Art Is A Verb
Arts & Culture Podcasts
In this pivotal moment, COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement have catalyzed a much-needed reckoning across creative industries, and removed us from our former lives to examine how and why we make work. It is clear that in order to survive and build a sustainable future, we must transform our existing systems, reimagine the status quo, and support each other across disciplines. At Barrett Barrera Projects, we believe that ART IS A VERB — it’s the ongoing process of re-constructing our world, and creatives are the harbingers of a new reality, with the ability to catalyze real change. Join your co-hosts Susan Barrett and Todd Thomas as we navigate these new circumstances with a collaborative intention, connecting with thought leaders and multidisciplinary creatives for intimate conversations about how we can use this unprecedented moment to chart the way forward toward a better, more sustainable, and equitable future for us all.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
In this pivotal moment, COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement have catalyzed a much-needed reckoning across creative industries, and removed us from our former lives to examine how and why we make work. It is clear that in order to survive and build a sustainable future, we must transform our existing systems, reimagine the status quo, and support each other across disciplines. At Barrett Barrera Projects, we believe that ART IS A VERB — it’s the ongoing process of re-constructing our world, and creatives are the harbingers of a new reality, with the ability to catalyze real change. Join your co-hosts Susan Barrett and Todd Thomas as we navigate these new circumstances with a collaborative intention, connecting with thought leaders and multidisciplinary creatives for intimate conversations about how we can use this unprecedented moment to chart the way forward toward a better, more sustainable, and equitable future for us all.
Language:
English
Contact:
9177749982
Email:
office@olucompany.com
Episodes
Parker Posey on Resilience, Reinvention and the Resonance of Art
8/28/2020
Dubbed "Indie Queen," Parker Posey embraces her position as outsider and her “undefinable” reputation. The themes of Posey’s recent projects underscore this outlier quality—as a cast member of the sci-fi series Lost in Space, and author of a memoir imagined as a conversation between the actress, and a stranger on an airplane,You're on an Airplane: A Self Mythologizing Memoir. In this episode, Parker shares with Susan and Todd how hardship sharpens resilience, compassion as courage, and...
Duration:00:30:52
Dario Calmese on Storytelling Across Creative Disciplines and Producing Work that Permeates History
8/28/2020
Dario Calmese pivots between roles as artist, writer, director, and brand consultant with the unrepressed ease of a trained dancer—which he also is, among other capacities in a deeply varied creative skill set. In the fashion sector he is a frequent collaborator with the brand Pyer Moss and recently completed a history-making photo shoot. Together his creative ventures weave a story of Black excellence, Black beauty and Black wisdom. In this episode Dario tells hosts Susan and Todd about the...
Duration:00:39:15
DJ Lina Bradford Discusses Style, Advocacy and Unfazed Optimism
8/28/2020
From the heartbeat of New York City’s club scene to international destinations like St. Tropez, and at parties during Art Basel Miami Beach, Lina Bradford’s reach as a DJ is legendary. A mixed-race transgender woman born in New York City’s Upper West Side, Lina’s love of the city and passion for LGBTQ+ advocacy stem from her core. In this episode, Lina shares with hosts Susan and Todd her key to maintaining unflappable optimism, musings on style and influencer culture, and how she merges...
Duration:00:31:10
Rachel Comey Discusses Navigating the Fashion Industry with Instinct and Passion
8/28/2020
Rachel Comey started her eponymous label through genuine curiosity about how people communicated through their fashion choices. It was a foundation rooted in the designer honoring her instinct rather than the product of formal learning in fashion school. Nearly twenty years later, the label remains a solid favorite in the fashion world in spite of its independent origin. Hosts Susan and Todd speak with Rachel about engaging the label's cult following in the midst of the COVID-induced push...
Duration:00:32:21
Restaurateur Zoe Robinson On Designing Experiences and Meeting Passion Through Crisis
8/28/2020
Zoe Robinson is a spirited risk taker with the tenacity to see her dreams to fruition. The founder of many beloved restaurants in St. Louis opened her first at age 23—a feat achieved through fulfilling her passion of making beautiful spaces for people to come together and enjoy delicious food. Although this attention to detail ranked her as a James Beard semifinalist she still indulges the humble joy of her waitressing roots by making heartfelt connections with clientele, even on each...
Duration:00:35:49
Brittney Escovedo on Creating Art and Equitable Workspaces with Intention
8/28/2020
Founder of the experiential events and production company Beyond 8, Brittney Escovedo is a creative force in the art and fashion industries. She founded Beyond 8 on lessons from her business-savvy mother, who allowed Brittney to run a company at age 18, and grandmother, who inspired the company name. To date, Brittney has collaborated with clients including Pyer Moss, Gucci, Rachel Comey, Reebok, Solange Knowles, Sephora, W Hotels, and more. In this episode, Brittney talks with hosts Susan...
Duration:00:34:20
Ben Sinclair on Writing Comedy in the time of COVID-19
8/28/2020
Everyday life offers depths of inspiration for Hollywood production, so fittingly, writer, actor and director Ben Sinclair of High Maintenance translates his personal experiences into astute observational comedy. He shares with hosts Susan and Todd the challenges and opportunities of writing for television in this time of despair, and his hopeful conviction of what the post-pandemic future will bring.
Show Notes:
High Maintenance
Ben Sinclair on Cameo
"Kindness" by Naomi Shihab Nye
Ram...
Duration:00:29:54
Multilevel Artistic Collective Pussy Riot on the Process of Activism
8/28/2020
Pussy Riot merges music, performance art and protest into hard-hitting advocacy for human rights—including prisoner's rights—while also utilizing this artistic mélange to express disdain of the current Russian government. Hosts Susan and Todd speak with members of Pussy Riot about the group's development from punk rock band to arts collective, their reflections on protests happening in the United States, and the presidential regimes of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
Pussy Riot's...
Duration:00:34:58
Fashion Pioneer and Legend Dapper Dan on the Power of Image to Shape a Movement
8/28/2020
Dapper Dan (or simply “Dap”) has long stood at the intersection of fashion and activism. From his start in Harlem to his partnership with Gucci, Dan’s career trajectory upended traditional routes to luxury clothes-making, bypassing, with style and sensibility, the barriers to entry in that world.
In this episode Dan tells hosts Susan and Todd about how a shifting balance of power in fashion mirrors current movements for justice and equity—a dynamic symbolized in even basic accessories like...
Duration:00:32:26
Antwaun Sargent on Dismantling Traditional Relationships With Art and the Widening of Possibility
8/28/2020
Author, editor and critic Antwaun Sargent examines contemporary art with a proficient visual critique that has established his writing as an essential addition to a variety of publications on art. Antwaun’s curatorial focus is photography and in particular emerging and under-recognized photographers of color, whom he profiled exclusively in his first book. His upcoming exhibition, titled Just Pictures, will be released with Barrett Barrera Projects in September 2020. In this episode Antwaun...
Duration:00:26:38
Art is a Verb Trailer
8/14/2020
Duration:00:02:28