Points of Entry is a conversation with curators, artists and other researchers from across the globe about who they are, what they do, and how we can collectively (re)imagine the role of cultural organisations in a rapidly changing world. We talk about art and the people who make it happen and how the big ideas and concrete realities of the current cultural sector intersect with history, geography, politics, science and spirituality.
In this episode, host Katie Kheriji-Watts speaks with Ogutu Muraya, a Nairobi-based writer and a theatre maker whose artistic work focuses on orature and the politics of memory. They talk about internal and external mobility, the challenges of maintaining mental wellness during the creative process, epistemicide as an (often) unacknowledged legacy of colonial history, and why he decided to stop participating in the European Union's “undeniably discriminatory visa system.” This episode was commissioned by the National Arts Festival in South Africa and produced with support from the French Institute of South Africamentioned in this episode : the National Arts Festival in South Africa the Kenyan literary organisation Kwani? Ogutu's writings about his experiences in Europe : "How do you observe a stone that is about to strike you ?" "I am multitudes"Ogutu's performance “Fractured Memory” Points of Entry can be found online at pointsofentry.cominstagram.com/pointsofentryspecial thanks: Rucera SeethalIf you enjoyed this episode, would you please consider subscribing, rating, or leaving a review ? It takes less than one minute and it really makes a difference for independent productions like this one. Thanks !
In this episode, host Katie Kheriji-Watts speaks with Brussels-based, participatory theatre maker Christophe Meierhans about money, radical trust, the ideology of individualism in the art world, being freaked out about the future, and why he paused his personal creative practice for more than a year to fully devote himself to the international civil disobedience movement Extinction Rebellion (XR). mentioned in this episode : A Hundred Wars to World Peace (2015)https://www.hiros.be/en/projects/detail/verein-zur-aufhebung-des-notwendigen---a-hundred-wars-to-world-peaceTrials of Money (2018)https://www.hiros.be/en/projects/detail/trials-of-moneyA call to artists to leap off the stage (Etcetera, Sep. 2020) https://e-tcetera.be/a-call-to-artists-to-leap-off-the-stageKaai Theatre (Brussels) - “How to Be Many ?”https://www.kaaitheater.be/en/articles/how-to-be-manyExtinction Rebellion (XR) https://rebellion.globalTime For Answers (2020), made with Ant Hamptonhttps://1000scores.com/portfolio-items/ant-hampton-christophe-meierhans-time-for-answersPoints of Entry can be found online at : http://www.pointsofentry.comhttps://www.instagram.com/pointsofentryIf you enjoyed this episode, would you please consider subscribing, rating, or leaving a review ? It takes less than a minute and really makes a difference for independent productions like this one. Thanks !
In this episode, host Katie Kheriji-Watts speaks with Françoise Vergès - co-founder and president of the Paris-based collective Décoloniser les Arts - about her life at the intersection of art, activism and scholarship. They talk about her formative early years in Réunion and Algeria, the fight against racism and misogyny in the French cultural sector, and the complex politics of (in)visibility. mentioned in this episode : Françoise Vergès on Twitter & Facebookhttps://twitter.com/phamthikanghttps://www.facebook.com/francoise.vergesDécoloniser les Arts on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/decoloniserlesarts Décolonisons les Arts - 2018 book (in French)https://www.arche-editeur.com/livre/decolonisons-les-arts-638Voix/Voies entravées - 2020 book (in French) http://www.editionskime.fr/publications/n-54-voix-voies-entravees-percees-emancipatricesPoints of Entry can be found online at : http://www.pointsofentry.comhttps://www.instagram.com/pointsofentryif you enjoyed this episode, would you please consider subscribing, rating, or leaving a review ? it takes less than a minute and really makes a difference for independent productions like this one. thanks !
In this episode, host Katie Kheriji-Watts speaks with London International Festival of Theatre co-founder Lucy Neal about the moral and social responsibility of art in a world inalterably changed by the burning of fossil fuels, about what climate justice could mean for internationally-focused arts organisations in wealthy countries, and about why the culture sector should publicly declare that we’re in an ecological emergency. mentioned in this episode : Lucy Neal http://www.lucyneal.co.ukLIFT https://www.liftfestival.comTransition https://transitionnetwork.orgPlaying for Time: Making Art as if the World Matteredhttps://www.oberonbooks.com/playing-for-time.htmlCulture Declares Emergencyhttps://www.culturedeclares.orgPoints of Entry can be found online at : http://www.pointsofentry.comhttps://www.instagram.com/pointsofentryif you enjoyed this episode, would you please consider subscribing, rating, or leaving a review ? it takes less than a minute and really makes a difference for independent productions like this one. thanks !
In this episode, host Katie Kheriji-Watts speaks with Michelle Millar Fisher, a Scotland-born design curator and co-founder of the grassroots collective Art + Museum Transparency. They talk about her experience working in the USA, her independent projects on the social histories of design for women, her outspokenness against unjust labor practices in museums, and her perspective on what cultural organisations should be focusing on during a global public health crisis. mentioned in this episode : Michelle Millar Fisherhttps://michellemillarfisher.com https://www.instagram.com/michellemillarfisherArt + Museum Transparencyhttps://twitter.com/AMTransparency Designing Motherhoodhttps://www.instagram.com/designingmotherhood “Why are museums so plutocratic, and what can we do about it ?” : Andrea Fraser discusses how to radically reshape the power structures of museums today - Frieze https://frieze.com/article/why-are-museums-so-plutocratic-and-what-can-we-do-about-it "I Will What I Want: Women, Design and Empowerment" (exhibition) https://michellemillarfisher.com/2017/04/10/i-will-what-i-want-women-design-and-empowerment-april-8-23Kimberly Drew's keynote talk at the American Alliance of Museums’ 2019 annual meeting https://www.aam-us.org/2019/05/28/aam2019-keynote-kimberly-drew POWarts Salary Surveyhttps://www.powarts.org/salarysurvey the 2015 union-lead staff protests at MoMA https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/06/moma-garden-party-drowned-out-by-staff-protest.htmlMamava pod for breastfeedinghttps://www.mamava.comPoints of Entry can be found online at : http://www.pointsofentry.comhttps://www.instagram.com/pointsofentryif you enjoyed this episode, would you please consider subscribing, rating, or leaving a review ? it takes less than a minute and really makes a difference for independent productions like this one. thanks !
In this episode, host Katie Kheriji-Watts speaks with Mallika Taneja, a theatre maker and independent artist from New Delhi. They talk about how trauma has informed her work, the importance of walking to her artistic practice, the various ways she’s created in and with community, and why she doesn’t consider herself an activist. follow Mallika and her work : https://www.instagram.com/goodgirlfromgoodfamily the Zanana Ensemble viral video : https://www.thequint.com/news/india/hawaon-mein-jawaab-milega-zanana-ensemble-viral-musical-protest-shaheen-baghato learn more about the recent anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests & communal violence in India : https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/world/asia/india-citizenship-protests.html Points of Entry can be found online at : http://www.pointsofentry.comhttps://www.instagram.com/pointsofentryspecial thanks : Meghna Singh Bhadauria if you enjoyed this episode, would you please consider subscribing, rating or leaving a review ? it takes less than a minute and really makes a difference for independent productions like this one. thanks !
In this inaugural “Points of Entry” episode, host Katie Kheriji-Watts speaks with culturebot.org founder Andy Horwitz about economic shame and labor advocacy in the arts world, the intersection of counterculture and online technology, the patience required to effect change in large institutions and what it’s like to experience parenthood for the first time at the age of 50. mentioned in this episode : Andy Horwitzhttp://www.andyhorwitz.com “The Future, Revisited: ‘The Mother of All Demos’ at 50” - LA Review of Books https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-future-revisited-the-mother-of-all-demos-at-50The Brooklyn Communehttps://brooklyncommune.orgCulturebothttps://www.culturebot.orgfollow Points of Entry : http://www.pointsofentry.comhttps://www.instagram.com/pointsofentryspecial thanks : Solene de Bony, Fabrice Allain, Gabriel Nazoa, Zied Kheriji
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