Finlay Hall Podcast

Oct 18 2024 63 ep. 16 mins

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Finlay Hall documents his daily life maintaining a creative practice, and navigating everyday challenges. Recorded on the move, expect sounds of the city as well as insightful conversations about public space, creative practice, and what it means to engage with culture in today's world.
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Easter Holidays, Ignorant Schoolmaster, Like... (29/04/24)

Oct 18 2024 28 mins

You know the easter holidays feeling? That's what it was like on this day. I read an excerpt from The Queer Art of Failure by Jack Halberstam. Afterwards I go to the pub and a man annoys me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Medium/Format, Pedagogy, Scavenging (28/03/24)

Sep 17 2024 8 mins

Greeted by a grey sky, I'm back in Norway, and It's Easter. Everyhthing is shut during Easter in Norway. I speak about teaching and learning, and try and acquire some food. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Interference, Duty-Free, Lazy (27/03/24)

Aug 23 2024 15 mins

Finlay Hall podcast is back after a beautiful and, what might have been, the best summer ever (!) In this episode, I travel from Scotland to Norway, waste some time sampling some whisky at the airport, buy some cigarettes for Belen, then come up with a completely reductive theory about the political scale.PS.New things coming for the podcast, over the coming months. I'm going to at

Wooosh Gallery talk to DJCAD Students at Cooper Gallery (26/03/24)

Jun 20 2024 25 mins

Myself and fellow Wooosh Gallerist Jamie Donald were asked by Cooper Gallery, to speak to the Student Curatorial Team about our art gallery in a car park, Wooosh Gallery.A real institutional mashup!Thanks to Peter Amoore of Cooper Gallery for hosting us and leading the conversation about our collaborative curatorial approach. Thanks as well to the students for asking lots of great

Grandma, Ben Douglas, Changes (25/03/24)

May 20 2024 24 mins

This episode takes place on a a rainy Monday in Scotland. North Berwick > Edinburgh > Dundee.I take a trip to visit my Grandma. Then I'm joined by my good friend, talented photographer/youth worker Ben Douglas aka. Burnt Bongo.This year he was a judge on the Scottish Phone Portrait awards. (Sadly the deadline has passed but details can be found here-> https://www.scottisha

Natalie, Bees, Young People (24/03/24)

May 15 2024 19 mins

I speak to my sister Natalie about her work with bees and young people. She tells me about some of the social mechanics of beehives and how her work at the North Berwick Youth Project revolves around curiosity.The book she references is titled "The Bees" by Laline Paull.Warning: this episode contains the sounds of cows in labour Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor

Coffee, Platform, Train (23/03/24)

May 13 2024 5 mins

Jamie and I get a train form Dundee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Haircut, Susan Torrance, Housebuilding (22/03/24)

May 08 2024 10 mins

I got my hair cut! Then went to a conference at Generator Projects run by State of Print, where Susan Torrance gave a brilliantly informative talk about land use and housebuilding policy in Scotland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chippy, Matt Gow, Friends (21/03/24)

May 08 2024 7 mins

A fish supper! From the Tay Fry Inn. I recount the previous evening at the Cooper Gallery, talk about chip shop routines, fail to interview my friend and frequent collaborator Matt Gow.Apologies for the distorted audio at the beginning, I did my best to repair it so as not harm your little ears!Thanks again for listeningSpend time with your friends!-F Hosted on Acast. See acast.com

Airport, Train Station, Art Gallery (20/03/24)

May 06 2024 20 mins

I fly to Scotland for a visit, experience the feeling of being scammed, get picked up by my friend Calum, then attend an event at the Cooper Gallery in Dundee. The audio from that event was sampled from their video here: https://youtu.be/8nZ3rErX7Vo?si=sXJ-LTb5ocYYXUAzThanks to Calum for picking me up, and to Sophia, Peter and Rhona at the Cooper Gallery for putting on a nice event