AVC March round-up

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The timing made March a 3-episode month for Audiovisual Cultures, and what excellent episodes they are. In all three there are instances of creative and technological innovation with emphasis on some sort of community.

The first is a joyous conversation with Belfast-based artist Clinton Kirkpatrick who deals in the weird and wonderful world of the absurd as a way of navigating the strangeness of life and to explore his experiences with race and sexuality.

Episode 87 features a lively panel with some of the creative team involved with the Secret Library.* Producer of Odd.o.Ts' Entertainment Todd Zimmerman, events manager Debra Beardsley and actor Katrina Michaels thrash out the learning curves in shifting immersive interactive theatre and gaming online in our fun and informative discussion.

Finally, for episode 88 I spoke with two filmmakers in Hamburg, Lars Henriks and Nisan Arikan, who are doing the exciting and arduous work of using the technologies now at their disposal to forge a new alternative cinema in Germany, adopting modes and methods that are post and peripheral to industrial film and television production there.

I'm really proud of these episodes, and grateful to Clinton, Todd and Lars for reaching out to be on the show. I am always keen to hear from potential guests or receive ideas for topics. If you're working on something in any way that falls into the broad category of audio and/or visual culture, please write to audiovisualcultures@gmail.com for a chat

I so enjoy making and strengthening connections through these recordings and learning about all these different ways of working and getting by. Making the podcast on my own can feel a bit lonely (nice as it is to have control), and it is good to hear from others who are also slogging away - it makes the void feel a little less empty!


*See more at secretlibrary.io and use the AvCultures discount code for 15% off ticket prices.

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