Pass/Fail/Incomplete

Well, what a difference a decade makes! Does it make one wiser? More insightful? More curious about the world? Perhaps. And for all these reasons as well as those that defy reason itself, we decided to relaunch our podcast, Pass/Fail/Incomplete. Join our intrepid omni-curious hosts, Oliver Wasow and Peter Rostovsky as they talk with “experts” from the arts and other passion-driven professions in hopes of finding an answer to some key nagging questions and navigating our seemingly endless dystopia. Tune in. You are sure to profit…intellectually. And it's all free!

  1. 07/08/2024

    PFI Season 1, Episode 11, Mia Fineman (2014)

    If, while resting on a summer afternoon, you follow with your eyes a mountain range on the horizon or a branch which casts its shadow over you, you might wonder: Hey how does photography get curated in major museums? Or maybe, what is the proper way to peal a banana? Well, wonder no more, but go down the rabbit hole with this photography in the age of social media discussion featuring none other than Mia Fineman, the Metropolitan Museum’s Associate Curator of Photography. Mia talks to Oliver and Peter about her childhood in Queens, artistic beginnings, brief stints in child-grooming and eventual career as a photography curator at one of the nation’s premiere institutions. What’s the importance of the photographic document in a time of photographic overload? How does the museum handle the tricky tango between populism and the canon? How does the notion of the fake follow photography from its very beginnings? And also, how do you commune with a donkey? Join us for this engaging conversation, featuring smart people in a room, talking photography, eating bananas, opening up and crying. Ok, that last part is not true, but you should listen anyway. Next time you take a picture, you might think of this episode, and next time you go to the Met to see a photography exhibit, you might think of this conversation. Remember, as part of this special PFI return, the 300th listener gets to listen to a podcast! Go ahead, press play. Season 1 Produced by Oliver Wasow and Peter Rostovsky Send us a comment at comments@radiofreerhinecliff.org Call 845-307-7446

    1h 15m

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Well, what a difference a decade makes! Does it make one wiser? More insightful? More curious about the world? Perhaps. And for all these reasons as well as those that defy reason itself, we decided to relaunch our podcast, Pass/Fail/Incomplete. Join our intrepid omni-curious hosts, Oliver Wasow and Peter Rostovsky as they talk with “experts” from the arts and other passion-driven professions in hopes of finding an answer to some key nagging questions and navigating our seemingly endless dystopia. Tune in. You are sure to profit…intellectually. And it's all free!

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