Category: Interview

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  Crossing Borders, Looking Over Walls

  March 14, 2016 - 

  The new video “Khaled’s Ladder” documents the journey of multidisciplinary artist Khaled Jarrar along the U.S.-Mexico border and the making of his new work that takes the border wall as its raw material.  More

  By Khaled Jarrar

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  Engagement or Disengagement?
  A Conversation About Manifesta 10 with Joanna Warsza

  June 26, 2014 - 

  Nato Thompson speaks with Joanna Warsza, curator of Manifesta 10’s public program, about how artists invited to the roving European biennial are responding to the political situation in Russia.  More

  By Nato Thompson

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  Guantanamo Is Not an Exception: U.S. Prison Policy, from California to Cuba

  December 16, 2013 - 

  In this podcast, artists Chitra Ganesh and Mariam Ghani, whose work explores subjects like the prison at Guantanamo Bay and the “war on terror,” speak with human rights lawyers Alexis Agathocleous and Ramzi Kassem about U.S. prison policy across the globe.  More

  By Mariam Ghani and Chitra Ganesh

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  Art in a Time of Civic Failure:
  Anna Deavere Smith and Tom Healy

  November 20, 2013 - 

  What happens when words fail us? In a wide-ranging conversation exploring the relationship between language, identity and politics, renowned actress/playwright Anna Deavere Smith and poet Tom Healy consider the civic role of art.  More

  By Anna Deavere Smith and Tom Healy

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  A Time for Breaking Laws: The Injustice of NSA Surveillance

  July 15, 2013 - 

  Rajkamal Kahlon, artist in residence at the ACLU last fall, speaks with Jameel Jaffer, director of the organization’s Center for Democracy, about the significance of the National Security Agency surveillance programs revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.  More

  By Rajkamal Kahlon