OK Radio

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Nature Theater of Oklahoma directors Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska talk to artists, curators and people around the world -- from New York to Frankfurt, Brussels, Paris, et. al. These are long form conversations in the spirit of the radio conversations of John Cage and Morton Feldman. Nothing is off limits. (Note: for photos of our guests and more information about the show, please be sure to visit the show website at www.okradio.org)

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Daniel Alexander Jones - OK Radio Episode 85

Dec 23 2013 113 mins

Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with performance artist/theater maker Daniel Alexander Jones, and also with his alter-ego, the uber-glamorous “soulsonic superstar” - Jomama Jones. A conversation that touches on character, imagination, creativity, realness, possibility, and growth - in all its marvelous and weedy aspects - and the everyday work we do to tend that garden.

Natalia Koliada (Belarus Free Theatre) - OK Radio Episode 84

Nov 24 2013 115 mins

Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with Natalia Koliada of the Belarus Free Theatre about the challenges of making art in a police state where people are regularly kidnapped, killed and tortured. We’ve blabbed a lot in this podcast about the difficulties of making theater even working in the best possible circumstances – so how does this ambitious company company manage to keep i

Reggie Watts (No. 2) - OK Radio Episode 83

Nov 03 2013 115 mins

Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks again with the venerable comedian, musician, magpie - Reggie Watts. A conversation about self-image, self-care, imitation and actualization. How does an artist become an original, and what does that even mean? How can we build into this idea of “image” the potential and even mandate to change and grow into the future? And how can we safeguard fo

Ontroerend Goed - OK Radio Episode 82

Oct 18 2013 106 mins

Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with Joeri Smet, Karolien De Bleser, and Angelo Tijssens of the Ghent-based company, Ontroerend Goed in our first ever podcast recorded in front of a live audience in Vooruit. Join us as we consider whether or not the audience changes anything about the way we work. When we work in front of an audience do we always somehow want it to go well? Would

Rik Pinxten - OK Radio Episode 81

Oct 15 2013 95 mins

Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with writer, professor and researcher in cultural anthropology, Rik Pinxten of the University of Ghent, about such wide-ranging topics as creativity, animals, intuition, art, religion, science, culture, language, mathematics and finally our potential (and Rik feels there is a potential) to still change the world we live in. (This podcast was recorde

Mammalian Diving Reflex (Eva Verity, Hazel Venzon) - OK Radio Episode 80

Oct 15 2013 96 mins

Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with Eva Verity and Hazel Venzon of the Canadian company Mammalian Diving Reflex – all about “art” as a category of human activity. Both of our companies make work which falls under this dubious moniker “art,” but the activity may be in each case very different in scope, location, participants, and intent. So, what makes “art” – well

Barbara Van Dyck - OK Radio Episode 79

Oct 14 2013 83 mins

Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with researcher and activist Barbara Van Dyck, who has been in the news recently in Belgium for her activity against a field of experimental genetically modified potatoes. From Barbara we learned a lot in just one short hour about the scientific concerns surrounding genetic modification of agriculture – and also enjoyed some hot discussion with he

Andros Zins-Browne - OK Radio Episode 78

Oct 13 2013 92 mins

Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with American dancer/choreographer/artist Andros Zins-Browne about his journey from the world of classical ballet through Chris Burden and Jackass, into modern dance and out again into his current work: Welcome to the Jungle. Join us for a conversation in which we reflect on more than a few personal experiences of reinvention, investigation, discove

Sarah Vanhee - OK Radio Episode 77

Oct 12 2013 88 mins

Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with Belgian artist Sarah Vanhee about her recent project Lecture for Everyone for which she is invited by various groups to speak (always unannounced) in a location where an audience is already gathered for an entirely different situation or event. What does it mean to come into a public situation as an outsider or stranger? Who is the guest and wh

Barbara Raes - OK Radio Episode 76

Oct 12 2013 97 mins

Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with Barbara Raes, artistic director of Vooruit in Ghent. Vooruit, originally the festival center of the Ghent labor movement, and a symbol of the socialist movement, is today a busy arts center and hub of cultural innovation. The name “vooruit” translates in English to “forward, ” but are we capable curators of our own idealism? Why does to