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In the season premiere of Barbara London Calling 2.0, Barbara speaks with boundary-breaking artist Auriea Harvey. An internet art pioneer, Auriea was a member of the legendary collective hell.com. She speaks with Barbara about the early days of internet art, the role of video games and augmented reality, and how NFTs combine her twin passions for digital art and sculpture.

In the second episode of Season 2.0, Barbara speaks with software-savvy artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen, whose immersive installations have been seen in the Venice Biennale and in the Berlin megaclub Berghain. Jakob tells Barbara about his first forays into Unreal Engine, plus the sights and sounds—and smells—he discovered in his adventurous field recordings.

The third episode of Season 2.0 features a conversation with artist Lorraine O'Grady, whose monumental career was recently showcased at the Brooklyn Museum in her first-ever retrospective, “Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And.” Revisiting her trenchant performances and artwork from the past 60 years, Lorraine speaks with Barbara about changing dynamics in the art world and the struggles she faced trying to reveal the art world to itself.

In the fourth episode of "Barbara London Calling" 2.0, Barbara speaks with Australian artist Tracey Moffat. A true innovator, Tracey began her career as an experimental filmmaker; she has since shown all over the world, including at the Venice Biennale. Her unflinching artwork is a mix of childhood memories, popular culture, history, film, television, literature and dreams, as she uses fiction to comment on her own personal history and on serious issues of social history and the volatile poli...

In the fifth episode of "Barbara London Calling" 2.0, Barbara speaks with Amar Kanwar, an Indian artist whose masterful films and multimedia work explore the politics of power, violence and justice. Born in 1964 in New Delhi, where he is still based, Amar was a researcher for occupational health and safety in the coal mining belt of central India. He turned to art making in 1990, with work that weaves together critical issues of indigenous rights, gender, religious fundamentalism and ecology.

The sixth episode of "Barbara London Calling" 2.0 features one of today's bright, young stars: interdisciplinary artist Sondra Perry. Born in 1986 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Sondra creates insightful artwork using video, computer-based media, installation and performance. Highly respected as an innovator, Sondra uses wit and grace to investigate such timely topics as desire, race, power and gender.