The Piece with Madame Kelso

Kelsey Scult
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Kelsey Scult talks to New Orleans-based artists about the piece of work by another artist that has had the biggest impact on their creative practice. Whether it be a film, painting, song, etc.- every artist has had a lightbulb moment in experiencing someone else's art that made them realize what kind of work they wanted to make themselves.

  1. 11/08/2019

    Nailah Griffin & "A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby" by Kara Walker

    Performance artist / space-maker Nailah Griffin discusses the importance "A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby" by Kara Walker holds in her creative practice and personal life. Nailah is a Brooklyn- bred / Nola-born communal artist that focuses on themes of motherhood, community, and mental health in her work.

    1h 24m

  2. 10/28/2019

    Ben Matheny & "Jurassic Park" by Steven Spielgberg

    Writer, actor, and producer Ben Matheny discusses the impact Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" has had on the way he approaches capturing the magic and pure fun of filmmaking. Ben's most recent film "Easy Does It," which he co-wrote and starred in, is about two best friends and their accidental hostage as they careen across the 1970s American South on a treasure hunt turned crime spree. To learn more about "Easy Does It" and where you can see it, follow @easydoesitfilm on Instagram.

    1h 35m

  3. 10/15/2019

    Zandashé Brown & "Carrie" by Brian De Palma

    Zandashé Brown is an award-winning genre filmmaker born bred in and inspired by Southern Louisiana. A self-proclaimed storyteller, Brown writes and directs stories primarily within the horror genre that showcase her perspective on identity, spirituality, and healing for Black women in the American South. For this episode, we discuss the impact Brian De Palma's classic "Carrie" has had on the way Zandashé approaches maternal horror. To find out more about Zandashé and her work, go to www.zandashe.com and follow her on instagram @zandashe.

    1h 1m

  4. 05/15/2019

    Rhia Jade & "Café Müller" by Pina Bausch

    Dancer Rhia Jade discusses the impact of Pina Bausch's "Café Müller." Rhia (they/them, she/her) moves and makes things by and for the body. Rhia is a choreographer, dancer, and performer based between New Orleans and Los Angeles who cultivates a practice at the crossroads of queerness, intersectional feminism, choreography, video, and performance. Rhia’s dance-works have been presented in New Orleans at the Contemporary Arts Center, the Marigny Opera House, Catapult, and Port, and in Los Angeles at REDCAT, Human Resources, Pieter, the Annenberg Beach House and Highways. Rhia has been a Hothouse resident at UCLA as well as a Summer Holiday Resident at Pieter. Rhia performed Trisha Brown's Floor of the Forest at the Hammer Museum, and has worked with Maya Taylor, Katherine Helen Fisher, Victoria Marks, Ros Warby, Jmy Kidd, Oguri, Jennie MaryTai Liu, Mecca Vazie Andrews, and Ryuta Iwashita. Rhia holds a BA in World Arts and Cultures/Dance from UCLA.

    1h 7m

  5. 04/29/2019

    MILAGROS & "Pee-wee's Playhouse"

    MILAGROS Collective co-founders Felici Asteinza and Joey Fillastre, along with their ever-changing cast of collaborators, create site-specific works that explore the history of place through striking arrangements of color and mark. With an exuberant style that champions the hand made and the intuitive, MILAGROS energizes public spaces with effervescent patterns that obliterate the seams between structures and highlight the unique attributes of the surrounding architecture. The spirit of playful spontaneity MILAGROS brings to their work results in community-based projects that radiate human dignity. For this episode they discuss the impact "Pee-wee's Playhouse" had on their playful, imaginative style. Find more of their work at http://www.milagroscollective.com/ and follow them on instagram @milagrosyall

    1h 10m

  6. 04/17/2019

    Rosalie Smith & "Evoking the Father" by Sharon Hoffman

    Rosalie Smith discusses the poem "Evoking the Father" by Sharon Hoffman, her mother who passed away in August of 2018. Rosalie is a multidisciplinary artist who's recent work conceptually addresses impermanence, grief, community, and environmental issues. Her process is deeply rooted in investigating the metaphoric value of materials and processes. She co-founded and conceptualized @luckyartfair, an art fair with an egalitarian financial structure designed to pay unconventionally marketable artists same rate as those who make saleable work. Sharon Hoffman was a poet, artist, landscaper and food sustainability activist.

    1h 19m

  7. 04/06/2019

    HU$HPUPPY, Dankyproductions, DJ Sincjack & "Akira" by Katsuhiro Otomo

    HU$HPUPPY, Dankyproductions and DJ Sincjack discuss the 1988 anime film "Akira" and the way it informed the music video for "Akuma" that Hushpup and Devin (Dankyproductions) recently released. Find more of their work at @hush__pup, @dankyproductions, and @sincjack on instagram, https://soundcloud.com/hush_love, and the video for Akuma at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwbhYw25l0E&app=desktop.

    1h 36m

  8. 03/31/2019

    Raven Crane & "Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility" by Tourmaline, Eric A. Stanley and Johanna Burton

    Organizer and filmmaker Raven Crane (they / them) discusses the anthology "Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility" edited by Tourmaline, Eric A. Stanley and Johanna Burton. "Trap Door" is composed of essays, conversations, and archival investigations that explore the paradoxes, limitations, and social ramifications of transgender representation within contemporary culture. To learn more about Raven's organizing follow them on instagram @mx_andry.

    1h 13m
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Kelsey Scult talks to New Orleans-based artists about the piece of work by another artist that has had the biggest impact on their creative practice. Whether it be a film, painting, song, etc.- every artist has had a lightbulb moment in experiencing someone else's art that made them realize what kind of work they wanted to make themselves.

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    Kelsey Scult
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