Podcasts by Art Against the World

Art Against the World

A contemporary art podcast for the socially engaged audience. We meet artists, curators, critics and thinkers, who do not just comment on the world but seek to change it. Hosted by Vid Simoniti. A Liverpool Biennial / University of Liverpool collaboration. www.biennial.com

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What is a Biennial? · Liverpool Biennial Episode 6 from 2021-03-11T15:00

How do biennial curators weave a narrative out of diverse artworks? Liverpool Biennial Director Sam Lackey shares her experience; curator Manuela Moscoso discusses the process behind Liverpool B...

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Speculation · Liverpool Biennial Episode 5 from 2021-03-11T14:45

Art that imagines alternative futures and pasts. Artist Larry Achiampong discusses the legacies of Afrofuturism today, while Luisa Ungar’s debates the role of fiction in the archive. We are join...

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The Port · Liverpool Biennial Episode 4 from 2021-03-11T14:30

Art that portrays seas and migration. Alberta Whittle’s new video unearths links between climate change and colonialism. Invernomuto’s sound installation traces the influences of the Black diasp...

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Transitions · Liverpool Biennial Episode 3 from 2021-03-11T14:15

On art that reflects our changing bodies. Pedro Neves Marques’ film raises the possibility of male pregnancies; Ane Graff’s sculptures show how our bodies adapt to pollution. We are joined by cu...

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Forest · Liverpool Biennial Episode 2 from 2021-03-11T13:48:27

How can art respond to ecological challenges? Jorge Menna Barreto relates how his “stomach sculpture” protects the Amazon rainforest, and video artist Bo Zheng discusses whether we can have sex ...

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Violence · Liverpool Biennial Episode 1 from 2021-03-11T11:36:05

How can artists show violence with sensitivity? Painter Ebony G Patterson discusses her portraits of gang members in Jamaica. Photographer Sohrab Hura’s explains his response to social media vio...

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AATW Trailer Episodes 1-6: contemporary art and political change from 2020-09-03T18:27:45

Introducing Season 1 of Art Against the World. 

In the next six episodes, we interview politically engaged contemporary artists, thinkers and curators. Produced in collaboration with Live...

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