In this twelfth and final episode of Culture in a Time of Crises, hosted by Dr. Shwetal A Patel, the London based artist Goshka Macuga talks about her journey from Warsaw to Goldsmiths College in London, the importance of certain political moments in her work, navigating the lockdown, her future plans in Greece, her dog’s
In this episode of Culture in a Time of Crises, artist Gabriel Kuri talks to Dr. Shwetal A. Patel about his early years growing up in Mexico City, his friendship with other artists, and why he always knew he was an artist. Kuri also shares his experiences of being born and raised in Mexico City,
In this episode of Culture in a Time of Crises, artist Gabriel Kuri talks to Dr. Shwetal A. Patel about his early years growing up in Mexico City, his friendship with other artists, and why he always knew he was an artist. Kuri also shares his experiences of being born and raised in Mexico City,
In this episode of Culture in a Time of Crises, Danish artist duo Sofie Hesselholdt and Vibeke Mejlvang talk to Dr. Shwetal A. Patel. Based in Copenhagen, the duo talk about their experiences in an artists’ residency supported by the Danish government and examine their plans for 2021 which include an exhibition in India and
In this episode of Culture in a Time of Crises, Ernesto Neto, a visual artist based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, talks to Shwetal A. Patel. Neto talks about his early years in Rio before discovering his passion for art, his spiritual journey after visiting the Huni Kuin tribe in the Amazonian state of Acre
In this episode of ’74PODCAST Series, Culture in a time of Crises, Aman Mojadidi, an artist of Afghani American decent, talks to Shwetal A. Patel about the realities of growing up in a racially charged Jacksonville, Florida, his shifting identities and adopted personas (“Afghan by blood, redneck by the grace of God”) and his personal
In this episode of ’74PODCAST Series, Culture in a time of Crises, Aman Mojadidi, an artist of Afghani American decent, talks to Shwetal A. Patel about the realities of growing up in a racially charged Jacksonville, Florida, his shifting identities and adopted personas (“Afghan by blood, redneck by the grace of God”) and his personal
In this episode of “Culture in a Time of Crises”, Chinese multimedia artist Cao Fei talks to Shwetal A. Patel about the new realities confronting her working practices during the lockdown, her ongoing solo exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, as well as her prescient insights on the future of the art world and beyond. “I
In this episode of “Culture in a Time of Crises”, Chinese multimedia artist Cao Fei talks to Shwetal A. Patel about the new realities confronting her working practices during the lockdown, her ongoing solo exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, as well as her prescient insights on the future of the art world and beyond. “I
In this episode of Culture in a Time of Crises, Trajal Harrell, the American dancer and choreographer, talks to Shwetal A. Patel about how the lockdown has influenced his working practices and ideas. Harrell also discusses his childhood in Georgia and how he ended up at Yale, as well as his epic series entitled “Twenty
In this episode of Culture in a Time of Crises, Trajal Harrell, the American dancer and choreographer, talks to Shwetal A. Patel about how the lockdown has influenced his working practices and ideas. Harrell also discusses his childhood in Georgia and how he ended up at Yale, as well as his epic series entitled “Twenty
In this episode of Culture in a Time of Crises, artist Lubna Chowdhary talks to Shwetal A. Patel about her working practices during the lockdown as a ceramic artist, her relationship with various materials, the challenge of diversity in the art world as well as her first solo show in India to be inaugurated in
In this episode of Culture in a Time of Crises, artist Dayanita Singh talks to Shwetal A. Patel about her three-decade journey in photography, her bookmaking practice, and its performative aspects, the Mobile Museums she produces as well as her surprise book release at Museum of Innocence in Istanbul. “I don’t want to be a
