Entry Points Ep. 8 - Dawn Lundy Martin

Entry Points Ep. 8 - Dawn Lundy Martin

Author: Miller Institute for Contemporary Art at Carnegie Mellon University May 11, 2023 Duration: 42:00
Entry Points Ep. 8 - Dawn Lundy Martin Dawn Lundy Martin is an American poet and essayist whose current creative-scholarly work operates at the intersection of experimental poetics, video installation, and performance.  She is the author of four books of poems including most recently: Good Stock Strange Blood, winner of the 2019 Kingsley Tufts Award for Poetry. Martin is the Toi Derricotte Endowed Chair of African American Poetry at the University of Pittsburgh and Director of the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics. A new book of poems, Instructions for The Lovers, is forthcoming from Nightboat Books and her memoir, When a Person Goes Missing, is forthcoming from Pantheon Books.

There's a conversation happening just beyond the gallery wall, a space where ideas behind the art are unpacked and examined. Entry Points, from the Miller Institute for Contemporary Art at Carnegie Mellon University, opens that door. Each episode delves into the practices and processes of today's most compelling artists, curators, and thinkers, moving from the finished work back to its initial spark. You'll hear intimate studio conversations, discussions about the challenges of mounting complex exhibitions, and reflections on how contemporary art engages with our current moment. This isn't a narrated tour but a series of genuine dialogues that reveal the questions driving creative work today. The audio becomes an extension of the Institute's mission, offering a deeper, more personal dimension to the exhibitions on view. Tune in to find the conceptual threads connecting diverse mediums and perspectives, discovering how a single idea can branch into countless forms. This podcast serves as an auditory companion to the vibrant life of a university art institute, providing context, curiosity, and a direct line to the voices shaping what we see.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 9

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Entry Points Ep. 9 - Jessica Stockholder [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:56
Entry Points Ep. 9 - Jessica Stockholder Jessica Stockholder lives and works in Chicago, IL where she teaches at the University of Chicago. Stockholder’s works sit at the intersection of painting with sculpture and often…
Entry Points Ep. 7 - Theodossis Issaias [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:47
Entry Points Ep. 7 - Theodossis Issaias Theo is an architect, educator, and founding member of Fatura Collaborative. He is Associate Curator at the Heinz Architectural Center at the Carnegie Museum of Art and visiting fa…
Entry Points Ep. 6 - Ginger Brooks Takahashi and Divya Rao Heffley [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:54
Photo credit: Lindsay Dill, 2021 Ginger Brooks Takahashi is a transdisciplinary artist and educator working with installation, performance, and site-responsive works to examine our relationships to the mediums that conne…
Entry Points — Jon Rubin and Alisha Wormsley [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:13
CMU School of Art faculty Alisha Wormsley and Jon Rubin talk about the Last Billboard and the text that sparked public controversy in Pittsburgh. http://miller-ica.cmu.edu music: Pittsburgh Modular
Entry Points — Carrie Schneider Reading Women [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:37
CMU alumna Carrie Schneider discusses the recent exhibition, Reading Women hosted at the Miller ICA at Carnegie Mellon University. http://miller-ica.cmu.edu/exhibitions/#past