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[February 9, 2022 | Season 2, Ep. 8 | Barbara London Calling]

Barbara London: Today, I’m speaking with visual artist and composer Ryoji Ikeda. Born in 1966 in Gifu, a city in central Japan, Ryoji now divides his time between Paris and Kyoto. He works with sound in its raw state—that is, sine tones and noise, often in frequencies at the edge of human perception. Ryoji, thank you for joining me.

Ryoji Ikeda: Thank you for having me.

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[December 29, 2021 | Season 2, Ep. 5 | Barbara London Calling]

Barbara London: My guest today is Amar Kanwar, an Indian artist whose masterful films and multimedia work explore the politics of power, violence and justice. Born in 1964 in New Delhi, where he still is based, Amar started his career as a filmmaker. He gave up filmmaking for a while and became a researcher for occupational health and safety in the coal mining belt of Madhya Pradesh in central India. He turned to art making in 1990. He has been collected and shown internationally, with work that ties together the personal, the social, and the political. Amar, thank you so much for joining me today.

Amar Kanwar: Thank you, Barbara. It’s really nice to meet after such a long time.

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[December 15, 2021 | Season 2, Ep. 4 | Barbara London Calling]

Barbara London: My guest today is Tracey Moffatt, a true innovator and an acclaimed artist who began her career as an experimental filmmaker. Born 1960, Tracey grew up in a suburb of Brisbane, Australia, where she absorbed a rich visual vocabulary by watching local television and movies. Her unflinching artwork is a mix of childhood memories, popular culture, history, film, television, literature and dreams. She uses fiction to comment on her own personal history and on serious issues of the volatile political landscape.

After receiving her BA from the Queensland College of Art in 1982, she photographed the Aboriginal Islander dance theater and became a founding member of the Boomalli Aboriginal artist collective in Sydney. In 1988, she sharpened her skills by working professionally in documentary production for television station SBS TV in Sydney, where she continues to live. Tracey, thank you so much for joining me.

Tracey Moffatt: Hello, Barbara London. I’m thrilled to be in a podcast. My first one.

BL: Well, you deserve this one and many more.

TM: Thank you.

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[December 1, 2021 | Season 2, Ep. 3 | Barbara London Calling]

Barbara London: My guest today is the acclaimed artist and inspired thinker Lorraine O’Grady. During her productive career, Lorraine has engaged in a range of disciplines, from performance and dance to photography, writing and the moving image, all while investigating the politics of diaspora and identity. Born in Boston in 1934 to Caribbean immigrant parents, Lorraine served as an intelligence analyst for the U.S. government, moved on to become a literary and commercial translator, then a rock music critic before she turned to visual arts in the late 1970s. Welcome, Lorraine. I’m delighted to speak with you today.

Lorraine O’Grady: Thank you. I’m very happy to be here.

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[December 1, 2021 | Season 2, Ep. 2 | Barbara London Calling]

Barbara London: Today my guest is the software-savvy artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen. Born 1987, now based in Berlin, Jakob grew up in Denmark. His mother was an educational sociologist and his father was an engineer. A tinkerer since childhood, Jakob’s interest in technology developed after he hacked a video game called Unreal, using Level Editor to do so. He still works with this same tool, which is now known as Unreal Engine. Jakob, thank you so much for joining me.

Jakob Kudsk Steensen: Thank you, Barbara. It’s always a pleasure to speak with you and hear your thoughts.

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