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Welcome to Episode 11 of Pattern Portraits! Lauren Godfrey chats with artist and filmmaker Michelle Williams Gamaker about costume as a nonverbal communicator in film, pattern stopping her in her tracks and the double echo of intergenerational clothes swapping. Michelle is an artist known for her ambitious films that enact fictional revenge, placing marginalised voices at the centre of the narrative. Her epic film work ‘Theives' was presented at South London Gallery in 2023, Dundee Contemporary Arts and Bluecoat in Liverpool in 2024. Michelle's work responds to films watched during childhood, unpacked and seen anew over time, which raise important conversations about race, representation, identity and agency. Michelle's work has won many awards including jointly winning the Jarman Award in 2020. Pattern and colour are intrinsic in her world from costumes and sets to the clothes Michelle wears herself. A pair of her striped boots have even been immortalised in the work of another artist, Madeline Pledge who I am also interviewing this season! Michelle has chosen some very special patterns, a polkadot and houndstooth from C&A passed down from her mum, a Kantha quilt kimono and Shalwar kameez adapted for wearing at her exhibition opening, a satin dress thrifted in Amsterdam and my personal favourite, an epic Paisley crossed with tiger print shirt by Pencaldi and B!You can see all of Michelle's patterns and more on instagram @patternportraitspodcastThe PATTERN PORTRAIT print artwork to accompany Michelle's interview and featuring the patterns we discuss is available to buy now at www.laurengodfrey.co.ukhttps://www.instagram.com/m.williams.gamaker/References: Thief of Baghdad 1940 - produced by Alexander Korda and directed by Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger and Tim Whelan, with additional contributions by William Cameron Menzies and Korda brothers Vincent and Zoltán.The Thief of Bagdad 1924 - directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks. Anna May WongSabu Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The hit series The Bear is back for a third series. Samira talks to Ebon Moss Bachrach, who plays Richie. His cousin Carmen has been trying to transform their family-run restaurant from a cheap and cheerful operation into The Bear - a serious dining experience. Series 2 ended with a successful but highly stressful first night with Richie as the maitre d' - and tensions are set to rise again in series three of the drama created by Christopher Storer who was inspired by a family restaurant where he once worked. There's live performance in the Front Row studio from Moonchild Sanelly after multiple Glastonbury shows. She talks about her collaborations with Self Esteem and Beyonce and we hear her new single Scrambled Eggs.Dundee Contemporary Arts is in the running for Museum of the Year 2024. We talk to director Beth Bate about this unique space.Frank Cottrell Boyce has been named as the new Children's Laureate. He wants to encourage more of us to read to young children so we hear him reading from one of CS Lewis's Narnia stories. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Paula McGrath
DCA (Dundee Contemporary Arts) have just launched a new recorded audio description service providing greater access to their exhibitions and some of their films for blind and partially sighted people which is now available on DCA's website and through the Bloomberg smartphone app. RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey was joined by DCA's Communications Officer Alison Scott along with Kay Hamlyn their Exhibitions Assistant to find out more about DCA's new digital audio description service. Alison and Kay began by giving a bit of background to DCA and why DCA wanted to start to offer online recorded audio descriptions to blind and partially sighted visitors, how the new service is providing wider choice and the opportunity to listen to the descriptions before a visit, during a walk around the gallery spaces or at any time you would like to listen from wherever you might be. Then to a bit of an introduction to the current exhibition at DCA which has accompanying recorded audio description and some of the feedback they have received so far from both blind and partially sighted visitors and also DCA staff. To find out more about DCA (Dundee Contemporary Arts) and their new online recorded audio description service do visit their website - https://www.dca.org.uk (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)
This week we our featured country is Morocco - we also look at the Canadian Catholic Schools murder hoax; BBC Verify verified? Marica Langton and the Voice; Duck hunting in Victoria; Putin and Kim; Libyan floods; Woke Museums; Djokovic - again!; Scottish football; Ben Stokes; the Rugby world cup; Christian Jazz band wins the Mercury Prize; The return of Neighbours; Van Gogh painting returned; Dundee Contemporary Arts centre; Where the wild things are; SEEK - Abortion; Oliver Anthony evangelises Jordan Peterson; and we finish with an incredible song from the dying Bruce Guthro - other music from RunRig, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, the Ezra Collective, Don McClean and the Troggs.
Dundee Contemporary Arts continue their offer for blind and partially sighted people with an audio described tour of a new major solo exhibition by Glasgow based Artist Matthew Arthur Williams titled Soon Come on Thursday 23 February at 6pm. Throughout his career Matthew Arthur Williams' work has developed through close collaboration with others, creating projects that explore visibility, care, love, family, memory, representation and resistance. This exhibition centres around a newly commissioned film and sound installation with accompanying photographic work, all developed using conversations, interviews and materials from both public and private histories, records and archives. Drawing together a number of disparate places, Stoke-on-Trent in England and Clarendon in Jamaica which connect to a complex conception of home for Matthew. RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey was joined by Kay Hamlyn, DCA Exhibitions Assistant plus artist and describer Juliana Capes who will be leading the live AD tour of Soon Come to find out more about DCA, the work of Matthew Arthur Williams and the up-coming described exhibition tour. The audio described tour of Soon Come by Matthew Arthur Williams will be on Thursday 23 February 2023 at 6pm and more details can be found by visiting the Dundee Contemporary Arts website- https://www.dca.org.uk Image: Dundee Contemporary Arts DCA logo
Live news team leader Bryan Copland looks at some of the week's biggest stories including why a show scheduled to take place at the Dundee Contemporary Arts centre and hosted by a drag queen had to be cancelled due to online abuse and intimidation. Your essential daily news briefing for Tayside and Fife, presented by Clare Johnston. Drag queen feels ‘defeated' after being made to cancel DCA event Four-day snow and ice warning blankets Tayside and Fife
Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) will be holding their first live audio described tour for blind and partially sighted people with the Top of Each Ripple by Manuel Solano on Wednesday 3 November 2022 at 6pm. RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey recently caught up with Kay Hamlyn, Exhibitions Assistant at Dundee Contemporary Arts and artist and describer Juliana Capes who will be leading the live AD tour to find out more about DCA and their first live audio described tour. DCA is an internationally renowned centre for contemporary arts and a cultural hub for everyone. Kay began by giving a bit of background to DCA and their current and future plans around access for everyone. Kay and Juliana then talked about the work of Berlin-Based Mexican artist Manuel Solano and how The Top of Each Ripple will be the first solo UK exhibition of their work although they have exhibited at DCA before in group exhibitions. Juliana also outlined how the live audio described tour would work and what blind and partially sighted people could expect from coming to the live audio described tour with some brief description of Manuel's work which will be on display in the exhibition. of Manuel Solano has been making work across different media for many years, but their practice transformed completely in 2014 when they lost their eyesight due to a HIV-related illness. This exhibition showcases some of the artist's video works alongside twelve of their large-scale paintings. For more about Dundee Contemporary Arts and the up-coming live audio described tour of The Top of Each Ripple by Manuel Solano do visit the DCA website- https://www.dca.org.uk/whats-on/event/live-described-exhibition-tour-with-juliana-capes (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)
Emma Talbot is an artist based in London and is winner of the 8th Max Mara Art Prize for Women. Through drawing, painted silk hangings, 3 dimensional forms, installation, sound and - most recently - animation, Emma has developed a distinct visual world. . . Her work explores personal subjectivity, which is then cast into the wider context of prevalent contemporary concerns - such as our relationships with nature, our intimate engagement with technology, the way we communicate and power structures. Emma’s work has a hand-drawn, direct quality - using combinations of figurative imagery, painted text and flowing pattern to articulate non linear narratives. . . Recent exhibitions include GEM Kunstmuseum, The Hague, A 2019 ArtNight Commission at William Morris Gallery, London, Tate St Ives, Turner Contemporary and Arcadia Missa New York . . Emma has forthcoming solo exhibitions at Eastside Projects Birmingham, Dundee Contemporary Arts and Kunsthalle Giessen, Germany, The Whitechapel Gallery and Collezione Maramotti. . . You can get in touch with us with opinions and suggestions at: Email - tothestudio@gmail.com Instagram - instagram.com/tothestudio Facebook - facebook.com/tothestudiopodcast . . This podcast features an edited version of the song "RSPN" by Blank & Kytt, available under a Creative Commons Attribution license. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blank__Kytt/Heavy_Crazy_Serious/Blank__Kytt_-_Heavy_Crazy_Serious_-_08_RSPN
George, Calum and Graeme analyse Steve Clarke’s first two games as Scotland manager, tell Dundee United to go on a diet, and reckon Declan McDaid can get Dundee fans off their seats. The new documentary Diego Maradona is screening at Dundee Contemporary Arts cinema from Friday 14th June, and you can get an exclusive £1 off your full-price ticket to any standard screening of Diego Maradona when you use the offer code TWADCA online at www.dca.org.uk or at DCA's Box Office. You can use the code once only, and it can't be used in conjunction with any other offers. If you want something extra special, regular host Tom – still galavanting on holiday this week – will be introducing the Maradona screening on Wed 19 June at 18:00, so come along to meet the man, the legend in the flesh and tell him exactly what you think of him. (Of course, you can also ring the Fan Line to tell the boys about the podcast, about the team’s performance, or about anything that’s on your mind, on 01382 575520!) Plus, you’re invited to be a guest at the launch of The Bird & The Feather, the book about the incredible time Argentine World Cup 1990 hero Claudio Caniggia and Italian Champions League winner Fabrizio Ravanelli were signed for Dundee FC. Get your free ticket at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-bird-the-feather-book-launch-tickets-63326866362
George, Calum and debutant Jim Masson dissect what Dundee and United need to do in the off-season to have positive Championship campaigns, and discuss whether it can be a successful weekend for the Scottish national teams. Plus! We’ve got a special offer for ‘Twa Teams’ listeners! The new documentary Diego Maradona is screening at Dundee Contemporary Arts cinema from Friday 14th June, and you can get an exclusive £1 off your full-price ticket to any standard screening of Diego Maradona when you use the offer code TWADCA online at www.dca.org.uk or at DCA's Box Office. You can use the code once only, and it can't be used in conjunction with any other offers. If you want something extra special, regular host Tom – on holibobs this week – will be introducing the Maradona screening on Wed 19 June at 18:00, so come along to meet the man, the legend in the flesh and tell him exactly what you think of him. (Of course, you can also ring the Fan Line to tell the boys about the podcast, about the team’s performance, or about anything that’s on your mind, on 01382 575520!)
In this episode we’re joined by Beth Bate, Director of Dundee Contemporary Arts to find out what she thinks about where the divide is between art and design. We also speak to a whole range of young people in situ at the V&A Dundee to find out their thoughts on the topic.
Guest Eoin Dara, Head of Exhibitions at Dundee Contemporary Arts, tells us all about his work, the curating process and the accessibility of modern art. If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you'd like to see covered at beanspodcast@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and themicroband.bandcamp.com/
Reviews of The McManus Art Gallery and Museum in Dundee and the Roman Signer exhibition at Dundee Contemporary Arts, as well as Sam's choice of what's on in museums the coming week.
Kathryn Maxwell’s print and mixed media works have been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the U.S. and abroad, including solo exhibitions at the Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland; University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and Northern Arizona University Museum, Flagstaff. She has participated in group exhibitions at the International Print Center, New York; Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago; Detroit Institute of Arts; Tucson Museum of Art; Indianapolis Art Center; Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona; and American Cultural Center, New Delhi, India. Her work is in numerous public and corporate collections, including Alabama Power Company; Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium; Denver Art Museum; Harvard University Art Museum; UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Los Angeles; Michigan Bell; and Phoenix Arts Commission. Kathryn Maxwell was born in Southern Illinois. She received an M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and a B.A. from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Ms. Maxwell is currently Professor of Printmaking at Arizona State University, Tempe.