Art of Interference
Episodes
Earth 2: Wood
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Art of Interference, we explore the medium of wood as a means of rethinking traditional ideas of human and nonhuman being amid a wo...
Earth 1: Lithium
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lithium plays a key role in the green energy transition. Its extraction, however, comes at considerable costs for the environment and for local commun...
Special Edition 3 | Connecting the Dots
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Diné artist and photographer Will Wilson has been photographing hundreds of abandoned uranium mines and remediation site on the Navajo Nation over th...
Air 10: In the Air
02 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode of season 2, we talk with dancer and dance scholar Mariama Diagne about the art of “heavy hovering”—the ability of modern ...
Air 9: Smoke
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Smoke is a beautiful—yet sometimes strange, or even terrifying—phenomenon. In today’s episode, we explore how the mysterious qualities of smoke ...
Air 8: Wind
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Wind, wind, wind. If you repeat the word wind often enough, then it will blow by itself.” These are the poetic words of this episode’s featured...
Air 7: Oxygen
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our air and atmosphere require 21% oxygen to sustain life as we know it. Human-induced climate change has put this ratio under pressure. In this episo...
Air 6: Air Conditioning
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Temperature regulation has become a deeply political issue in our boiling world. In this episode, we speak with London-based artist Susan Schuppli abo...
Air 5: Smog
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I am working very hard, although this morning... I was terrified to see that there was no fog, not even a wisp of mist: I was prostrate, and could ...
Air 4: Carbon Dioxide
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we turn our attention to the carbon footprint of the contemporary art world. What can galleries and museums do to reduce their CO2 em...
Air 3: Clouds
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Art of Interference, we turn our attention to the larger-than-life cloud creations of Tomás Saraceno, an artist who creates cities...
Air 2: Breath
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Grammy-award winning fluteplayer Molly Barth about the relation of breath, contemporary flute music, and climate change....
Air 1: Ether
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of our second season, we speak with three artists and scientists who reach out beyond the atmosphere of our planet in distress: ...
Special Edition 2 | Holding Impact: Art, Science, and the Tasks of Contemporary Museums
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Amie Esslinger’s site-specific installation Holding Impact is currently on display in Cohen Memorial Hall on the campus of Vanderbilt University. In...
Special Edition 1 | Reverberations: Ancient Rock Art Today
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This special edition of Art of Interference explores echoes between ancient rock and cave art and our contemporary moment. We feature the work of phot...
Water 10: Water Protectors
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the final installment of Art of Interference’s first season, we feature a contemplative conversation with Cannupa Hanska Luger, an artist of Mand...
Water 9: Rain
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Blessed are the dead that the rain rains upon,” wrote poet Edward Thomas in the trenches of the first World War. Today’s episode deals with two...
Water 8: Snow
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, the Art of Interference team explores the magic and allure of snow as a creative medium. We speak with international snow ar...
Water 7: Ice
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“If one looks at a glacier long enough,” the Icelandic author Halldor Laxness once wrote, “words cease to have any meaning on this earth.” In ...
Water 6: Oceans
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode musicologist Joy Calico joins Lutz Koepnick as co-host to discuss contemporary projects dedicated to the planet’s oceans in distres...
Water 5: Rivers
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we delve into the fascinating world of rivers as we talk to artist Carolina Caycedo, whose work contemplates human and river relation...
Water 4: Waves
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our fourth episode takes a look under the hood of what we understand as interference. We feature the work of German artist and experimental musician C...
Water 3: Floods
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This third episode of Art of Interference features artist Eve Mosher whose project High Water Line reflects on the ever-more common experience of livi...
Water 2: Fog
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for Art of Interference’s second episode, which takes a closer look at the fascinating phenomenon of fog. In this episode, we delve into the...
Water 1: Dew
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of Art of Interference, we speak with Vietnamese visual artist Thao Nguyen Phan about her video installation Becoming Alluvium. ...