Creative Disturbance

Join Ben Lima for a conversation with Thomas Gaehtgens, director of the Getty Research Institute. The two discuss European art history and traditions of museum curation, as well as Museumsinsel, the northern half of one of Berlin's districts which is made up of five architecturally grand museums. Spoken of in Specific detail is the Bode Museum.  Edited by Oskar Olsson. 

Join Ben Lima for a conversation with filmmaker Sandra Luz-Lopez Barroso. The two discuss Barroso’s film Artemio (2017), migration and the Costa Chica of Oaxaca and Guerrero. Recorded and edited by Oskar Olsson.

Join Ben Lima for a conversation with filmmaker Sandra Luz-Lopez Barroso. The two discuss Barroso's film Artemio (2017), migration and the Costa Chica of Oaxaca and Guerrero. 

Join Ben Lima for a conversation with Martin Powers, Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures at the university of Michigan, as the two discuss how Chinese art and culture have influenced Western ideals of meritocracy, individualism and good government.  

Join Ben Lima for a conversation with Martin Powers, Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures at the university of Michigan, as the two discuss how Chinese art and culture have influenced Western ideals of meritocracy, individualism and good government. 

Tan, Liqin is a full professor and co-director of the art program at Rutgers University-Camden. He has served as a board member of the Digital Art Committee, SIGGRAPH and as a juror for the digital art gallery at SIGGRAPH. He was also one of the activists during the ’85 Art New Wave of China. In this episode, Tan shares his own idea of art, his pioneering art practices and his observation of new media art education in contemporary China. Tan published his article “The futuristic feature of Chinese art ideas” in 1985, a year that can be considered a turning point for Chinese art. After several years of incubation during the post Cultural Revolution period, Chinese art witnessed an outburst of artistic experiments and theories which later became known as the ’85 Art New Wave of China. Under this background, Tan’s article, which expressed many radical ideas at the time including the role of the future on the present, the need for diversity in art, the need for an improved art market, and the ability of teacher

Join Ben Lima for a conversation with art historian Michael Lobel, author of numerous books on the subjects of pop and postwar art. The two discuss realism, pop art, and how the culture of commercial art has changed over the years.  Recorded and edited by Oskar Olsson. 

Roger Malina is joined by Amir Boroujerdi, founder of CollegeReadyPrep and longtime educator, for a conversation on the topics of learning, education, and the goal of prparing young students for a lifetime journey of learning. 

Suzanne Preston Blier, President of the College Art Foundation and author of numerous works on Art History, joins Ben Lima for a conversation on the ideas of risk, power and identity in African art and culture. 

Would you believe me if I told you that you are exercising your brain just by listening to your favorite music?  Neuroscientific research suggests that music has impacted the minds of children and elderly in profound ways. Music continues to promote neuroplasticity even in the aging brain. Join my conversation on how music makes you smarter with Dr. Kathryn Evans, a singer, conductor, director, producer, and academic researcher.

Do you know what telematics is? Can plants be connected to computers? And what does this have to do with art? Luciano Queiroz (@lucianocupim) and João Silveira (@johngaucho) receive Guto Nóbrega to understand what hyperorganisms and hybridity are.

In part two of Traversing Raagas, Deepa Ganesh discusses her experiences with Gangubai Hangal, who was a Indian Classical Singer of the Khyal genre from the Kirana Gharana in Hindustani Classical Music. Gangubai lived a simple, humble life in Hubli, a city in the state of Dharwad in Karnataka. She was always generous and kind to all the people around her, often sharing sweets, cheer and joy. After meeting her for a brief time during Gangubai's birthday, Deepa wrote an article on her for Frontline and the response to the article was huge. In reply to this response, Three Essays, a publisher based in Delhi, commissioned Deepa to write a book on her. Deepa lived with Gangubai inside her house and started writing the book in 2007. Gangubai faced several difficulties in her life due to the caste system and gender inequalities where women were discouraged from taking up singing as a form of employment. Deepa published the book "A Life in Three Octaves" in 2013, which chronicled the life and fond memories of Ganguba

A conversation with Tania Aedo, cultural producer and director of Laboratorio Arte Alameda.