Subtext and Discourse | Art World Podcast

Christophe Guye, gallerist and art dealer | EP48 Subtext & Discourse

Christophe Guye was the owner and managing director of a communications agency in Zurich for 15 years, which was taken over by an international agency network in 2004. Since 2006 he has worked as a gallery owner and art dealer for contemporary photography. In the same year, he opened his gallery – formerly SCALO|GUYE Gallery – in Los Angeles, which has been based in Zurich since 2010 under the name Christophe Guye Galerie and represents numerous nationally and internationally renowned artists who have expanded the medium of photography in a broader sense context of contemporary art. During this time he has organized over a hundred exhibitions in cultural institutions, museums and partner galleries in Switzerland and abroad. The gallery is also represented at international art fairs such as Paris Photo, Photo London, Unseen Amsterdam and Photo Shanghai. In addition, he advises numerous private art collectors and institutional collections on the development and expansion of their collections. Since 2021, Christophe Guye has also been a guest lecturer at the teaching and research center for the theory and history of photography at the University of Zurich.
Interview with Christophe Guye recorded by Michael Dooney on 1. July 2022 at Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, CH.
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Christophe Guye Galerie
Official: https://christopheguye.com/
Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/partner/christophe-guye-galerie
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christopheguyegalerie/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christopheguyegalerie
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/christopheguyegalerie
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyBNuPELwPFB_Hnze3t5-qA
l’art concret / art concrete
Balthasar Burkhard, famous Swiss photographer represented by Walter Keller
Walter Keller legacy
Scalo Publishing House
Parkett Magazine
fotomuseum wintertur
Japanese Photography
Provoke era of the 60’s in Japan, post WWII photography
“Are, Bure, Boke” - blurry and out of focus Japanese photography
Represented artists
Rinko Kawauchi
Nobuyoshi Araki
Risaku Suzuki - Paris Photo November 2022
John Yuyi
Michael Dooney
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Georgina Adam, art market journalist | EP47 Subtext & Discourse

Georgina Adam is a journalist and author who has been writing about the interactions of art and finance since the 1980’s. From 2000 until 2008 she was the Art Market Editor of The Art Newspaper where she is currently the Editor-at-Large. She is a contributor to the Financial Times Life & Arts Section, and lectures at Sotheby’s and Christie’s institutes in London. Georgina initially studied Islamic Art at the Ecole du Louvre and also lived for five years in Japan. She is the author of three books about the art market – Big Bucks: The Explosion of the Art Market in the 21st Century (Lund Humphries, 2014), Dark Side of the Boom: The Excesses of the Art Market in the 21st Century (Lund Humphries, 2018); and most recently The Rise and Rise of The Private Museum (2021). She is membership chair of Cromwell Place in London, and a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) and The International Art Market Studies Association (TIAMSA).
Interview with Georgina Adam recorded by Michael Dooney on 4. November 2021 in London, UK.
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Georgina Adam
The Art Newspaper: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/authors/georgina-adam
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgina-adam-15971b12a/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/georginacadam/
Books:
Big Bucks: The Explosion of the Art Market in the 21st Century
Dark Side of the Boom: The Excesses of the Art Market in the 21st Century
The Rise and Rise of the Private Art Museum
How the Scull Sale Changed the Art Market, Anna Louie Sussman
Charles Saatchi: the man who reinvented art, Ben Lewis
François Pinault purchases Christie’s auction house, Adrian Hamilton
Ready to plunge in? The rise and rise of immersive art, Peter Conrad
London Grads Now.21, exhibition at Saatchi Gallery
The UBS and Art Basel Annual Report
Not so metadiverse: women account for just 16% of NFT art market, Annie Shaw
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JARVIS DOONEY Gallery
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Susan Bright, curator | EP46 Subtext & Discourse

Dr. Susan Bright is an Australian/British curator currently based in London. She has a specialisation in lens-based arts and contemporary visual culture with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary and international programming. She was a curator at the National Portrait Gallery in London before deciding to work independently in the early 2000s. Her professional life has brought her to live in London, New York and Paris where she has worked with many institutions on a wide range of projects. These include: Tate, Barbican, The Royal Academy, The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Saint Louis Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, and The New York Public Library.In 2007 she co-curated the landmark exhibition How We Are at Tate Britain. This was the first major exhibition of British photography ever held at Tate. In the same year she curated Face of Fashion at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Other significant exhibitions include: Home Truths at The Photographers’ Gallery and The Foundling Museum, London (2014) and Playground at Serlachius Museum, Finland (2018). Her survey exhibition Feast for the Eyes toured to six major museums and galleries in Europe, Canada and the USA (2018-2021).In 2019 she was Guest Curator at PHotoESPAÑA. Exhibitions were held at Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa, Museo Lázaro Galdiano and the Museo del Romanticismo in Madrid. In 2021 she was co-curator of f/stop 9: Festival für Fotografie in Leipzig. Bright is regularly invited to be a visiting speaker, critic and scholar at universities worldwide. She taught curatorial practice and visual culture to both art and art history students for fifteen years at institutions including Parsons and the School of Visual Arts in New York and Sotheby’s Institute and University of the Arts, London. She has authored and co-authored seven books. These include: Photography Decoded (Tate/Ilex, 2019); Feast for the Eyes: The Story of Food in Photography (Aperture, 2017); Home Truths: Photography and Motherhood (Art/Books, 2013); Auto Focus: The Self-Portrait in Contemporary Photography (Thames & Hudson, 2010); How We Are: Photographing Britain (Tate, 2007); Face of Fashion (National Portrait Gallery, 2007) and Art Photography Now (Thames & Hudson, 2005).Bright holds a PhD in Curating from Goldsmiths, University of London.
Interview with Susan Bright recorded by Michael Dooney on 3. November 2021 in London, UK.
Portrait photo supplied by interviewee
 
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Susan BrightOfficial: https://susanbright.net/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-susan-bright-0251b5134/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susan_curator/
Going the distance: my mid-life marathon (article in the FT)
Mark Haworth-Booth, Curator of Photographs at the V&A (book)
Nigel Slater, cook who writes (books)
Charlotte Cotton - The Photograph as Contemporary Art (2020 edition)
David Campny - Art and Photography
Mother! - Exhibition at Louisiana Museum of Art, Denmark
 
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Michael Barnett, ArtyGent | EP45 Subtext & Discourse

Michael Barnett is the art features writer for STATE-F22 magazine and special projects lead at Arts Bermondsey Project Space Gallery SE1. Cultural live interviewer for private views and events. Salon organiser for ARTPARTY & KARMA BASEMENT. Radio & TV work and Curator Exhibitions at Sea Spirit of Discovery Saga.
Interview with Michael Barnett recorded by Michael Dooney on 2. November 2021 in London, UK.
 
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Michael Barnett
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-barnett-8b87a52b/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artygent/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtyGent
STATE-F22 MagazineOfficial: https://www.state-media.com/
Arts Bermondsey Project Space Gallery
Official: https://project-space.london/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/artbermondseyprojectspace
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bprojectspace
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bprojectspace/
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Subtext & Discourse Podcast
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Kerem Asfuroglu, lighting designer & graphic artist | EP44 Subtext & Discourse

Kerem Asfuroglu is a lighting designer, graphic artist and the founder of Dark Source - a lighting design studio driven by social and environmental values.
Following his graduation from Wismar University - Architectural Lighting Design MA in 2010, Asfuroglu has worked at Speirs+Major as a senior member of the creative team for almost 8 years. He worked on a diverse range of projects which include Battersea Power Station and Covent Garden Masterplans, Shakespeare's New Place, Medius House and City Point.
He won several awards including Red Dot, Vox Juventa, PLDC, LAMP and Future of Urban Lighting. He was awarded with the title of Dark Sky Defender by the IDA in 2017 for his works advocating the importance of darkness. He currently works on the Presteigne Dark Sky Masterplan in Wales. His graphic art has been commissioned by Penguin Random House, British Astronomical Association and published in Arc Magazine since 2013.
Interview with Kerem Asfuroglu recorded by Michael Dooney on 2. November 2021 in Hyde Park, London.
 
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Kerem AsfurogluOfficial: https://www.dark-source.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerem-ali-asfuroglu-24808914/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darksourced/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/keremasfuroglu
The Vessel, GambiaInterview in ARC Magazine
[d]arc room Live: Kerem Asfuroglu and Odiri Ighamre: Dark Source/The Vessel UK (YouTube)

Saul Robbins, photographer & educator | EP43 Subtext & Discourse

Saul Robbins is interested in the ways people interact within their surroundings and the psychological dynamics of intimacy. His photographs are motivated by observations of human behaviour and personal experience, especially those related to loss, unity, failure, and the latent potential residing in traditional photographic materials and personal history. Robbins is best known for “Initial Intake”, which examines the empty chairs of Manhattan-based psychotherapy professionals from their clients’ perspective; “How Can I Help? – An Artful Dialogue”, a pop-up office into which he invites strangers to speak with him about anything they wish for free and in complete confidence. Robbins is also the father of a young boy and since 2012 has created several series of abstract “photographic drawings” and sculptures made from physically altered chromogenic paper and chemistry in response to his desire and struggles to start a family, including: “Where’s My Happy Ending?;” “Chemical Peels;” “Fertile Gestures;” and a new series of traditional photographs.
Exhibitions include The Bolinas Museum, Blue Sky Gallery, Busters, Deutsche Haus at NYU, chashama (Windows Installation), Griffin Museum, Humble Arts, ICP, KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO, Lilac Arts, MASQUELIBROS Artist Book Fair, Lilac Arts, Massachusetts General Hospital, MICA, Museum of Fine Arts – Houston, New Orleans Photo Alliance, Ost Gallery, Moscow, Pelican Bomb, Portland Art Museum, The Educational Alliance, Philoctetes Center, Skirball Center, Mark Woolley Gallery, White Gallery (PSU), and others. His photographs have been published in Aufbau, Berlin Tagesspiegel, CPW Quarterly, D - La Repubblica, Dummy, More, The New York Times, Real Simple, TAM, and Wired, among others.
Grants and awards include The Covenant Foundation Ignition Grant, Sony World Photography Awards (Finalist), U.S. Embassy, Tblisi, GE, AJPA Rockower, Gunk Foundation, and New York Foundation for the Arts. Curatorial projects include Intervening Histories, OFF_Festival, Bratislava (2015), Projecting Freedom: Cinematic Interpretations of the Haggadah (2010), Regarding Intimacy (2007), and No Live Girls, Peep Show 28 (2002). Robbins was awarded a NICA Stipendium from Berlin's Hoch Schule der Kunste in 1998, and received his MFA from Hunter College (CUNY) in 1999, where he studied with Roy DeCarava, Mark Feldstein, Juan Sanchez, and Thomas Weaver. He teaches photography in New York City and has been leading Master Workshops internationally, helping photographers and artists to incorporate communication and professional development strategies into their creative practice.
Interview with Saul Robbins recorded by Michael Dooney on 14. May 2021 between Berlin and New York via Squadcast.
Portrait photo by Matthew J. Bernuca
 
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Saul Robbins
Official: https://www.saulrobbins.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Saul.Robbins/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saulrobbins/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saulrobbins/

Jessica Backhaus, artist & photographer | EP42 Subtext & Discourse

Jessica Backhaus was born in Cuxhaven, Germany in 1970 and grew up in an artistic family. At the age of sixteen, she moved to Paris, where she later studied photography and visual communications. Here she met Gisele Freund in 1992, who became her mentor. In 1995 her passion for photography drew her to New York, where she assisted photographers, pursued her own projects and lived until 2009.
Jessica Backhaus is regarded as one of the most distinguished voices in contemporary photography in Germany today. Her work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, MARTa Herford and the Kunsthalle Erfurt. To date, she has ten publications to her name; Jesus and the Cherries, 2005, What Still Remains, 2008, One Day in November, 2008, I Wanted to See the World, 2010, One day – 10 photographers, 2010, Once, still and forever, 2012, Six degrees of freedom, 2015, A TRILOGY, 2017, Far away but close, 2019 and Cut Outs, 2021. All books are published by Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg except Far away but close that was published by Another Place Press, Scotland.Her work is also featured in the book: Women Photographers by Boris Friedewald (Prestel Verlag 2014 and 2018).
Her photographs are in many prominent art collections including Taunus Sparkasse, Germany, Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Germany, ING Art Collection, Belgium, Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA and the Margulies Collection, Miami, USA.
Jessica Backhaus is represented by Robert Morat Galerie in Berlin, Galerie Anja Knoess in Cologne, Petra Becker/ International Art Bridge in Meggen, Robert Klein Gallery in Boston, Bridgette Mayer Gallery in Philadelphia, MiCamera Gallery in Milan, Carlos Carvalho ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA in Lisbon and Wouter van Leeuwen Gallery in Amsterdam.
Interview with Jessica Backhaus recorded by Michael Dooney on 21. May 2021 in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin.
 
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Jessica Backhaus
Official: http://jessicabackhaus.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessica_backhaus/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessicabackhaus70
Cut Outs
Photo book from Kehrer Verlag
The Eye Sees, Arles with Robert Morat
PHOTO LONDON with Robert Morat
PHOTO BASEL with Robert Morat
PARIS PHOTOParis Photo with Robert Morat
Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards
Elles x Paris Photo 2021 curated by Nathalie Herschdorfer

Valerie von Meiss, founder of The Curve | EP41 Subtext & Discourse

Valerie von Meiss is the founder of The Curve a private project space and nomadic gallery in Berlin which has a focus on contemporary collage.
the Curve is a private art space and nomadic gallery exclusively dedicated to the exhibition and promotion of contemporary collage art. Young emerging as well as established artists are given a platform here. Founded 2017 in the hallway of a private apartment in Berlin Mitte, the Curve regularly takes over pop-up spaces and believes in collaborations beyond the traditional gallery landscape.
Interview with Valerie von Meiss recorded by Michael Dooney on 11. June 2021 at The Curve, Berlin.
 
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The CurveOfficial: https://thecurveberlin.com/ (scroll down for newsletter subscription)
Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/partner/the-curve-berlin
Berlin Views: https://berlinviews.com/#the-curve
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecurve_berlin/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecurveberlin/
The Age of CollageBook: https://gestalten.com/products/age-of-collage-3
Exhibition: https://thecurveberlin.com/shows/the-age-of-collage-3-show
Virtual Tour: https://www.artatberlin.com/portfolio-item/the-age-of-collage-3-show-the-curve-berlin-exhibition-special-360/
Denis Busch (co-editor & co-curator): https://www.instagram.com/dennis_busch_collage/
Gestalten: https://www.instagram.com/gestalten/
Artist Justine Laeufer (solo show at POSITIONS Berlin in September 2021): https://thecurveberlin.com/artists/justine-laeuferVideo about Justine's work and process: https://vimeo.com/552753597
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justine_laeufer/
Artist Anna Bu Kliewer: https://thecurveberlin.com/artists/anna-bu-kliewer
Allure [Fr. style, elegance] Photographs from the Susanne von Meiss Collection: https://youtu.be/Tk5eybe72us
POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair: https://positions.de/

Elena Feijoo, founder of Exgirlfriend and HER | EP40 Subtext & Discourse

Elena Feijoo is the founder and managing director of the Berlin based art gallery Exgirlfriend EGF UG & the non-profit art studio building/art service provider Human Esthetic Resources HER gUG.
Exgirlfriend is a contemporary art gallery showcasing experimental works from emerging artists, and HER is a studio complex and non-profit art service provider. Elena Feijoo is the majority shareholder of both businesses and currently manages all aspects of their daily operations.
Interview with Elena Feijoo recorded by Michael Dooney on 18. May 2021 in Friedrichshain, Berlin.
 
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EXGIRLFRIEND
Official: Exgirlfriendberlin.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exgirlfriendberlin/
Current exhibition: WETLANDS by Marius Presterud
Human Esthetic Resources HER
Official: HERcontemporary.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/her_berlin/
Florida Man...
Google Image search results...
Floria Man (2015 documentary)
The Florida Project by Sean Baker (2017 film)
#1 Father Daughter
HEAVEN Gallery, Chicago
BLM - Black Lives Matter (official website)
POSITIONS Art Fair
Official Website
Vera Kox
Christopher Meerdo
Channeling, 2019 by Christopher Meerdo (video work presented at the fair

Pierre-André Podbielski, gallerist Podbielski Contemporary | EP39 Subtext & Discourse

Gallerist Pierre-André Podbielski, the founder of Podbielski Contemporary, describes himself a citizen of the world.
Of Polish and German descent (father was Prussian raised in Berlin, mother Polish raised in Vienna), born in Geneva and bearing an Australian passport, he is fluent in English, French, German and Italian.
A qualified architect (Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris), a passionate collector, he has become an art dealer and an active partner of Galleria Rubin from 2001 to 2009 - his main area of expertise was abstract painting, photography and site specific commissions.
His participation in numerous fairs (Art Cologne, Artefiera Bologna, Miart, Preview Berlin, Scope Miami) has allowed him to establish a qualified network of contacts among artists, galleries, curators and collectors. In order to best consolidate such acquired experience and face new challenges, he has launched Podbielski Contemporary in Summer 2011 in Berlin.
Interview with Pierre-André Podbielski recorded by Michael Dooney on 9. May 2021 between Berlin and Milan via Squadcast.
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PODBIELSKI CONTEMPORARY
Official: https://podbielskicontemporary.com
Artland: https://www.artland.com/galleries/podbielski-contemporary
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podbielski_contemporary/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podbielskicontemporary/
THE PHAIR, Turin. 18th to 20th June 2021
Galleria Rubin Milano
Artists mentioned:
Alfredo Jaar
Shadi Ghadirian
Hrair Sarkissian
Francesco Jodice
Loredana Nemes
Air Berlin
Exhibitions mentioned:
The Wall
Pleasure Garden (Nude Photography)
ORE SOSPESE. Un diario italiano (An Italian Diary)
Not Only History, But Our Memories (Experimental Photography exhibition)
Art fairs participated in:
ARTE FIERE, Bologna
MIA, Milan Image Art Fair
THE PHAIR, Photo Art Fair, Turin
PHOTO LONDON
UNSEEN Amsterdam
PARIS PHOTO
ARTISSIMA, Turin
Francesco Fabbri Onlus Foundation
CAMERA - Centro Italiano per la Fotografia 

Anne Schwanz, co-founder of OFFICE IMPART | EP38 Subtext & Discourse

Anne Schwanz co-founded OFFICE IMPART together with Johanna Neuschäffer in 2018. She studied art and art history at Caspar David Friedrich Institute, Greifswald University and after graduating in 2004 worked at Galerie EIGEN + ART until 2018.
OFFICE IMPART is a gallery, but one that hardly corresponds to the standard definition of a gallery. One of the many impacts of the digital age that is key to the presentation of art is a new understanding of space as a multidimensional structure that can be linked in all directions. (read more)
Interview with Anne Schwanz recorded by Michael Dooney on 23. November 2020 at OFFICE IMPART Berlin.
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OFFICE IMPART
Official - https://officeimpart.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/office_impart/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF0z3enlSNI4CDA3RlQdMKg
Anne Schwanz (Instagram) - https://www.instagram.com/anne.schwanz/
Come Closer Exhibition - https://online.officeimpart.com/
BerlinViews - https://berlinviews.com/
Good To Talk - https://goodtotalk.de/

Felix Hoffmann, chief curator C/O Berlin | EP37 Subtext & Discourse

Felix Hoffmann, has been the chief curator of the C/O Berlin Foundation since 2005. He studied art history and cultural studies in Vienna and Berlin and worked at the Photo Museum in Munich, the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden and the Museum Folkwang in Essen.
C/O Berlin is a charitable foundation that presents a cultural program with an international standing. The exhibition venue for photography and visual media shows works by renowned artists, promotes emerging talents and accompanies children, teenagers and adults on their journeys of discovery through our visual culture.
Interview with Felix Hoffmann recorded by Michael Dooney on 10. November 2020 at C/O Berlin.
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Felix Hoffmann (instagram)
C/O BerlinOfficial Website
C/O Berlin Talent Award
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube
Anna Ehrenstein (official website)
George Nebieridze (official website)
Exhibition: No Photos on the Dance Floor! Berlin 1989 - Today (video)
Exhibition: Das Letzte Bild Fotografie und Tod (video)

Nina Ross, artist, activist & parent | EP36 Subtext & Discourse

Nina Ross is a Melbourne based artist working predominantly with video, performance and photography. Her research led practice draws on individual experiences to interrogate the use of visual and textual language within political and personal spheres. Using the body, her work speaks to current global issues, while giving a voice to personal narratives and concerns. Beyond her personal work, Nina engages in various collaborative practices including co-founding Artists’ Committee (2017) and Artists’ Subcommittee (2018). 
In 2013 Nina received a Master of Fine Art (Research) with first class honours from Monash University in Melbourne, supervised by Peta Clancy. Nina’s thesis received the Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation for Master’s Thesis Excellence Award. Previous to this Nina obtained a BA (Fine Art Photography) Honours in 2006 and a BA (Media Arts) in 2004 from RMIT University.
Nina has lectured sessionally in photography, art theory, conceptual development and professional practice at various universities including Photography Studies College and RMIT University (School of Media and Communication) in Melbourne.
Since 2014 Nina has worked with a group of Melbourne based artists called Art/Parents. Together they explore the experiences of artists who are also parents.
Interview with Nina Ross recorded by Michael Dooney on 30. August 2020 with Squadcast.fm between Berlin, Germany and Melbourne, Australia.
Portrait photo by Hannah Reich
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Nina RossOfficial Website
Instagram
Vimeo
Centre for Everything, artists residency
Artists Committee
Artists protesting Wilson Security Artists Protest Australian Museum’s Deal with Security Firm that Allegedly Abused Asylum-Seekers
Australian Art Museum Drops Security Firm Accused of Abuse at Detention Centers
Artslog
Artists ParentsJessie Scott
Lizzy Sampson
Imagining a Future Collective
Artists Union

Maya Anner, chief curator PHOTO IS:RAEL | EP35 Subtext & Discourse

Maya Anner is a curator working in Tel-Aviv, and currently serves as the Chief Curator of PHOTO IS:RAEL, the International Photography Festival in Tel-Aviv. She was the Arts Manager at the British Council Tel-Aviv, the curator and art director at ArtLink and has worked at the Photography department at the MoMA and at Tel-Aviv Museum of Art.
Maya holds an MA in Art History and a Diploma in Curatorial and Museum Studies from the Tel-Aviv University. Maya serves as a juror in various awards and festivals, recent ones include Photo Espana, Odesa Photo Days, Photo Lucida and Fresh Paint Contemporary Art Fair.
Interview with Maya Anner recorded by Michael Dooney on 7. November 2020 with Squadcast.fm between Berlin, Germany and Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Portrait photo by Daniel Tchetchik
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Maya Anner (instagram)
PHOTO IS:RAELOfficial Website
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube
PHOTO IS:RAEL FestivalOfficial Website
Talks and events

ZERO WASTE exhibition at Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig | EP34 Subtext & Discourse

The group exhibition Zero Waste showcases international positions in contemporary art that point out the urgency to save resources, consume less, and live more sustainably. In diverse installations, videos, sculptural works, and photographs the artists investigate the global consequences of plastic packaging, tire abrasion, toxic chemicals, and the overproduction of consumer goods. Zero Waste will be realised by the German Environment Agency in cooperation with the MdbK and curated by Hannah Beck-Mannagetta and Lena Fließbach.
The exhibition catalogue, published by the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig (MdbK) and the German Environment Agency, contains essays by Hannah Beck-Mannagetta and Lena Fließbach, Sven Bergmann and Yusif Idies, Martin Ittershagen and Fotini Mavromati such as Minimal Mimi. The catalogue (130 pages, colour pictures) is available now from the museums pay desk at the price of 12 € and online from Do You Read Me. 100% of the proceeds from the catalogue will go to the tree-planting project by artist Andreas Greiner, with the aim of offsetting the CO2 footprint in the exhibition. The first field maple is planted in January, 2020 in Gohlis. A sponsorship of the "Aktion Baumstarke Stadt" of the city of Leipzig costs 250 € per tree.
Interviews for ZERO WASTE with Lena Fließbach & Hannah Beck-Mannagetta, Erik Sturm, Wolf von Kries, Jeanette Stoschek, and Bianca Kennedy & The Swan Collective recorded by Michael Dooney on 24. June 2020 at the Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig Germany.
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ZERO WASTEOfficial Website, MdbK
Instagram
Exhibition Catalogue
Lena FließbachOfficial Website
Instagram
Hannah Beck-MannagettaOfficial Website
Instagram
Erik SturmOfficial Website
Instagram
Wolf von KriesOfficial Website
Jeanette Stoschek, director Museum der bildenden Künste, LeißzigOfficial Website, MdbK
Instagram, MdbK
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Ángel Luis González, founding director of PhotoIreland | EP33 Subtext & Discourse

Ángel Luis González is the director of PhotoIreland, an independent organisation dedicated to stimulating a critical dialogue around Photography in Ireland and to internationally promoting the work of Irish-based artists. He won the David Manley Entrepreneur Award in 2011 for the PhotoIreland Festival project. In 2011, he launched ‘The Library Project’, a public resource library of photobooks, holding in excess of 3000 items from more than 300 publishers worldwide.
The Library Project also gives name to Ireland’s Art Bookshop, a unique space in Dublin’s city centre, offering the photobook collection, an eclectic bookshop, and a productive gallery programme. He has been a portfolio reviewer at events such as Les Rencontres d’Arles, Format Derby, PhotoEspaña, and The Triennial of Photography Hamburg. He is responsible for books such as Martin Parr’s Best Books of the Decade, New Irish Works, and the ongoing TLP Editions. He contributed to Landskrona Foto 2016, focused on Photography in Ireland, and he is an invited lecturer at university programmes, such as the Fine Art Photography Master at IED Madrid.
In 2019, he launched the public-facing project entitled ‘The Museum of Contemporary Photography of Ireland’ with its first instalment running 1-31 July as a 2000 m2 exhibition space, enquiring about Museums and Photography. The project will run every year during July as part of PhotoIreland Festival, until it becomes a fully fledged museum space. More recently, he developed OVER Journal, a new critical journal of Photography and Visual Culture for the 21st century, which was launched during PhotoIreland Festival 2020.
Interview with Ángel Luis González recorded by Michael Dooney on 31. July 2020 with Squadcast.fm between Berlin, Germany and Dublin, Ireland.
Portrait photo by Matthew Thompson
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