Fresh Art International

On Miami Beach, we meet American writer  Kurt Andersen  to talk about the role of creativity in the Trumping of America. Besides writing novels, he has opined on America’s political landscape for  The New York Times ,  The New Yorker , and his own  Spy Magazine . Kurt Anderson is host and co-creator of  Studio 360 , a New-York based culture magazine show. His latest books explore a certain peculia...

In this conversation, we talk about how the island country of Haiti has long inspired contemporary art, books and films and how the cultural complexity of immigrant communities is a creative force in South Florida. Come with us to the heart of Miami's  Little Haiti  neighborhood for a walk about with  Carl Juste , a local cultural activist, photojournalist and artist whose family comes from Haiti...

What does it mean to be a contemporary art curator in the 21st century? Perhaps subconsciously, it's about living up to the legacy of  Harald Szeemann , a legendary art historian—acting on the impulse to experiment and introduce new ways of engaging with art. Follow us to Norway, where you'll meet a few of the curators gathering for the 2017 Congress of the  International Association of Curators o...

Are we the last real humans? We consider this question in a conversation about art as a speculative science. Join us to ponder our uncertain future.   Laura Randall, scholar in residence at the  Rubell Family Collection , shares the dark side of the exhibition  Still Human , introducing artists who imagine a world where we never die and wonder if mayonnaise is alive. With curator Joey Orr (now at...

Come with us to explore  Prospect New Orleans , the Crescent City’s triennial of contemporary art. Titled  The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp , the fourth iteration evokes the musical character of New Orleans and the surrounding natural environment—the bayous, lakes and wetlands near the mouth of the Mississippi River. Voices in this episode: Prospect.4’s artistic director  Trevor Schoonmaker , forme...

Today, we take you to South Florida, for a conversation about  public art  with Swiss born artist  Ugo Rondinone .  Miami Mountain  is the latest in his iconic  Mountain  series. The North American Badlands inspire the towering stack of five brightly colored neon stones that he designed to hold sway over the palm trees in Collins Park on Miami Beach. The  Bass Museum of Art ’s 2016 public art acqu...

On this live streaming radio program, we consider how artists, curators, architects and writers are responding to climate change in South Florida. King tides, flooding and eroding beaches are now part of everyday life. Our guests reveal how the rising sea has inspired two artist residency programs and an upcoming exhibition. Natalia Zuluaga, Artistic Director at  ArtCenter/South Florida , introduc...

Artist  Dara Friedman  and curator  Rene Morales  talk about  Perfect Stranger , Friedman's mid-career survey at the  Perez Art Museum , Miami. The exhibition features seventeen major film and video works shot in Miami, New York, and Germany. Intertwined with our conversation, you’ll hear some of the sonic encounters that lie waiting behind thick velvet curtains in the multi-chambered show. It’s t...

Today we take you to the intersection of nature, art and technology to meet Amsterdam-based artists Ralph Nauta and Lonneka Gordjein of  Studio Drift . They design their creative applications of new technology to make us question the lines we draw between humanity and nature, chaos and order. Presented during  Miami Art Week 2017 , Studio Drift's  flying sculpture made of 300 lighted drones  was e...

In our report from Miami Art Week 2017,  Tanja Hollander ,  Nancy Davidson ,  Tania El Khoury ,  Sara Driver  and  Amy Sherald  talk about the roles that social media art, inflatable sculpture, interactive performance, documentary film and figurative painting played during Miami Art Week and Art Basel 2017. Tanja Hollander is an artist who lives and works in Auburn, Maine. No need for a ticket to...

Today, we take you to the  Everglades , a region of South Florida once entirely covered in a shallow, slow-moving sheet of water. Established as a National park in 1947, the subtropical wilderness of endless marshes, dense mangroves and towering palms is a habitat for rare and endangered species—including manatees, the American crocodile, and the Florida panther.  Since 2001, the wild world of the...

Alba Triana , a Colombian-born composer and sound artist based in Miami, Florida, introduces three of her exquisite sound and light installations:  Music on a Bound String  questions whether or not the act of listening is indispensable to the musical experience.  Microcosmos  animates a cymbal to create an immersive vibrational experience. The interactive  Electronic Gamelan  invites visitors to p...

How does Miami continue to expand on and elevate the international conversation about contemporary art that the world’s premiere art fair sparked in 2002 by launching  Art Basel Miami Beach ? On this live streaming show  broadcast from the Jolt Radio studio , Miami, Florida, meet artists and curators who are making this city a year round destination for art. We introduce exhibitions you can visit...

In this live streaming talk show on Jolt Radio, we explore the ways that Downtown Miami sparks creative interventions—how the city's cultural landscape inspires artists, curators and city developers based here. In studio: Rina Carvajal, Executive Director and Chief Curator,  Museum of Art + Design, Miami Dade College , on Living Together film and performance series and the Museum without Boundarie...

Listen in to hear the energy and creativity that our team and guests brought to our live streaming Breakfast and The Beat show on Jolt Radio this week. We thank you, our listeners and invite you to support our efforts to bring the voice of international contemporary art, design and film to our global community. Click HERE to collect contemporary art by Miami artists and donate! www.freshartinterna...

Today, we take you to Venice, Italy, to meet Hong Kong artist and composer  Samson Young . He tells the stories behind  Songs for Disaster Relief , his creation for the  Hong Kong Pavilion  at the  57th Venice Art Biennale . Fake news, meta fiction, politics, pop music and philanthropy are all at play in the multi-part installation that begins in the courtyard. The pavilion’s inter-connected envir...

This radio show about Architecture with a Sense of Place features conversations with artists and architects whose work responds to cultural, historical, sociopolitical and environmental influences on our built environment. Featured: Jack Sanders,  Design Build Adventure , Austin; Jaya Kader,  KZ Architecture , Miami;  David Hartt  at  Graham Foundation , Chicago; Sarah Dunn,  Urban Lab , Chicago;...

Today, we take you to the Arsenale, a historic shipyard and main venue for the 57th Venice Art Biennale. In the New Zealand pavilion, we hear artist Lisa Reihana speak on reversing the colonial gaze in her work Emissaries. http://www.freshartinternational.com

Brought to you live from the studio at  Jolt Radio , our latest program on South Florida’s film culture introduces  Miami Film Festival’s GEMS 2017 . Hear from MFF’s associate director  Diana Cadavid  and Miami-based screenwriter Joshua Jean-Baptiste ( #GettheGreenlight  winner) and Los Angeles based filmmaker  Angel Manuel Soto  ( VR Escape ,  La Granja ). Listen in on our conversations with film...

Today, we take you to Germany, to experience the 2017 edition of  Skulptur Projekte Münster . The international public art exhibition that has taken place every ten years since 1977 activates historical, architectural, social and political sites across the city. The best way to experience this model of art in the public sphere is on foot and by bicycle. Featuring temporary  public art projects  by...

On this radio program, we take you places where art intersects with cultural history. Listen to our encounters with artists  Samson Young (Hong Kong) and  Lisa Reihana  (New Zealand) at the  57th Venice Art Biennale ,. Then, join our tour of temporary public art projects designed for Münster, Germany’s  Skulptur Projekte 2017 .

Today, we take you to Paris for a studio visit with French artist  ORLAN . Surrounded by her books, sculptures, paintings and photographs, we talk about her evolving relationship with technology.  Sound Editor: Alyssa Moxley | Voice Over Translation: Emilia Garth | Special Audio Track: ORLAN

Today, we explore the sounds of the international contemporary art exhibition  documenta 14 , in Athens, Greece, and Kassel, Germany.  Featuring violinist  Ali Moraly  performing at opening ceremonies and projects by Nigerian  Emeka Ogboh , Pakistani  Rasheed Araeen , Norwegian  Joar Nango , American  Rick Lowe , Nigerian   Otobong Nkanga  and American  William Pope. L .

Some might think that art descends on Miami just once a year in December for Art Week. In fact, this city has a year round cultural life. On our radio show, meet a few of the curators, gallerists and artists who animate South Florida’s year round contemporary art scene. Listen to locals in conversations about urban development and gentrification, racial and social issues, and experimental music an...

Art with Caribbean roots inspires this episode of our radio show.  Franklin Sirmans , Director of  Perez Art Museum, Miami , sets the tone, in his conversation with Cathy Byrd about art from the  Global South . We’ll introduce the role of  Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator , Inc., in nurturing the work of artists of the Caribbean diaspora in Miami and beyond. You’ll hear from  Rosie Gordon-Wal...