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 -
Engagement or Disengagement?
A Conversation About Manifesta 10 with Joanna WarszaJune 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 -
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 -
Art in a Time of Civic Failure:
Anna Deavere Smith and Tom HealyNovember 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 -
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