Edge of Reason

Dec 05 2024 11 ep. 32 mins 23
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In season 2, we go beyond the Edge of Reason and explore the line where left-brain meets right-brain, where logic ends and creativity begins. 

Tune in as groundbreaking contemporary artists discuss the concepts that define their artistic outlook in all-new episodes from Hauser & Wirth and Atlantic Re:think, the creative marketing studio at The Atlantic.

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Attachment & Power

Dec 05 2024 33 mins  
In this episode, artist Camille Henrot and author Melissa Febos explore how relationships reveal the dynamics of control and connection. Henrot discusses how caregiving, education, and societal structures inform her creative process, while Febos reflects on her experiences as a dominatrix and the liberating process of writing about attachment. Together they consider how art can un

Multiplicity

Nov 21 2024 32 mins  
In this episode, artist Glenn Ligon and multi-hyphenate Solange Knowles discuss what it means to create—and live—with multiplicity. Ligon reflects on his career-long evolution into an artist who challenges perceptions of race, language, and history, while Knowles traces her path as a musician, performer, and curator. Together they explore the power of collective experience, a

Magic in the Mundane

Nov 14 2024 28 mins  
In this episode, artist Mika Rottenberg and theoretical physicist Dr. Felix Flicker search for the intersection between art and science, inviting us to rediscover the beauty of the world around us. Rottenberg shares how her work transforms familiar materials to highlight the connection between humans and their environment, while Dr. Flicker discusses the properties of common obje

Perception vs. Truth

Nov 07 2024 29 mins  
In this episode, artist Charles Gaines and fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner explore how art can bridge the gap between what we perceive and what is real, prompting us to question our relationship with truth. Gaines’s conceptual systems challenge the notion of a singular truth, while Bonner’s fashion designs reveal the layers of identity and history embedded in her work. How

Memory

Oct 31 2024 31 mins  
In this episode, artist Gary Simmons and “Surviving R. Kelly” filmmaker dream hampton examine personal and collective memory, what we choose to remember, and what we choose to forget. Simmons reflects on how cultural memory—particularly through race and erasure—has influenced his work, from his iconic chalkboard drawings to his installations that blur the lines between re

Liberty

Nov 14 2023 32 mins  
Liberty: A principle emphasizing freedom, autonomy, and the inherent rights of individuals. In this episode, artist Lorna Simpson and poet and scholar Dr. Elizabeth Alexander question the nature of individual rights, autonomy, and separate the idea of "liberty" from "freedom" via Simpson's evocative representations of race, gender, and identity and Alexander's celebrated poetic in

Inquiry

Nov 07 2023 28 mins  
Inquiry: The spirit of questioning, exploring, and seeking to understand, rather than merely accept, established truths. In this episode, artist Pipilotti Rist and MOCA curator Anna Katz unearth the dynamic relationship between nature, technology, and the human experience. Image Credit: Pipilotti Rist, Twin concept pictures, 2023 © Pipilotti Rist. Courtesy the artist and Hauser

Progress

Oct 31 2023 30 mins  
Progress: the belief in constant societal advancement through reason, knowledge, and education. In this episode, artist Thomas J Price and renowned scholar Steven Pinker discuss the challenges of defining human advancement and the importance of measuring both tangible and intangible progress. Image Credit: Installation view, ‘Thomas J Price, Untitled (Icon) Series,’ 2017 ©

Individualism

Oct 24 2023 35 mins  
Individualism: The idea that each person possesses a distinctive and autonomous self that is able to develop within society. In this episode, artist Christina Quarles and Xicana writer Cherríe Moraga navigate the conundrum of individual identity, revealing the profound intersections and deviations that shape our understanding of who we are. Image Credit: Christina Quarles, (An

Humanism

Oct 17 2023 29 mins  
Humanism: the value and agency of human beings while recognizing the relationship between the human experience, evolution, and extinction. In this episode, artist Nicolas Party and researcher Thomas Moynihan explore their mutual interest in human agency, the arbitrary circumstances of planetary civilization—and dinosaurs! Image Credit: Nicolas Party, Portrait with a Donkey (de