Withstanding

May 22 2024 12 ep. 58 mins 1
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Withstanding is a podcast, sound art and essay series produced by the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York. As we slowly approach a post-pandemic era, Withstanding looks into what lies ahead for the field of visual arts together with invited art professionals. What do we want to take with us to the future? What to leave behind? What to cultivate? Each podcast episode features a sound-based art work, including new commissions. Find out more and read the accompanying essays at fciny.org/projects/withstanding

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Season 3, Episode 4: On Social Sustainability in Fashion

May 22 2024 58 mins  
In this episode, our guest host Ervin Latimer, fashion designer and founder of label Latimmier, leads us to a conversation on sustainability in the fashion industry, with specific focus on the perspective of the body and questions of gender and size. He is joined by fashion designer Henna Lampinen, the winner of the Finnish Young Designer of the Year Award in 2023, and Steven Cox a

Season 3, Episode 3: On AI and Artistry

Apr 23 2024 60 mins  
In this episode our guest host, curator and writer Eileen Isagon Skyers, leads a conversation about the dynamic interplay between artificial intelligence and contemporary art. We hear from artist Sofia Crespo, renowned for her mesmerizing generative art using neural networks, and artist Tuomas A. Laitinen, whose recent artistic practice includes an in-depth study of octopus intelli

Season 3, Episode 2: On Community Activism

Mar 19 2024 61 mins  
In this episode, we delve into field of community activism in New York and Helsinki, through a discussion led by Ella Kaira and Matti Jänkälä from the Helsinki-based architectural practice Vokal. They are joined by organizer and activist Annie Carforo and curator, organizer and activist Monxo López to discuss both urgencies and longer-term goals of working towards a more equita

Season 3, Episode 1: On Listening and Hearing

Feb 20 2024 61 mins  
The new season of FCINY’s Withstanding podcast begins with a deep dive into sound. Each Withstanding episode functions as a platform not only for discussions on urgent topics in the post-pandemic world, but also for sound-based artworks. In this episode, we discuss sounding, listening and hearing with sound artist, composer and activist Antye Greie-Ripatti and multidisciplinary a

Exercises in Togetherness: Listening to the nonhuman

Dec 16 2022 69 mins  
The Finnish Cultural Institute in New York's Exercises in Togetherness program continues with an online listening session on the Withstanding podcast platform, and in the company of curator Alaina Claire Feldman, artist and musician Miho Hatori, artist Josefina Nelimarkka and host Elina Suoyrjö. Aligning with recent and on-going work of the speakers, the session focuses on the pra

Season 2, Episode 2: On Feminisms and Architecture

Dec 01 2021 66 mins  
Season 2, Episode 2: On Feminisms and Architecture In this episode of Withstanding, we are joined by Lori Brown and Arvind Ramachandran to talk about feminist approaches to architecture. What kind of questions do we actually talk about when we talk about feminist approaches to architecture? What kind of tools do feminist architects and scholars of architecture offer to the field? A

Season 2, Episode 1: The Futures of Urban Planning

Nov 01 2021 56 mins  
In the first episode of the second season of Withstanding, we are joined by Efe Ogbeide and Stephen Zacks to talk about the futures of urban planning. How to practice participatory urban planning, that helps to create more livable, inclusive and equal cities? How to implement hyperlocal strategies into a vaster planetary scale?  At the end of the episode, we present the sound

Episode 4: Processes of Making Art Public

Jul 05 2021 65 mins  
In this episode, we are joined by curators Ceci Moss and Paul O’Neill, to discuss the work done at Gas in Los Angeles and PUBLICS in Helsinki. How do these versatile organizations and platforms work together with artists, communities and other organizations in making art public? How has the pandemic affected smaller non-profit art organizations, and how to reorganize in the verge

Episode 3: Making Art in the Public Realm

Jul 02 2021 70 mins  
In this episode, we discuss artistic practices focused on public spaces together with artists Chloë Bass and Mark Niskanen. What can collaboration mean in an artistic process? How has the pandemic affected the artists’ practices? How can institutions better support artists making work for vast audiences outside museum walls? The episode features audio documentation of the piece

Episode 2: On Art, Ecology, and Sustainable Curating

Jun 03 2021 63 mins  
In this episode, we are joined by Ama Josephine Budge and Essi Vesala to talk about ecology and contemporary art, as well as ecologically sustainable curating. What does ecologically sustainable curatorial work with contemporary art entail in today’s cultural climate? How to expand our ecological thinking when working with art, artists and exhibitions? And how to outline curatori