Artists Activists and Audiences
Artists, Activists and Audiences is a series of one hour audio programs broadcast on 90mil Radio in which we explore the artists’ work and their processes, motivations, topics of interest and activism - and their evolving relationship to their audiences.
Some episodes have been created and broadcast live in the 90Mil studio, some have been recorded remotely and edited as a collage and some have been recorded in another studio prior to broadcast with minimal editing.
We’re interested to explore different formats so let us know if you have a suggestion!
We broadcast every four Thursdays at 10:00 Berlin time, give or take! Please see the calendar at the bottom of this page.
AAA11, Martin Gordon
For Artists Activists and Audiences Simon spoke to Martin Gordon about Trump, Shoah, Class Action Park and lots more!
AAA10, Andrew Munn
For Artists Activists and Audiences AAA10, Simon met with Andrew Munn as he worked on his current performance and installation project. They talked about sound carrying materials, his work on postWinterreise with Kat Austen, his eco / climate activism in West Virginia between 2006 and 2014 and a concert last month in the Barenboim-Said Music Center in Ramallah.
Andrew Munn is a bass and collaborative artist. He performs and co-creates opera, chamber music, oratorio, performance, and multidisciplinary art. He studied at The Juilliard School, Bard College Conservatory, and the University of Michigan and is an affiliated artist of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. He lives in Berlin.
The interview will be broadcast on 90Mil Radio (https://radio.90mil.berlin/) this Thursday at 11:00
AAA9, Julia Katarina
This was a slight remix of the first episode which took the form of an audio collage incorporating conversations and Oud recordings made over a couple of days whilst Julia was in Lebanon.
AAA8, Peter Kirn
AAA7, Mark Redfern of Under The Radar
Mark Redfern is long time editor of Under the Radar magazine. This episode was recorded online. Please excuse the echo on Simon’s side.
AAA6, marum
On 17th April at 11:00 at 90milradio, for Artists, Activists and Audiences AAA6, we had the pleasure to meet with marum and talk about their artistic practice and activisms!
marum has crafted over the years a hybrid artistic practice across music and queer rave culture, exploring ecstatic states and collective care through sound and moving image, rooted in a feminist hacker ethos.
Their prismatic sets delve into psychedelic story-telling and meditative spacial soundscapes, intertwined with driving rumbles, experimental techno, dub, trance, and critters. marum’s current research delves into sonic mourning and resistance with resource to sub-frequencies and vibroacoustic technologies. Between Lisbon and Berlin, marum has contributed to the ignition of projects such as infinity rug, mina, Planeta Manas, ins3kt Ræve, XenoEntities Network.
Thanks to Right to the City for the connection to marum. Right to the City Berlin is the English speaking arm of the Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen movement.
The episode is available to listen to here.
AAA5, Kat Austen
For Artists, Activists and Audiences #5 we met with Dr Kat Austen and talked about the Arctic, the Panke, quantum things, watery things, Korea, microplastics, winters, rock bands in Cambridge and art spaces in Wedding!
In her artistic practice, Kat focuses on environmental issues. She melds disciplines and media, creating sculptural and new media installations, performances and participatory work.
Austen’s practice is underpinned by extensive research and theory, and driven by a motivation to explore how to move towards a more socially and environmentally just future.
Find out more about Kat here: https://katausten.com or here: https://www.instagram.com/katausten/
You can listen to the episode here:
AAA4, Oy
In Artists, Activists and Audiences 4, we meet with Joy Frempong and Marcel Blatti (aka Melodydreamer) to talk about their avant-pop and genre-bending musical duo, OY.
In the hour-long session recorded in OY’s studio just before Christmas, Joy and Marcel talk about their long term collaboration, their motivations, approaches to composition and performance and share several of their wonderfully intricate and original recordings.
Find out more about OY here: https://www.oy-music.com
Listen to the episode here:
AAA3, Oyèmi Noize (28th November 2024)
Simon had the pleasure to discuss, journey and listen with Oyèmi Noize. We explored her background, black punk music, BIPoC and the Decolonoize collective amongst other things!
The audio can be heard here
AAA2, Martin Gordon
Unfortunately the audio got lost. Maybe the NSA has it?
Martin Gordon though can be found we understand.
AAA1, Julia Katarina
This first episode took the form of an audio collage incorporating conversations and Oud recordings made over a couple of days whilst Julia was in Lebanon.
Listen to the episode here:
or here: https://www.mixcloud.com/90milradio/artists-audiences-and-activism-hosted-by-3rd-party-influence/