Interview with artist Lynne Margaret Brown | EP10.1 Subtext & Discourse Podcast

This interview (part 1 of 2) with native New Yorker, and Berlin based artist Lynne Margaret Brown was recorded with Michael Dooney on 17. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon.

LYNNE MARGARET BROWN

• http://www.lynnemargaretbrown.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/lynnebvonnyc/
• https://www.facebook.com/LynneMargaretBrownstudio/

North to South Berliner Voices: My Corner

• http://www.lynnemargaretbrown.com/north-to-south-berliner-voices-my-corner Official Project Page
• https://www.facebook.com/MyVoiceMyCorner/ Facebook Page
• https://youtu.be/3rHmJ3lzdxM Trailer 1
• https://youtu.be/JWKsE9jEbc8 Trailer 2 "What is art for you?"

JARVIS DOONEY

• http://www.jarvisdooney.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney
• https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/
• https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney
• https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney

MICHAEL DOONEY

• http://www.michaeldooney.net/
• https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/
• https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_
• https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney

 

North to South Berliner Voices: My Corner: Interview Questions   

1. What is your name?
2. Did you have a nickname? Where did it come from?
3. When and where were you born? And if not Berlin where are you from?
4. What is your ethnic background? Are you parents from Berlin and are they German?
   If not can you please tell me where are they from?
5. (if foreign) Have you ever been there (to the country of your parents)? What was that experience like?
6. Do you have any brothers or sisters? Can you tell me about them?
7. Can you describe what life was like for you when you were a child/growing up?
8. How would you describe yourself as a child?
9. What is your best memory of childhood?
10. What was your favorite subject in school?
11. When you were a very young, what did you want to be when you grew up?
12. What kind of music do you like?
13. What accomplishment are you most proud of?
14. Do you like traveling? Or would you like to travel?
15. If you could visit any country in the world, where would you go?
16. Would you rather live in the country or in the city?
17. Who in your life has influenced you the most? How did they do this?
18. What are some of your major goals in life?
19. If you could learn one random skill, what would you learn?
20. If someone were to make a movie about your life, what actor would you want to play you?
21. If you were going to write a book, what would you call it and what would it be about?
22. Would you ever sky dive?
23. Have you ever been in a fist fight?
24. In general, what do you think about art? Or what is art for you?
25. Do you think people are basically bad or basically good?

Berlin  - (site specific) Questions

1. What do you think is special about Berlin?
2. What neighborhood are you from in Berlin? Where do you currently live in Berlin?
3. Is there anything special about your neighborhood?
4. What do you like about it?
5. Are you working at the moment?
6. Is it hard to find work in Berlin?
7. What do you think about the education system in Berlin? (and) Do you think anything could be done to improve the education system?
8. What are your thoughts about the refugee situation in Germany?
9. Does this situation concern you? And if so how?
10. Can you find anything positive this situation?
11. What is the biggest problem you believe is caused by having so people arrive into Germany at one time?
12. Do you vote? Why or why not? If you do vote, how do you usually vote (If open to discussion)?
13. Do you follow a religion? And if so what religion is this?
14. What is your favorite thing to do here Berlin?
15. And finally what are your thoughts about this project/idea/interview?

Questions formulated / based lightly upon research of various current and historical questionnaires used in letter writing, interviews and story-telling projects i.e. the Proust questionnaire and StoryCorps.