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A Relationship with the Unknown
From urban exploration to Olympic sport. Episode 7 explores Skateboarding as improvised movement connected with ideas of community and social justice.
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Extractivismo: Oaxaca
A series of dispatches from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, documenting the social, political, and environmental impacts of Transistmico, a planned interoceanic railway corridor to rival the Panama Canal.
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Polity of Literature
This series asks how writing and reading can become the site of politics, especially for those excluded from state politics (such as prisoners, refugees, or children).
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Quarantine
As COVID-19 travel restrictions in 2020 brought our international projects to a halt, ArtsEverywhere commissioned artists, writers, and activists to explore parallels and intersectionality between the varied experiences of social distancing and quarantine.
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Four33: An Improvisation Podcast
Four33 is hosted and produced by Carey West and Stephen Donnelly in partnership with the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI).
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Artistic Practice
A collection of artistic works that show the broad range of contemporary practices in the world today.
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Curse of Geography
Investigative reports on the relationship of geographic proximity/isolation to social justice, human rights, and public policy in under-reported locations around the world.
ArtsEverywhere is a platform for artistic experimentation and exploration of the fault lines of modern society.
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“¿Quiénes son?”
Oaxacan hip hop crew Juchirap has gained acclaim as one of Mexico’s up and coming acts, earning praise for their old-school rhythms and performances in their native Diidxazá (Zapotec) language.
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And Here Is War, Yet Again
In early 2020, graphic journalist German Andino and filmmaker Ray Styles were preparing to launch the Bidi Bidi Media Lab in Uganda when Covid-related travel restrictions forced them to improvise and collaborate across thousands of miles to co-produce their first animated film together.
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Make the Future Happen
Learn about musical events that used existing knowledge about improvisation to reimagine collaborative music-making in a time of social distancing.
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Corky Lee: Memories of a Seeker
Corky Lee was a beloved community organizer, activist, and artist who worked tirelessly on behalf of Asian-American communities, using photography to document the wave of cultural pride that swept from New York to San Francisco.
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Gay Ancestry
Reading between the lines of history, the author finds queer kinship in the literature left behind by his gay ancestors.
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Improvised Existence
This podcast features elements of improvisation in daily life for a first-generation immigrant to Canada. Featuring TV producer, Amit Tandon.
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Walking Through the Pandemic
This podcast examines walking as a radical act. Featuring Sonia Overall, writer and psychogeographer.
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Beach of the Dead
A personal letter to an mentor passed, commemorating her life and the influence she had on generations of artists in New York City.
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“They Came to Us”: The Royal City Second Line Parade Band
This podcast tracks how a second line band saved Christmas in Guelph, Ontario.
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High Tide: Reflections on Music, Isolation & Catharsis
In a time of unmediated isolation, loss and heartbreak, perhaps rediscovering our artistic passions and tapping our creative impulses can offer some respite.
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Stones stand in for the words: thoughts on a polity of literature
The associations made in lyric reading, between words, images, ideas, silences, gaps, and centuries, form a political space—a polity brought into being by “lyric’s poignancy.”