Past – Forward: The Wapping Project at 20

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Hosted by Gareth Evans Featuring Jane Prophet, Lea Anderson & Luca Silverstrini, Alia Trabucco Zeran, Sophie Hughes & Jen Calleja, Marta Michalowska & Thomas Zanon-Larcher, James Robson & Cameron Emirali, Richard Wilson, So Mayer, Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Taina Galis, Shona Illingworth & Nick Grief, Elina Brotherus, Mairéad McClean, Kapka Kassabova, Imogen Eveson & Sonya Dyakova, Lydia Fulton & Ben Eastham, Karen Stuke & Maresa von Stockert, Rawan AlMahrouqi, Safa Baluchi, Ruqaiya Mazar & Riham Noor Al Zadjali, Sam Spenser & Stephen Morgan, Billy Cowie, Deborah Levy, Rowan Moore & Joshua Wright

  1. 10/01/2021 · BONUS

    with Josh Wright and Rowan Moore

    In the final episode of ‘Past – Forward’, the 21st, curator and writer Gareth Evans talks to architect Josh Wright and architecture critic Rowan Moore about the light touch approach to restoring historic industrial buildings, the nodes of contact between architecture, culture and the social fabric of places, as well as the impermanence of everything. Hosted by Gareth Evans Featuring Josh Wright and Rowan Moore Sound editing and design by Philippe Frau-Nadal with sound and music from The Wapping Project’s archives including an extract from a film ‘A13’, 2004, by Sean Rogg Podcast intro theme by Billy Cowie from the soundtrack to ‘Shiny Nylon’

    45 min

  2. 07/22/2021

    with Deborah Levy

    In this episode of ‘Past – Forward’, curator and writer Gareth Evans talks to writer Deborah Levy on being commissioned as a young poet, learning to write librettos, and on the simplicity and directness of exchange with Jules Wright, made possible by decades of collaboration between creative minds. Hosted by Gareth Evans Featuring Deborah Levy Sound editing and design by Philippe Frau-Nadal with music by Billy Cowie from several collaborations with The Wapping Project Podcast intro theme by Billy Cowie from the soundtrack to ‘Shiny Nylon’

    39 min

  3. 07/13/2021

    with Billy Cowie

    In this episode of ‘Past – Forward’, curator and writer Gareth Evans talks to composer, artist and choreographer Billy Cowie on the early collaborations with Jules Wright and Deborah Levy in the 1990s, risk averse established art institutions very unlike The Wapping Project, and on transitioning seamlessly between worlds created of music, image and text. Hosted by Gareth Evans Featuring Billy Cowie Sound editing and design by Philippe Frau-Nadal Featuring music by Billy Cowie from several collaborations with The Wapping Project Podcast intro theme by Billy Cowie from the soundtrack to ‘Shiny Nylon’

    44 min

  4. 07/08/2021

    with Stephen Morgan and Sam Spenser

    In this episode of ‘Past – Forward’, curator and writer Gareth Evans is in conversation with photographer Stephen Morgan and artist and designer Sam Spenser on starting out as waiters in the restaurant at The Wapping Project, before being invited to exhibit their work within the Project’s former home the Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, and on forming long lasting friendships with Jules Wright. Hosted by Gareth Evans Featuring Stephen Morgan and Sam Spenser Sound editing and design by Philippe Frau-Nadal Including sound recordings from The Wapping Project’s archives Podcast intro theme by Billy Cowie from the soundtrack to ‘Shiny Nylon’

    44 min

  5. 06/28/2021

    with a quartet of Omani artists

    In this episode of ‘Past – Forward’, curator and writer Gareth Evans talks to a quartet of Omani artists – Rawan AlMahrouqi, Safa Baluchi, Ruqaiya Mazar, Riham Noor Al Zadjali – on their experience making work in response to scores, collaborating with Elina Brotherus during a residency programme in Oman in 2019, and finding their voices as young women artists working with performance and political art. Hosted by Gareth Evans Featuring Rawan AlMahrouqi, Safa Baluchi, Ruqaiya Mazar, Riham Noor Al Zadjali Sound edit and design by Philippe Frau-Nadal Including soundtracks from the works produced as part of the residency programme, some of which were exhibited during the 'Resonance' exhibition at Stal Gallery in March 2020. Podcast intro theme by Billy Cowie from the soundtrack to ‘Shiny Nylon’

    36 min

  6. 06/25/2021

    with Karen Stuke and Maresa von Stockert

    In the first episode of the fourth series of ‘Past – Forward’, curator and writer Gareth Evans is in conversation with artist Karen Stuke and choreographer Maresa von Stockert on working with iconic narratives, in vast industrial spaces, and the many firsts they both embraced on their encounter with Jules Wright who never settled for the easier option. Hosted by Gareth Evans Featuring Karen Stuke and Maresa von Stockert Sound edit and design by Philippe Frau-Nadal Including soundtrack from Maresa von Stockert’s ‘Grim(m) Desires’, 2004, and music composition by Billy Cowie for Karen Stuke’s exhibition ‘After Sebald’s Austerlitz’, 2013 Podcast intro theme by Billy Cowie from the soundtrack to ‘Shiny Nylon’

    37 min

  7. 04/30/2021

    with Elina Brotherus

    In the first episode of the third series of ‘Past – Forward’, curator and writer Gareth Evans is in conversation with Finnish artist Elina Brotherus on making an ambitious proposal as a very young artist that perhaps wasn’t expected, which led to her monumental video installation ‘Spring’ and to making the shortlist for the then City Bank Prize in 2002, now Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, at The Photographers’ Gallery, and her longstanding creative relationship with The Wapping Project spanning twenty years. Hosted by Gareth Evans Featuring Elina Brotherus Sound edit and design by Philippe Frau-Nadal Including soundtrack from Elina Brotherus’ ‘Spring’, 2001, and materials from The Wapping Project’s archives Podcast intro theme by Billy Cowie from the soundtrack to ‘Shiny Nylon’

    29 min

  8. 04/30/2021

    with Mairéad McClean

    In this episode of ‘Past – Forward’, curator and writer Gareth Evans talks to artist Mairéad McClean about a giant pencil, the wild beauty of the Other Hebrides, lines in the sand erased by North Atlantic waves, and how growing up close to the border on the island of Ireland made her acutely aware of any borders real or imagined. The podcast features fragments of soundtrack from Mairead McClean’s ‘Making Her Mark’, 2018, and ‘A Line Was Drawn’, 2019, including original music by Laura Cannell. Hosted by Gareth Evan Featuring Mairéad McClean Sound edit and design by Philippe Frau-Nadal Podcast intro theme by Billy Cowie from the soundtrack to ‘Shiny Nylon’

    29 min
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Hosted by Gareth Evans Featuring Jane Prophet, Lea Anderson & Luca Silverstrini, Alia Trabucco Zeran, Sophie Hughes & Jen Calleja, Marta Michalowska & Thomas Zanon-Larcher, James Robson & Cameron Emirali, Richard Wilson, So Mayer, Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Taina Galis, Shona Illingworth & Nick Grief, Elina Brotherus, Mairéad McClean, Kapka Kassabova, Imogen Eveson & Sonya Dyakova, Lydia Fulton & Ben Eastham, Karen Stuke & Maresa von Stockert, Rawan AlMahrouqi, Safa Baluchi, Ruqaiya Mazar & Riham Noor Al Zadjali, Sam Spenser & Stephen Morgan, Billy Cowie, Deborah Levy, Rowan Moore & Joshua Wright

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