Outa-Space

We interview Eleni Ioannou, a scenographer about a recent movement that developed with artists on the politically and culturally rich Island of Cyprus. This is the third investigation from the podcast in this series on the state of international theatre and especially the effects of the covid crises on the work and consciousness of artists. Podcast platforms. Apple, Spotify, etc   https://outaspac...

In this second interview with Mike Haas Artist and games developer we get into the details of how our society is increasingly turned into a game.  What is gamification doing to us and what should we do about it?   Information on Mike Haas http://www.mike-haas.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mikehaasart/?ref=br_rs Instagram @haasleblog   Music this week By Charlie Hendren "I'll write" (22) C...

We interviewed Dave Moran (Anti-Duhring Battalion), a stand up comedian and radio broadcaster. We explore the art of comedy, its power, its politics and what importance does comedy have for the class struggle.   Dave on facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010501843313 Link to Dave's Shows https://www.mixcloud.com/riversideradio/a-star-is-bored-the-anti-duhring-battalion-show/ Podca...

We talk to Robert Sharkey, creative food activist about how you can connect the historical development of society to food and recipes. He connects it to one of the podcast's key ideas that creativity starts at the beginning of being human. He also treats us to 4 of his recipes in gif format  from different key moments in history.   Link to the recipes on the website. https://outa-space.com/sharkey...

We discussed with Paco Márquez Carvajal an arts worker and former elected representative of Catalan anti capitalist party CUP. We discuss his political evolution though his experiences in Mexico, the radical independence movement in Catalonia and its effects on arts and culture.  Music from El Senyor Peix  with a song called Memòria  (a song written about the memory of his grandfather in the Spani...

An interview with Dustin Spence a playwright from Chicago USA, we discuss the important role of store theatres, the political movements in the USA, how this is interacting with the arts and how the theatre scene in Chicago is giving birth to new ideas in the Covid 19 era. Dustin's website   https://playwrightdustinspence.weebly.com/   Music "Hard Work" By Dustin Spence, Keaton Wooden, Grayson Selb...

We interview Clara Paillard, president of the PCS union culture sector on the initiative of Unions from the UK, France and Italy that have announced a joint declaration to fight for arts and culture that have been devastated by the capitalist economic crises. Is this the first step in a serious fightback for the arts?     Link to declaration  Joint International Statement https://www.pcs.org.uk/pc...

We interviewed Tyler Mcnally founder of The Last round media collective based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. What is the state of the modern media, journalism and how do different trends in capitalism express the news today and how alternative media needs to respond?   Links to the Last Round https://lastroundblog.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TLRBelfast/   Music this week. Macedonia Horo...

We talk to Mike Haas from Boston USA an artist and game developer on role games play in society. This is the first part of a series of interviews investigating all sides Gaming and creativity and what socialists need to consider in the struggle to change society.   http://www.mike-haas.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mikehaasart/?ref=br_rs Instagram @haasleblog   Audio performance Poetry fr...

We spoke to the radical theatre group Townsend productions from the UK on the work they do, what inspires them and how art tells the stories of the workers movement that we need to know for future struggles. We also review their latest podcast performance on the spanish civil war "Dare Devil rides to Jarama" and play a track from their recent album.   Links townsendproductions@hotmail.co.uk http:/...

In this podcast we get the team together in the space station to see what we think of our first 10 shows, reevaluate our hypothesis and set our future targets...we really think we got a show you should listen to.     Music this week is a medley of the last 10 shows.   Link to the last ten shows http://outa-space.com/outa-space-podcast-station/   Please subscribe to our youtube channel https://www....

We spoke with Eljeer  Hawkins a revolutionary activists from Harlem, USA about where the struggle against racism is at today, its internationalism, what are the lessons from history and how the symbolism of art is central to the discussions.    Eljeer´s Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/eljeer123/   Article - Interview with Rob on Statues of oppression. http://outa-space.com/2020/08/20/pulli...

We talk to Futuro Berg, a photographer and filmmaker from Chile, on his documentation of 3 of the world's notorious refugee camps in France, Greece and Mexico. Why do these places exist and what right does art have to be there. He explains why he is inspired to tell the stories and why we need to hear them.    Futuros work on his website https://www.futuroberg.com/portfolio-horizontal/documentary/...

In this interview we talk to David MacKenzie  a music composer and delve into his inspiration for his creative work to find the meaning of the artistic mind and how it responds to this world we live in.   Music this week by David MacKenzie - Luminosity   David´s page. https://www.facebook.com/StantzMusic/   Please subscribe to our youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg2l70Prcsv01FQlkF...

We talk to Daniel Terres, an Arts worker and social activist about the cultural segregation in the suburbs of Sweden, racism and violent gentrification. What is it about the aesthetics of street art the establishment is scared of?   Video center is the periphery   https://vimeo.com/413534565 Image gallery…… http://outa-space.com/images-of-murals-of-hammerkullen/ Both by Futro Berg   Music in this...

We interviewed a PCS Representative of the retail workers on strike at Tate Modern and Tate Britain who have voted to continue their month long strike against 313 redundancies. This is important for all artists, art lovers, trade unionists and the general public. Workers and artists must not pay for the economic crises. Art is always first to be cut, we must say, not this time, we must build solid...

We talk to Kristpher Lundberg about how the struggles of the working class community of  Hammerkullen use arts and culture centrally to build the political fightback and why the establishment wants to stop the Hammerkullen model being an example to us all.    Listen here to Music in this week's episode from historical Rap act from Hammerkullen Clicken - ( HammerHillClick). Song -  Bundna Till Hist...

We talk to Suzanne Muna about her fascinating portraits of people in the lockdown and how it ties with her political outlook, how time allows us to develop our work and ideas, and what role can art play in changing society. Suzanne website www.squashdonkey.org  The portraits link https://www.squashdonkey.org/lockdown... Join our facebook group and stay in contact. https://www.facebook.com/groups/o...

  We talk to Joe Solo about how he connects working class history through stories of humanity and is asked what is the place of the artists in the labour movement. Commentary from the space station from Paranoid Paul. Music in this episode is "no pasaran" by Joe Solo. https://joesolomusic.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/joeso... Please subscribe to our youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c...

  We talk to Natalia Medina about the murder of her uncle Walter Medina by the Police in 8th July 1973 in Uruguay while he wrote political graffiti on a wall, the arts festival they have every year to remember him and how they link it to todays struggles. Music in this episode comes from Uruguayan rapper Viki Style. Main event is Fagersjöskogen, Stockholm, 12July, 15h More activities online at @Ba...

In this episode we discuss with Jac  Berry about her creative activity while she worked as a intensive care nurse during covid 19. Including issues such as creating clear messages, the role of the "socialist left", who is and isn't an artist, do hairy legs matter and who is best qualified to make the coffee. Comments from the space station with Paul Paranoid. Music from System Kicker - "See the Da...

We are living in a world of crises, plagues and wars we have to get our shit together otherwise barbarism and eventually extinction is our future. In Outa-space podcast we are going to explore some key questions around the direction of our future.. The class struggle, role of art and how we challenge capitalisms roller coaster to doom. This episode is a modest start and a bit of a test to explain...