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In this episode, we speak with Adriel Luis, a creative collaborator who works with artists, scholars, and community organizers to bring innovative projects to life. Adriel is currently serves as the Curator of Digital and Emerging Practice for the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, where he enjoys the freedom to explore topics and mediums in fluid and complex ways. Adriel's passion lies in projects that don't fit neatly into specific identity markers or formats, and he likes to explore issues that don't yet have clear answers. We dive into his recent curated projects, such as Bravespace, a collection of music and visuals by Asian American women and nonbinary artists, which focuses on the theme of collective healing. We also discuss In the Future Our Asian Community is Safe, a mural created by Jess X. Snow, Wiena Lin, and the W.O.W. Project in Manhattan's Chinatown, which explores Asian American safety and solidarity with the area's Indigenous and Black histories.Join us as we explore Adriel's passion for creative collaboration and his commitment to exploring complex issues in the world of art and community organizing.Creators & Guests Adriel Luis
Hard NOC Life will go on a brief hiatus as we prepare for our landmark 200th episode. However, in honor of the streaming debut of Hamilton on Disney+, we're digging into the archives to bring you this conversation of the musical phenomenon. Back in November 2016, we recorded a live edition of Hard NOC Life from the NOC Reading Lounge at CTRL+ALT — the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center's pop-up culture lab in the former Pearl River Mart location in SoHo. Hamilton superfans Constance Gibbs, Kendra James, and Kevin T. Morales joined Keith to nerd out over the smash Broadway hit musical Hamilton. Special thanks to Lawrence Minh-Bui Davis and Adriel Luis from the Smithsonian APA for inviting us to be a part of CTRL+ALT! All this and more on Hard NOC Life! Watch it on your screen, hit "play," and check this. Subscribe to all of the podcasts in the Hard NOC Media family on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, NPR One, Spotify, and now on Stitcher Radio! Support us on GoFundMe and Patreon! Buy merch on TeePublic! As always, our official theme music is brought to you by the super team of Adam WarRock and Chops.
This week's guest on Foreign National is Adriel Luis, a musician, poet, visual artist, curator and coder from the California Bay Area. Adriel is currently based in Washington, D.C. as the Curator of Digital and Emerging Media at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, where his team has been developing a series of “culture labs” as community-created alternatives to traditional museum exhibitions. He is also a founding member of the psychedelic spoken word collective iLL-Literacy, and moonlights on design projects with artists and non-profits. Adriel frequently travels, with particular interest in how digital space shapes global communities.
What would happen if we designed art exhibitions around social justice community organizing principles? How can collaboration between artists, curators, scholars, and participants generate a radical art making experience? What might an event premised on radical curation look, sound, and feel like? In episode 40 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast, host Cathy Hannabach interviews curators Kālewa Correa, Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis, and Adriel Luis, who share their experiences curating the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Museum's innovative 'Ae Kai Culture Lab exhibit in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Transcript and show notes: https://ideasonfire.net/40-correa-davis-luis
Don’t call this a comeback! After an almost three-year hiatus, Museopunks returns to explore progressive museum practice. How much has changed since the ‘Punks last hit the airwaves? Does Jeffrey have any new tattoos? Has Suse lost her Australian accent? In this first episode of season two, the ‘Punks unpack the trials and tribulations of trust with Dr. fari nzinga and Adriel Luis. Report after report indicates that public trust in institutions is plummeting. The 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer, which surveys more than 33,000 people across 28 countries, showed the largest-ever drop in trust across the institutions of government, business, media and NGOs. Meanwhile, the Economist’s Intelligence Unit downgraded the US to a “flawed democracy” in its 2016 Democracy Index, due to erosion of trust in government and elected officials. Museums have traditionally appeared to be cushioned against drops in trust. The American Alliance of Museum reports that museums are considered the most trustworthy source of information in America. Yet a 2013 UK study on public trust in museums showed that although museums are highly trusted, there was “a strong sense that if they started “telling people what to think” or became spaces for controversial debate, this might damage their integrity.” What does this mean for our institutions at a time when there is increasing pressure on public institutions to promote social justice, and intervene in political and social discourse? Join us to unpack these questions and more. Show notes: http://museopunks.org
In this episode of Design Intercourse I sit down with Adriel Luis, Curator of Digital and Emerging Media at the Smithsonian’ s Asian Pacific American Center. We talk about his passion for community, what it means to be a curator in DC, design, creativity and more.
The Bay’s own Adriel Luis got his start through poetry and music collective ILL-Literacy. Today, he works for The Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC as Curator of Digital and Emerging Media. Tune in as Matt and Adriel catch up in this special extended edition, as they discuss creative auras and activating your imagination.
Yuri Kochiyama print by Melanie Cervantes with Dignidad Rebelde Tonight we air part two of a special series honoring the life and legacy of civil rights leader, activist, and Asian American movement pioneer, Yuri Kochiyama. We share with you Yuri's thoughts on African and Asian solidarity across the globe, her intimate recollection of Malcolm X's murder, and we also hear more from the youth and the up and coming generations that she has inspired. Tune in tonight for: A rare interview from the Pacifica Radio Archives recorded in 1972, where Yuri shares her memories of the day Malcolm X was assassinated Tributes from youth leaders from AYPAL (Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership) An interview with Adriel Luis, curator of digital and emerging media at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and creator of Folk Hero, an online exhibit featuring art that celebrates Yuri's life through grassroots art A sharing from Yuri Kochiyama's daughter, Audee Kochiyama-Holman, about what it was like to grow up in the Kochiyama household. With Hosts No-No Girl and Roseli. The post APEX Express – June 12, 2014 appeared first on KPFA.
In this 40-minute interview and feature on Dahlak Brathwaite, Dahlak discusses his Kanye West tribute album Commencement, touring with Ill-Literacy (his group with Adriel Luis, Nico Cary and Ruby Veridiano-Ching), his views on race in the United States, life after graduating from UC Davis, and Barack Obama. The interview also features 6 of Dahlak's tracks and poems, including A Peculiar Evolution, Take It Away, Black Genius, Fight! Fight! Fight! (with George Watsky), Do It, and Never Know. For more on this dynamic MC and spoken-word performer, musician, writer, and theater actor Dahlak Brathwaite, please see his websites: http://www.thisisdahlak.com/ and http://www.ill-literacy.com/
The Pretty Buoyant Show is back in effect after a month long hiatus!Join hosts DJ Phatrick and Adriel Luis as we interview Japanese American filmmaker Tad Nakamura about his acclaimed film, PILGRIMAGE, which tells the story about how the rediscovery of a Japanese internment camp in the 60′ s galvanized the budding Asian American movement and provided a means for us, especially in the aftermath of 9/11, to never forget a nation's xenophobic abuse of power, then and now.www.myspace.com/pilgrimagethemovie Also, we spit game with PISEAS, an emcee of Chamoru descent, about the independent hip hop hustle.www.myspace.com/piseas Plus, DJ Phatrick's Hot 7 @ 7 mix, community calendar, and more! Contact: 510-848-6767×464; apex@kpfa.org For more stories: www.apexexpress.org For Apex's hip -hop site: www.myspace.com/apexexpress The post APEX Express – March 6, 2008 appeared first on KPFA.
San Francisco slam poetry champions Adriel Luis and Jimmy Thong Tran join us to share spoken words that they will be performing at the national championship in St. Louis, Missouri. Also we will be joined by Nina Fallenbaum of Jean Wa's Peace Panty Project and Elizabeth Sy of the Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center speaking about the API contingent at the upcoming Dyke March. Plus music, calendar and more. Pratap Chatterjee hosts. The post APEX Express – June 24, 2004 appeared first on KPFA.