Fresh Art International

Series produced by Cathy Byrd

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Curator Cathy Byrd hosts the Fresh Art International podcast featuring conversations with contemporary artists, curators, architects, and filmmakers from the center and fringe of art scenes around the world.

Fresh Art International with curator Cathy Byrd features more than 200 episodes recorded with artists, curators, architects, and filmmakers from around the world. Professionally scripted and edited, episodes range in length from 8 to 20 minutes. Subscribe to this signature audio podcast on FreshArtInternational.com, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Android, I Heart Radio, and SoundCloud.


209 Pieces

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Caption: Aritst Joan Jonas, Sao Paolo Biennial
In Austin, Texas, Cathy Byrd meets seminal video and performance artist Joan Jonas to talk about Joan's transmedia process.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 10:46
Caption: Curator Franklin Sirmans, Credit: Julia Galdo
Cathy Byrd speaks with Franklin Sirmans, curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art about his current projects.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 13:35
Caption: Papo Colo, Credit: Courtesy Papo Colo and Exit Art
Cathy Byrd meets Puerto Rican-born artist Papo Colo, co-founder of Exit Art, to talk about the global significance of the NYC nonprofit contemporar...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 12:44
Caption: William Pope.L, Blink New Orleans, 2012, Credit: Cathy Byrd
William Pope.L, an American performance artist and interventionist, talks about Blink, his magic lantern show for Prospect.2 New Orleans, 2011.

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  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: João Paulo Feliciano
In Lisbon, Cathy Byrd speaks with João Paulo Feliciano, visual artist, musician, music producer and event designer, about his creative practice.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 19:50
Caption: Jason Moran
By phone, Cathy Byrd talks with jazz pianist Jason Moran about improvising and the ways he collaborates with contemporary artists.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 14:47
Caption: Spanish artist Antoni Muntadas
Cathy Byrd talks with Spanish artist Antoni Muntadas about the multi-media projects he's been creating globally since the 1970s.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 14:20
Caption: Artist Sarah Hobbs, Credit: Sarah Hobbs
Cathy Byrd, on Skype with artist Sarah Hobbs, hears Sarah talk about Overpacked, the temporary site-specific installation she's creating for three ...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 15:39
Caption: Jack Sanders, Credit: Cathy Byrd
Cathy Byrd speaks with Austin-based Jack Sanders about slow architecture and his Design Build Adventure projects.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 15:47
Caption: Luci Westphal
In Berlin, Cathy Byrd meets Luci Westphal, a German filmmaker based in New York and Berlin, to talk about Luci's moving postcards and her latest do...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 19:17
Caption: Sarah Oppenheimer, Credit: Rome Prize Foundation
Cathy Byrd meets artist Sarah Oppenheimer at the Baltimore Museum of Art to experience Sarah's stunning new architectural interventions.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 13:51
Caption: Yane Calovski
In Istanbul, Cathy Byrd meets Yane Calovski, a transmedia artist and curator based in Skopje, Macedonia to talk about his research-based projects.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 21:36
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In this Fresh Talk LIVE feature, Cathy Byrd meets Chicago-based artist and urban activist Theaster Gates in Washington, DC, on Election Night 2012.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 35:13
Caption: Marcos Lutyens, Credit: Cathy Byrd
In Kassel, Germany, Cathy Byrd meets documenta(13)artist Marcos Lutyens for a Hypnotic Session in the Reflection Room.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 21:54
Caption: Christian Philipp Müller, Credit: Cathy Byrd
In Kassel, Germany, Cathy Byrd meets Swiss artist Christian Philipp Müller to talk about Swiss Chard Ferry, his gardening project for documenta (13).

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 19:50
Caption: Kate Moore
In the Netherlands, Cathy Byrd meets Australian musician and composer Kate Moore in The Hague to talk about the new music she invents and performs.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 26:30
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On a Spring 2012 road trip in the American Southwest, Cathy Byrd meets members of Ballroom Marfa’s creative team to talk about their vision for a D...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2013
  • Length: 16:09
Caption: Jason Forrest
Cathy Byrd connects by Skype with Jason Forrest, an American laptop musician based in Berlin, about why he loves the performance spotlight.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 18:57
Caption: Jen Ray, Credit: Trevor Good
Cathy Byrd connects with Jennifer Ray, a contemporary artist from North Carolina based in Berlin, to talk about Jennifer's creative life abroad.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 16:26
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In Austin, Cathy Byrd meets Andrew, creator of the anonymous red swing project, to talk about his open-source architectural interventions in public...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2013
  • Length: 12:45