rungano Nyoni In this film Nyoni's has created an impressive drama which tells the tale of superstition in a small Zambian community…we follow the young girl Shula played by Maggie Mu-lubwa who is accused of being a witch.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's archive edition we return to 2017 and take time to discover or re-discover director Sean Baker's film – The Florida Project, where in the shadow of Disney World, in a rundown motel, a mother fight to survive and bring up her daughter.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we find ourselves transported in time back to 17 September 2014 the red carpet was rolled out for the Gala Premiere of the film 20,000 Days on Earth. This musical documentary drama is based around one day in the life of musician, singer, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer, father and occasional actor Nick Cave. It was the debut feature film of artists and film-makers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard and I spoke to them about their hopes, ambitions and challenges they facedFrom the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ben Eshmade opens the door and crawls through the imagination of Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson who co-directed the 2015 Oscar-nominated stop motion film Anomalisa in this archive interview. From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tracing the histories of transnational Asian diaspora struggles and solidarities across the Asia-Pacific, Professors Marci Kwon and Ming Tiampo, curators and researchers Mika Maruyama and Annie Jael Kwan thread a discussion regarding Isamu Noguchi's artistic legacy and lived experiences to their reflections on contemporary challenges when working with institutions, issues of inclusivity and visibility, and finding new intersections of solidarity.Part of our ongoing digital residence Noguchi: Resonances Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we look back at on two consecutive films by British director Andrew Haigh. We get insight from the director himself about his 2015's film 45 Years and a different perspective from lead actor Charlie Plummer on its follow up, Lean on Pete. From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we bring together three interviews with film director Peter Strickland, focussing on the three occasions we've had the pleasure of gaining some time and insight in his company - let's explore the concert film Biophilia followed by the surreal storytelling of The Duke of Burgundy and finally, In Fabric. From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our longstanding producer and podcaster, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Back in late 2019, we hosted a series of talks and debates exploring cinema relationship to the modern city and our experience of urban life. As part of this season, journalist and playwright Bonnie Greer introduced Spike Lee's ground-breaking 80s film Do The Right Thing - on the hottest day of the year in a neighbourhood in Brooklyn, hate and bigotry smoulders and builds until it explodes into violence. In this archive episode, Ben Eshmade talks to Bonnie Greer about the impact of this film.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

‘Can We Talk About Power?' (27-30 Sep) is a series of online conversations delving into the nature of power with artists, poets, writers, and scientists. Ahead of the first event, cultural thinker Suzanne Alleyne invites Oscar-winning film producer and cultural activist Mia Bays and cricket commentator and former West Indian fast bowler Michael Holding to join her in conversation about the enabling power of power, the role our backgrounds can inevitably play, and how we can perhaps find power by giving ours to someone else. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we have a special guest episode from the Autism Through Cinema podcast. David Hartley, Georgia Bradburn, John-James Laidlow, and Ethan Lyon look back on the films they've featured so far and discuss everything from autistic characters on screen to how filmmakers can make film sets more inclusive to whether there's an autistic aesthetic for filmmakers. We'll then hear from Professor Janet Harbord and filmmaker Steven Eastwood about the Autism Through Cinema research project at Queen Mary University. Autism and Cinema: An exploration of neurodiversity takes place in the Barbican Cinemas from Thu 16-Tue 28 Sep 2021. Subscribe to the Autism Through Cinema podcast: https://www.autism-through-cinema.org.uk/atcpodcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Ben Eshmade takes us back in our cinema archive to revisit 2014 when we clambered on to a branch to reflect on existence, with the unique cinematic voice of director Roy Andersson in the black comedy-drama, 'A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence'. From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We look back to February 2016 to spend some time the company of the prestigious Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra during the fourth year of their international associate residency when they performed the music of Wayne Shorter, George Gershwin and hosted an evening celebrating the next generation of jazz. From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back in July 2016 to revist Possibly Colliding, a weekend curated by composer and pianist, Nils Frahm. In this special hour-long episode, you'll hear from a selection of those orbiting artists in the field of music, art and film who appeared in this unique weekend at the Barbican. Featuring interviews with AMBIQ, Nik Bartsch, Arthur Jeffes, Luke Abbott, Gwyneth Wentink, Woodkid, and Nils Frahm. From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Ben Eshmade digs another episode from his archive, remembering the time in April 2018 when Thurston Moore led an orchestra of twelve string guitarists and sonic dreamers in a symphony to the earth and the stars. Taking inspiration from a poem by Sun Ra – ex-Sonic Youth musician and singer Thurston Moore brought together himself and eleven other equally genre-defying guitarist to create an orchestra, with Moore as conductor and composer. From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's archive edition, we step into a bleak gloopy bubble of dangerous darkness and relive the terrifying sci-fi drama, Under the Skin. Ben Eshmade speaks to Jonathan Glazer, back in 2013...From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.