The Art of Social Change

Nov 06 2024 34 ep. 42 mins 13

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The Art of Social Change aims to pose questions, open up doors and stir up conversations. As the limits of art and life have been blurred, it is up to us to enter this nebulous space and explore it. In every episode, we converse with actors that are raising awareness on social issues and contributing to change through culture.

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Irene Adorni and Giulia Monte, Parsec

Nov 06 2024 28 mins

In this episode, we’re joined by two members of Parsec - an Italian collective of curators, artists, and cultural workers who are reshaping the art scene in Bologna and beyond. Irene Adorni is an artist and Giulia Monte, a researcher and publisher. They see independent art spaces as invaluable communities, where points of views can differ and be shared. And they shared what happe

Deniz Kirkali, curator

Oct 01 2024 29 mins

For our 34th episode we had the pleasure of speaking with Deniz Kirkali, co-founder of GARP Sessions. Garp Sessions is a summer programme that brings artists and thinkers together in Babakale, Çanakkale for a duration of 10 days. It aims to generate conversations around a question/topic/keyword and create room for interaction between people, practices, and researches. It prioritiz

György Szabó, founder of Trafo - House of Contemporary Arts

Jul 09 2024 33 mins

For this episode, we spoke to a key actor of the Hungarian cultural scene: György Szabó Discovering arts and performance during university, Gyuri immediately invested himself in the development of the art scene, by organising events as part of his university art club. Striving to promote both local and international artists, Gyuri witnessed the change of the central and Eastern E

Luiza Texeira de Freitas, curator

Jun 03 2024 35 mins

For our 32nd episode we spoke to Luiza Texeira de Freitas in Lisbon. Luiza currently specializes in advising private collections on how they can have a lasting impact in the communities around them. We spoke about the conundrum of bringing art fairs into new cities and what ethical collecting can look like. If you would like to see images of the projects we discussed during the pod

Meriem Chabani part II, architect

Apr 26 2024 37 mins

This is the second part of our interview with Meriem Chabani, co-founder of New South, an international architecture, urban design and research practice based in Paris and Brussels. Our last episode left off as Meriem explained her architecture graduation project Remade in Bangladesh, where she looked at how new urban planning and architecture could improve the working conditions a

Meriem Chabani, architect

Mar 22 2024 36 mins

For our 31st episode we spoke to Meriem Chabani, co-founder of New South Architects. New South is an international architecture, urban design and research practice based in Paris and Brussels. During our conversation we discussed how relationships of power are present in cities, often taking the form of architecture and urban planning. We explored the idea of working from the point

Monica de Miranda, artist

Jan 18 2024 39 mins

For our 29th episode we spoke to Angolan-Portuguese artist Mónica de Miranda in Lisbon. Monica’s research-led practice is grounded in the concepts of urban archeology and emotional geography. Her films, installations and photographs are inspired by her own personal story and anchored in postcolonial politics, emancipation and identity. During our interview we discussed her recen

Chaveli Sifre, artist

Nov 30 2023 27 mins

For our 29th episode, Alix had a conversation with Chaveli Sifre while visiting La Embajada’s booth in Liste, a fair in Switzerland dedicated to international, independent galleries and spaces. In her gallery's booth, Chaveli was conducting an experiment. Sitting in a corner, looking over a glass contraption, she distilled an odd mixture of water, money given to her or found in w

Marielsa Castro, curator

Jun 30 2023 51 mins

In our 28th episode, curator Marielsa Castro made us wonder, What does it take to construct the bonds that bind communities together? How can we create genuine relationships with our neighbors?During our conversation, we discussed how her interest in collectivity and commoning has led her to be a part of the cooperative Coopia and how this has influenced her current role in the Jum

Yoshua Okón, artist

May 08 2023 43 mins

For this episode, we had a conversation with Yoshua Okón. Yoshua was born in Mexico City in 1970, where he currently lives and where Gabriela met with him. His work ressembles a series of near sociological experiments executed for the camera. They blend stage situations, documentation, and improvisation to question our perceptions of reality and truth. In this episode, Gaby and Yo