Pascale de Graaf traces the origins of electronic music and cybernetics through the lens of Jasia Reichardt’s robotics archive. From Halim El-Dabh’s groundbreaking Wire Recorder Piece (1944) and John Cage’s pioneering tape compositions of the 1960s, to Philip K. Dick’s speculative fiction and the genre-defying music of Arca, this episode provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the intertwined histories of technology that have shaped contemporary artistic visions of the future.

Listen to the full segment ➚here

Bonus Links:

>>> Read "The Electric Ant" by Philip K Dick ➚here.

>>> Watch Eris Sykes' film "The Plank" ➚here.

>>> Watch Jasia Reichardts' Brief Tour of Cybernetic Serendipity ➚here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments(0) Permalink Share via Mail

ART follows musician Dorian Electra’s encounters with their favorite works from Antiquity. Part tribute and part experiment, ART is a self-aware outsider’s attempt at translation.

This book-launching segment features readings and performances by Dorian Electra, Jane Balfus, Sam Rolfes, Corrine Ciani, Julian Ribeiro, Babedrea33, Izzy Casey, Christian Prince, Ruby Justice, Lewis Grant, Count Baldor, DJ F*ck, Nicholas Christenson + Lulu West, and more.

Listen to the full segment ➚here

Bonus Links:

>>> Buy a copy of ART ➚here.

>>> Listen to Dorian talk alt-media conspiracies & ideological mixology ➚here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments(0) Permalink Share via Mail

International girl-pop luminaries NEW YORK join MoMA PS1 Warm Up co-organizers Nick Scavo and Kari Rittenbach to discuss early performances, the making of their debut album, and key musical inspirations, moderated by Montez Press Radio’s Max Ludlow.

Listen to the full segment ➚here

Bonus Links:

>>> Listen to NEW YORK's latest EP 'Push' in full ➚here

>>> Listen to their NTS show ➚here

>>> Follow NEW YORK's site ➚here 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments(0) Permalink Share via Mail

Asha Tamarisa chairs a roundtable discussion that unsettles “official” histories and dominant archival logics while illuminating the intricate relationship between the Global South and American experimental sonic arts.

Listen ➚here

Bonus Links:

>>> Read "Cache Rules Everything Around Me" from the Counter Archive Issue of Incite! ➚here.

>>> Read more about the Counter-Archiving the Avant-Garde platform ➚here.

>>> Listen to more episodes about archives in MPR's archive under the Archive tab ➚here. Archives...archives...archives...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments(0) Permalink Share via Mail

Is risk a desirable quality in contemporary art? To find out, Travis Diehl decided to ask a handful of people from varying disciplines to think along these lines in an era of doxxing and cancellation. Featuring Quinn Slobodian, Diva Corp, Alisha Mascarenhas, Alex Greenberger, and music by Dakota Higgins.

Listen to the full segment ➚here.

Bonus Links:

>>> Get Diva Corps' two cents ➚here

>>> Listen to Travis review art reviews via the MPR archive ➚here

 

 

Comments(0) Permalink Share via Mail

Hear director Luna Mahoux discuss The Other Queen of Memphis, her documentary celebrating the unsung icon of Memphis rap, La Chat. Traversing resistence and rememberance as we follow La Chat through the city, the film traces a story of legacy, loss, and the tension between cultural influence and material wealth.

Listen to the full segment ➚here

Bonus Links:

>>> Listen to La Chats' legendary album Murder She Spoke ➚here.

>>> Listen to La Chats' NTS show ➚here.

>>> Listen Memphis legends tear up the club via the MPR archive ➚here.

 

 

Comments(0) Permalink Share via Mail

In response to Monique Wittig’s The Lesbian Body—the 1973 genre- and gender-breaking work of theory-fiction that challenged the heterosexual order of literature—this event gathers artists and writers to engage with its legacy fifty years after its English debut. In The Lesbian Body, Wittig celebrates sites of pleasure and lesbian eros through joy, violence, and tenderness, radically transfiguring gender by lesbianizing grammar, myth, and vocabulary.

Writers Alice Centamore and Matvei Yankelevich, responding to Wittig’s dissatisfaction with the original 1975 English translation, revised the text following her marginal notes. Their new edition, published by Winter Editions, foregrounds Wittig’s typographic innovations and renders her revisionist approach to language more fully.

For this event, Alice and Matvei invite a range of artists to perform from and respond to their favorite passages from the book. Sharon Hayes, Carolyn Lazard, and A. L. Steiner, alongside playwright Jerry Lieblich and art historian Ksenia M. Soboleva, collectively reflect on The Lesbian Body’s utopian project from today’s vantage point.

As Jack Halberstam promises, “you will never think straight again.”

Listen to the full segment ➚here

Bonus Links:

>>> Check out the new edition ➚here.

>>> Read the original 1975 translation ➚here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments(0) Permalink Share via Mail