Welcome to Barbara London Calling 3.0!
In my podcast series Barbara London Calling, I host conversations with pioneering and up-and-coming artists from all over the world. Together we explore what motivates and inspires these artists, what technologies they use in their unusually varied practices, and how they see the world as artists working at the forefront of technology and creativity.
Season 1 of Barbara London Calling launched August 2020, followed by Season 2.0 in December 2021. Season 3.0—the final season—launches January 2025. The series is available on Apple , Spotify or your favorite podcast player, with a new episode released every two weeks.
I want my podcast series to showcase the farthest reaching, most innovative art of our time—a kind of art, and artist, that plays an essential role in the study and understanding of contemporary art in general.
Why did I create this series? In 1974, I founded the video-media exhibition and collection programs at the Museum of Modern Art in New York—the first program of its kind at a major museum. More recently, I wrote Video/Art: The First Fifty Years, published by Phaidon, which surveys the first half century of video art.
But I wanted to go deeper into the past, present and uncharted future of video-media art. In the two seasons of my podcast series, I investigate art and artists that belong to the here and now, as their work continues to evolve with technology and with us, its users.
How can you listen to the series? Hover over the Podcast tab in the navigation bar to see individual episodes, including full transcripts of each interview and links to the works discussed.
You can listen and subscribe to the podcast series on Apple and Spotify. And be sure to follow me on Instagram to keep up to date on new episodes. Thanks for listening!
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Barbara London Calling is produced by Ryan Leahey. Audio engineering by Amar Ibrahim, with production assistants Sharifa Moore and Vuk Vuković. Background music for the series was graciously provided by Le Tigre for Season 1, by Lee Ranaldo for Season 2.0, and by Masayoshi Fujita and Erased Tapes Music for Season 3.0. Web design by Vivian Selbo and Sol Skelton.
Support for the series has been generously provided by the Richard Massey Foundation, the Kramlich Art Foundation, Bobbie Foshay, Independent Curators International (ICI) and an anonymous donor. My thanks the participating artists for their time.