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// Autumn update: new episodes coming soonish! // Xenia Ramm, a Danish artist educated at The Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, interviews creative colleagues in different locations such as galleries, a darkroom or an old water reservoir. We talk about all kinds of creative and cultural work, from conceptual thinking to practical techniques and industry-specific insights. We bring the listeners with us into the space, via ambient sound recordings and verbal descriptions of the places we are in and the artworks we are talking about. Every episode features different guests and topics, with terms and technical details explained in a way that all conversations can be enjoyed by fellow artisans or without previous knowledge on the subject. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Happy New Year!

    31/12/2023 · BONUS

    Happy New Year!

    A short New Years greeting from me in Copenhagen, with a small public-service announcement of how the podcast is continuing after this holiday. Thank you for listening, talk to you next year! For questions, comments, or other feedback, write me on verbal.art@protonmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    11 min
  2. 45: Oskar Partanen / Kinetic Sculpture

    30/12/2023

    45: Oskar Partanen / Kinetic Sculpture

    I meet Oskar Partanen in Annantalo in Helsinki, to see his solo exhibition Self Titled and talk about his cute but eerie sculptures that move and make sounds. His creatures live side-by-side in one room, but somehow seem to all exist within each their own universe. We talk about repurposed items, pragmatic choices in materials, and Oskar explains how he has hacked electronic audio devices and built motorised constructions to give his figures life. We get into childhood dreams, discuss how children might be better art critics than adults, and reflect on how to make work that speaks adult language in a child-friendly way. Also, on this episode you hear me speak a bit more Finnish, we have an actionpacked live-moment with an artwork, and we have a surprise cameo of Marloes van Son's interactive sound work! Oskar's Instagram Annantalo's website Oskar's exhibition on Annantalo's website Marloes' website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 49m
  3. Merry X Mess!

    24/12/2023 · BONUS

    Merry X Mess!

    Today on the podcast, I have little treat! As a Christmas present, I made a live recording of an exclusive, improvised Christmas collage concert! I am layering five Finnish Christmas cassette tapes, all played on old, analogue tape players, to sculpt a new old holiday sound for you to enjoy while you are waiting for Christmas Eve. There is a lot of old gold in the mix, but everything is in Finnish and played simultaneously. A very merry, morphed X Mess Mashup, to all of you from every me 3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    22 min
  4. 44: Kamila Śladowska / Painting Plants & Private Parts

    20/12/2023

    44: Kamila Śladowska / Painting Plants & Private Parts

    I return to Asbestos Art Space in Helsinki, to see Kamila Śladowska's solo exhibition Growing Interconnectedness, which has turned the gallery into a surreal painting installation of water, plants, and morphed shapes of naked, human bodies. Kamila tells about foraging herbs and finding inspiration in nature's ecosystems, and guides us through her assemblage of deconstructed paintings and sculptural elements. She explains how her art is an existential and political tool to deal with topics such as ecology, sexuality and gender, and how growing up in a country dominated by oppressive Catholicism has created a need for rebellious commentary within herself. Kamila also tells a bit about how she relates to the concept of hydrofeminism and how water is an essential element in her work, and we get to hear a small concert on her collaborative hydrophone Herb Brew Instrument (this is best heard with headphones or decent speakers). Kamila's website Kamila's Facebook page Kamila's Instagram Asbestos' website Asbestos' Facebook page Asbestos' Instagram And the Herb Brew Instrument collaborators: Robert Prakapovich's Instagram Mark Reid Bulatovič's Instagram Kristīne Tukre's Instagram Wanda Kamińska's Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 49m
  5. 43: Paola Fernanda Guzmán Figueroa / Familia Forever

    14/12/2023

    43: Paola Fernanda Guzmán Figueroa / Familia Forever

    I meet Paola Fernanda Guzmán Figueroa in Oodi library in Helsinki, to talk about her video work Nanita, para siempre. Paola explains how her Colombian roots grew stronger while living in Finland, and how she keeps a close connection to her family by making them a focal point in her art. We discuss different techniques for working with film- and video, and Paola talks about the process, and feeling, of making one thousand drawings of her grandmother for the animation film projected in the library. We also talk about showing art in public spaces not created for exhibitions, and how an audience reacts differently when they are surprised by art rather than looking for it. Paola's website Paola's Instagram Kino Club's Instagram Kino Club's Facebook page Oodi's website ALA Architects' website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 48m
  6. 42: James Prevett / Sculpting Socially

    29/11/2023

    42: James Prevett / Sculpting Socially

    In this crossover episode with OOO Radio (Out of Office), James Prevett guides me through his exhibition Together With in Forum Box gallery in Helsinki. James explains how ongoing collaborations with other artists, the public, and his daughter, helps him reconsider and reinvent himself as sculptor, teacher and curator, as we look at years of different initiatives of socially engaged sculpture displayed side-by-side. We talk about material translation, travelling artworks, methods of public participation, and how every project entails its own set of practical, ideological and aesthetic premises. This episode was broadcast live on OOO Radio at the time of recording, as a crossover with the community-radio component of the exhibition. Contact OOO Radio on hello@oooradio.live if you are interested in getting involved. James' website James' Instagram OOO Radio (Out of Office) Forum Box's website Parties for Public Sculptures Malmö Monument Parts (for Muuri) scores Listen to Conversation Pieces (Things for Homes / Homes for Things) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 30m
  7. 41: Niko Nordström / Time

    22/11/2023

    41: Niko Nordström / Time

    I finally sit down with Niko Nordström, to talk about his solo performance This Is Why I'm Late, in The Theatre Academy in Helsinki. We talk through his semi-fictionalised self-portrait of monologues about clocks, dreams and the struggles between thought and time, all the while dipping into the history of structured time; the societal needs for, and science behind, these structures. Niko explains how the framework of his performance is inspired by experiences in his immediate life, and how he embodies the act of storytelling from various positions, via different characters and as writer/actor. We talk about time as collaborator, time as antagonist, time as a premise for planned out events, and time as an uncontrollable element of surprise. We discuss shared feelings of ambiguity towards the concept of lateness, and reflect on how internal perception of time does not always align with external expectations. "We proclaim the environment we act in to be subjective to the core, and believe that it unravels itself differently to each individual...we strive to include the aspect of Time in the context of accessibility, which so far has primarily concerned itself with the dimensions of physical space...In a society that increasingly, constantly and actively demands, steals and feeds off our concentration, energy and Time through demands of activity...The more we sleep, the less we consume scarce resources...we deem the current neoliberal capitalist system that bases itself on endless economic (and other) growth to be both unsustainable, illusionary and naïve in its core." - excerpts from The Late Party's Explanatory Party Program This episode contains sound bites from the performance This Is Why I'm Late, recorded as video by Willjam Tigerstedt, ripped and edited by me. Niko's Instagram The Theatre Academy Helsinki's website The Theatre Academy Helsinki's Facebook page Artist at Work by Bojana Kunst Momo by Michael Ende I could not find the exact article I mention, but I found a few other interesting reads: Emotions & Time Language & Time Neuroscience & Time Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    2h 29m
  8. 40: Tangmo / Oppression & (Self)censorship

    15/11/2023

    40: Tangmo / Oppression & (Self)censorship

    I join Tangmo's participatory performance memory field in The Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, and meet her there later to unpack it. Together we talk through the performance from beginning to end, and Tangmo expands on how she developed the project and incorporated multiple collaborations with other Thai artists. She tells about the horrific background of the piece: The Thammasat Massacre in 1976, a student uprising event in Thailand which was violently shut down and almost completely erased from common history, and explains some of the differences to working as a student and artist in Thailand and Finland. We discuss student activism, censorship, and how to be brave in your position as artist and reclaim your voice in your work. We also talk about interactive poetry, audience engagement, and psychological aspects of the architecture of the new academy building. memory field working group: concept and performance by Ladapha “Tangmo” Sophonkunkit, costume design by Pin Nicha, sound design by fluffypak, graphic design by Suwapat Rodprasert, Chiw Uparsin, Sirada Darikarnonta, patches by Jayda Sakulpoonsook, Naraphat Sakarthornsap, Beam Wong, Maya Jett, Praejeen Kunawong (Jeen Ku), bo nawacharee, Banana blah blah, Julibakerandsummer and Thanakorn Dean Siriraks. This episode contains audio documentation from the performance recorded by me. Tangmo's website Tangmo's Instagram memory field on Uniarts' website The Thammasat Massacre LAPS' website LAPS' Facebook page The Academy of Fine Arts' new building And many of the collaborators: fluffypak's Instagram Jayda Sakulpoonsook's Instagram Naraphat Sakarthornsap's website Beam Wong's Instagram Maya Jett's Instagram Praejeen Kunawong (Jeen Ku)'s Instagram bo nawacharee's website Banana blah blah's Instagram Julibakerandsummer's Instagram Thanakorn Dean Siriraks' Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 57m
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// Autumn update: new episodes coming soonish! // Xenia Ramm, a Danish artist educated at The Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, interviews creative colleagues in different locations such as galleries, a darkroom or an old water reservoir. We talk about all kinds of creative and cultural work, from conceptual thinking to practical techniques and industry-specific insights. We bring the listeners with us into the space, via ambient sound recordings and verbal descriptions of the places we are in and the artworks we are talking about. Every episode features different guests and topics, with terms and technical details explained in a way that all conversations can be enjoyed by fellow artisans or without previous knowledge on the subject. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    Xenia Ramm
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  • Episodes
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