Bad at Sports
Episodes
Bad at Sports Episode 627: Kimi Hanauer
08 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Bad at Sports Center Ryan and Dana are joined in the studio by Kimi Hanauer, an artist, cultural organizer, publisher and writer in Chic...
Bad at Sports Episode 626: Cameron Granger
05 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in to hear Brian and Dana interview Cameron Granger, artist and curator of the recent Video Playlist Program "Ten Toes Down." Granger explains h...
Bad at Sports Episode 625: Ann Toebbe
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Bad at Sports Center, Ann Toebbe joins Brian, Ryan and Dana in the studio to discuss the painting in her current 2 person exhibition,...
Bad at Sports Episode 624: Gwendolyn Zabicki
28 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the studio, Gwendolyn Zabicki swept in to reflect on her love of painting, as Dana and Ryan get a glimpse into her sparkling studio prac...
Bad at Sports Episode 623: Alex Katz
19 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is one for the [art] history books. Sit back and relax as you listen to Dana and Duncan get schooled by the greatest living painter to e...
Bad at Sports Episode 622: Gabe Holcombe of Lillerne Tapes
03 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Bad at Sports Center, Gabe Holcombe of Lillerne Tapes joins Brian Andrews, Dana Bassett and special guest host, smaller Dana (aka Alexis ...
Bad at Sports Episode 621: Daniel G. Baird
24 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the studio, we enter the virtual cave of sculptor, Daniel G. Baird. Dana and Ryan join Daniel in traversing the temporal expanse, drag...
Bad at Sports Episode 620: Karsten Lund
19 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Karsten Lund is Assistant Curator at The Renaissance Society with recent curated exhibitions including Ben Rivers emUrth and Sadie Benning's Shared ...
Bad at Sports Episode 619: Emily Eddy
12 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today on Bad at Sports(center center center center), curator and media artist Emily Eddy joins Ryan, Diana and Jesse in the cave to discuss this weeke...
Bad at Sports Episode 618: Frank Mauguri
01 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rituals and Ceremonies abound as Brian and Jason sit with Frank Mauguri, Creative Director of Cabinet of Curiosity Events and the legendary Red Moon T...
Bad at Sports Episode 617: Jennifer Vanilla
23 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Bad At Sports Center, Jesse and Dana wax on in anticipation of an otherworldly interview with Becca Kaufman, aka Jennifer Vanilla. A hybr...
Bad at Sports Episode 616: Jennifer Bastian
21 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts Brian Andrews and Dana Bassett welcome photographer Jennifer Bastian and the triumphant return of DJ Super Older Brother, Duncan Mackenzie. B...
Bad at Sports Episode 615 W.I.T.C.H.es
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Contemporary Witches join us to smash the patriarchy. Jessica Caponigro, Chiara Galimberti, and Isyemille Lara introduce us to the "Women's Internatio...
Bad at Sports Episode 614 Donna Neuwirth and Su Legatt
13 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week We head back to Open Engagement and we talk to Donna Neuwirth and Su Legatt about "the Worm Farm Institute," Creative Placemaking, The pract...
Bad at Sports Episode 613 Marcela E Torres
09 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week in Bad @ Sports Center, sport gets a sporting chance, as guest Marcela Torres discusses her new work at ACRE's group exhibit, body | arm...
Bad at Sports Episode 612 Naghmeh Farzaneh
01 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week Ryan and Brian sit down with Animator Naghmeh Farzaneh to chat about what it is like to animate for the ACLU and unpacking her immigration e...
Bad at Sports Episode 611: Vincent Uribe and Lauren Leving
27 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and Dana interview representatives, Vincent Uribe and Lauren Leving, from The Arts of Life on the occasion of the Circle Contemporary exhibition...
Bad at Sports Episode 610: Karolina Gnatowski
07 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Things get witchy this week as Brian and Ryan weave a conversation on spell casting, rock n' roll, and badminton with fibers artist Karolina Gnatowsk...
Bad at Sports 609: Public Matters
30 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Public Matter changing the world. https://publicmattersgroup.com/ Public Matters connects people to their neighborhoods; cultivates shared ownership o...
Bad at Sports Episode 608: Alireza Khatami
29 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Alireza Khatami comes into the studio to talk his first feature film Oblivion Verses (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1e6OaNQ-2k) which premier...
Bad at Sports Episode 607: Illuminato, Hunter, and Padberg
08 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How should we teach art after Social Practice and the Post-Studio? Michelle Illuminato (Portland State,) Brett Hunter (Alfred,) and Carol Padberg (Har...
Bad at Sports Episode 606: Jeffly Gabriela Molina
02 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffly Gabriela Molina joins Dana and Ryan in the studio to discuss her paintings and upcoming group exhibition at LVL3. Jeffly introduces us to the i...
Bad at Sports Episode 605: Brian Hieggelke
23 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Bad at Sports Center - New City Publisher Brian Hieggelke! Talking movie making and the extensions of publishing! Future forward thinking...
Bad at Sports Episode: 604 Matthew Girson
17 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Oak Park Brawl- Rauschenberg vs. Johns. Who would win in a fight? What if they were underwater? What if they were in the dark? What if they were on a ...
Bad at Sports 603: Misael Soto
09 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Misael Soto joins Bad at Sports Center to discuss "Provisional Obstruction," a public sculptural work in collaboration with Ayesha Singh outside of AC...
Bad at Sports Episode 602: David Hartt
22 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week Duncan and Dana interview former Chicagoan David Hartt on the occasion of the opening of his latest commission, in the forest, on location ...
Bad at Sports Episode 601: Coming of Age at Sector 2337
18 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Bad @ Sportscenter darling Caroline Picard, returns to dish on the upcoming exhibit 'Coming of Age,' at Sector 2337. Picard shares the mics...
Bad at Sports Episode 600: Lisa Lee
12 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Lee! Chicago social justice visionary, former Director of Jane Addam's Hull-House and current Director of the University of Illinois Chicago's Sc...
Bad at Sports Episode 599: Aay Preston-Myint
07 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Aay Preston-Myint joins Brian and Dana this week to discuss the alternative publishing imprint, No Coast (http://no-coast.org/), and their newest ende...
Bad at Sports Episode 598: The Floating Museum
04 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A Monumental episode featuring the full Co-Directing cast of The Floating Museum, Faheem Majeed, Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Andrew Schachman, and Av...
Bad at Sports Episode 597: Marc LeBlanc Returns!
05 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A former contributor returns as guest. Marc LeBlanc is back and Chicago could not be more excited. We check in about his adventures in Berlin with Kav...
Bad at Sports Episode 596: Mauser and Albright
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is a great week at Bad @ Sports Center if you were born under the sign Cancer. Painter Nicole Mauser and Artist/Graphic Designer Tobey Albright s...
Bad at Sports Episode 595: Coco Picard
18 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week Bad at sports center was joined by Caroline (Coco) Picard to talk through her most recent graphic novel, "The Chronicles of Fortune." http...
Bad at Sports Episode: 594 Candida Alvarez
21 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we track the musings and mellifluous tones of Candida Alvarez. Her retrospective is at the Chicago Cultural Center, her work has been...
Bad at Sports Episode 593: Third Object
16 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This shiny new episode of Bad @ Sports Center spotlights curator Raven Munsell. We chat about her latest curatorial project with 3rd Object, titled S...
Bad at Sports 592: P.O.W.E.R Project and the Comfort Station
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Triple Exclamation Points. B@SC presents the top of the call sheet for the P.O.W.E.R. Project. In addition to being the acronym to end all acronyms - ...
Bad at Sports Episode: 591 Erin Jane Nelson
05 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
ERIN JANE NELSON!!! The Psycopomp-er herself checks in do discuss Animal cognition, human speciesism, Aron Gent, threats to an Open Society, Fivver...
Bad at Sports Episode 590: Naima Keith and Ian Weaver
26 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we check in with Naima Keith and Ian Weaver... Naima Keith Deputy Director of Exhibits and Programs at the California African American Mu...
Bad at Sports Episode 589: Ionit Behar
25 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ionit Behar!!! This week we are joined by Spertus Curator and Independent force Ionit Beher. We talk Spertus, Ben Shahn, Fieldwork Collaborative...
Bad at Sports Episode 588: Deana Haggag
15 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week Bad at Sports Center is joined by Deana Haggag! The newly appointed President and CEO of United States Artists! From Deana Haggag's site... ...
Bad at Sports Episode 587: Paul Hopkin and Jason Dunda
09 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Hopkin drops by to talk about surviving your art world, running a gallery and cultural enterprise, and what it is like to be late. Jason Dunda pi...
Bad at Sports 586: Lea Devon Sorrentino
22 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Google her.
Bad at Sports Episode 585: John Opera and Aron Gent
17 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we catch up with Chicago based photographer come painter John Opera and Document Author Aron Gent! http://documentspace.com/ http://johnoper...
Bad at Sports Episode 584: Edward Cabral
11 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Join the wonderfully wacky hosts of Bad at Sports Center as they welcome Edward Cabral, Executive Director and Chef of the Sanctuary Cafe at the Univ...
Bad at Sports Episode 583 Paul Catanese
30 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
From Paul's Website... Paul Catanese is a hybrid media artist whose diverse range of works include installation, printmaking, video, sculptural obj...
Bad at Sports 582 EDRA SOTO!
24 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Edra Soto joins us on Bad at Sports Center! Check her out while you can. It has been an outstanding couple of years for her and the Franklin! http://e...
Bad at Sports Episode 581: NIC Kay
17 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
NIC Kay! on Bad at Sports Center from WLPN 105.1 in Chicago. (B@SC #5 for those keeping track.) https://www.nic-kay.com/ http://www.lumpenradio.com...
Bad at Sports Episode 580: Rebecca Keller
11 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bad at Sports Center Episode 4 from the studios of WLPN Radio! Rebecca Keller! http://rebeccakeller.net/home.html Rebecca Keller's numerous awards inc...
Bad at Sports Episode 579 Carris Adams
10 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Carris Adams! Rocking Bad at Sports Center episode 3! Found bio (from http://www.messagesinthestreet.com/carris-adams/): Carris Adams' (B. 1987, Dalla...
578: Claire Ashley
08 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Claire Ashley! Painter Sculptor? Party human? We celebrate women on this the day of WOMEN striking! Real show note when we have women who will help us...
Bad at Sports Episode 577: Kerry James Marshall WLPN B@SC Radio Edit
28 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Here in our second episode of the Bad at Sports Center show we make a fan favorate episode radio friendly... Welcome back Kerry James Marshall!
Bad at Sports Episode 576: Guy Richards Smit
18 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Our first live show from 105.5 WLPN-LP, an interview with Guy Richards Smit
Bad at Sports Episode 575: Daniel Tucker and Anthony Romero OYO
14 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Tucker and Anthony Romero join us live from the Chicago Cultural Center during the Latin X conference to discuss the exhibition, book, and even...
Bad at Sports Episode 574: Suhasini Kerjriwal
30 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Suhashini Kejriwal, a Kolkata based artist, was a Jackman Goldwasser Resident at the Hyde Park Art Center this past summer. Duncan MacKenzie and Tanya...
Bad at Sports Episode: 573 Ben Eine
05 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrated English/SF street artist Ben Eine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Eine
Bad at Sports Episode: 572 Dawn Hancock Firebelly Design
04 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn Hancock! Chicago Design thought leader and righteous warrior for a better world and better design! Live from the late late afternoon show. https:...
Bad at Sports Episode 571: Frank Maugeri
31 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Red Moon Theater's and now the Chicago Children's Theater's (but I think I said Museum in the intro, sorry) FRANK MAUGERI! http://chicago.suntimes.co...
Bad at Sports Episode 570: Kelly Leonard
30 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
KELLY LEONARD! The Second City! Comedy abound! http://www.secondcity.com/people/other/kelly-leonard/ http://www.secondcity.com/ http://www.colum.edu/ ...
Bad at Sports Episode: 569 Jason Salavon
29 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
JASON SALAVON! The University of Chicago's genius computational artist. World changer, visualizer like no other. http://salavon.com/ http://www.colum....
Bad at Sports 568: Stan Shellaberger
29 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Chicago's walking and printing magic man, Stan Shellaberger! http://westernexhibitions.com/shellabarger/index.htm http://www.westernexhibitions.com/c...
Bad at Sports Episode 567 Yesomi Umolu
27 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Yesomi Umolu! Exhibitions Curator at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago! https://www.yesomiumolu.com/ https:/...
Bad at Sports Episode 566: Jennifer Mills!
22 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are treated to one of our most unusual interviews ever. Welcome Jennifer Mills to the stage! Or the karaoke booth? Jennifer Mills well kn...
Bad at Sports Episode 565: Mark Tribe
02 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week begins with Bad at Sports jumping back in to Open Engagement and the realm of socially engaged art! MARK TRIBE Hell yes. The Mark Trib...
Bad at Sports Episode 564: Caroline Wells Chandler
28 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Bad at Sports, NYC/BAS: Amanda Browder and Caroline Burghardt return to the airwaves with an interview with New York based artist Carolin...
Bad at Sports Episode 563: Patricia Maloney and SoEX
14 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Our very own Patricia Maloney all grown up and now the Executive Director of Southern Exposure (SoEX). This weeks Episode is brought to you by SAI...
Bad at Sports Episode 562: Judith Brotman
05 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Judith Brotman and co host Meg Duguid. SAIC Low Res MFA as sponser... I will make a real show note after this lecture at Nashville Public Radio with S...
Bad at Sports Episode 561: Irene Hofmann and Ben Davis
18 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Is a magical and triumphant return. We were on a post-EXPO vacation and we don't mind admitting that we feel little sheepish about it. This is an epic...
Bad at Sports Episode 560 Erik L Peterson and Open House Contemporary
21 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
An AirBNB Gallery? (what is up with that logo AirBNB?) The sculptor and super friend Erik L Peterson at Open House Contemporary with Matthew Kellen an...
Bad at Sports Episode 559 Sam Hertz
31 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Sound and Performance Artist Sam Hertz checks in on the Anthropocene and the Aerocene with Caroline Picard! They carve away at our conceptions arou...
Bad at Sports Episode 558: Jenni Nurmenniemi
24 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Finnish Curator Jenni Nurmenniemi and Caroline Picard rock it out with a wide ranging conversation about specialized residencies, Animism, copper, ...
Bad at Sports Episode 557: Bolen, Scott, and Yang take on Sensing and the Anthropocene
10 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Bolen, Emily Eliza Scott, and Andy Yang take on Sensing and the Anthropocene at the HKW in Berlin! Real show note soon.
Bad at Sport Episode 556: Michael Rakowitz Part 2
02 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Rakowitz is a Chicago based artist whos works have appeared in venues worldwide including dOCUMENTA (13), P.S.1, MoMA, MassMOCA, Castello di ...
Bad at Sports Episode 555: Michael Rakowitz
25 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week: The amazing stupendous Michael Rakowitz!!
Bad at Sports Episode 554: Ben Stone
19 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dana Bassett and Duncan Mackenzie catch up with the artist Ben Stone. We are joined thanks to Artadia by special guest host (whose name Dun...
Bad at Sports Episode 553: Allison Glenn
13 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode produced in conjunction with Chicago's Lake FX Summit. We join Dana Bassett and Allison Glenn as they unpack the unusual public ...
Bad at Sports Episode 552: MSB vs. Chris Dennis
23 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week sees the return of the once thought lost Mark Staff Brandl! Chris Dennis! From his site: Chris Dennis grew up in, England. He studied natu...
Bad at Sports Episode 551: Tim Kinsella
14 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Kinsella! Yes that Tim Kinsella. The visionary musician behind Joan of Arc, Owls, and Mid-Western indie rock world changers, Cap n' Jazz. He join...
Bad at Sports Episode 550: Zachary Dodson
01 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we check in with Zachary Dodson about all things Scandinavian, Featherproof Press, and BATS OF THE REPUBLIC. From his website... Zach Dodson...
Bad at Sports Episode 549: James Wines SITE Architect
24 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Low and behold, in conjunction with Rhona Hoffman and on the eve of the 2015 Chicago Architectural Biennial we had a once in a life time opportunity t...
Bad at Sports Episode 548: Amanda Williams
10 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week Duncan, thanks to Columbia College Chicago and a class called the Late Late Afternoon Show, rocks the mic with Amanda Williams whose work bl...
Bad at Sports Episode 547: Present Standard
21 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Richard and Duncan talk to the curators and artists of Present Standard! Guest curated by Edra Soto and Josue Pellot, Present Standard fea...
Bad at Sports Episode 546 Ebony G Patterson
18 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ebony G Patterson is tearing apart our collective American contemporary art consciousness. She has recently closed a show at New York's Museum of Ar...
Bad at Sports Episode 545-Deborah Stratman
11 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week: NO NOT THE GUITAR COLLECTOR! Instead this week Duncan and Jesse talk to Deborah Stratman the artist and filmmaker.
Bad at Sports Episode 544: Spring Break!
22 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Bad at Sports goes to SPRING BREAK Art Fair in the burned out section of the Post Office building on the Westside of Manhattan. Sadly we di...
Bad at Sports Episodes 543: SETI
18 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and Patricia play Mulder and Scully this week as they sit down with the masterminds behind the SETI Institute artists-in-residence program. Fo...
Bad at Sports Episode 542: Avi Gitler
12 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Tom Sanford is back! Tom and Duncan talk to Avi Gitler about his gallery Gitler & _______ and his amazing stories of world travel and the t...
Bad at Sports Episode 541: Peter Wachtler
03 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dana Bassett and Duncan MacKenzie catch up with Peter Wachtler at Chicago's Renaissance Society just after their 100th anniversary. We "b...
Bad at Sports Episode 540: Vesna Jovanovic
22 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Pretty sure I pronounced Vesna's last name wrong... Opps. But here it is the long awaited conversation and the return of a former host. From the Int...
Bad at Sports Episode 539: Catherine Wagner
11 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we join Brian and Patricia as they chat with Bay Area artist, doyenne, and badass Catherine Wagner following a decadent champagne brunc...
Bad at Sports Episode 538: Barbara DeGenevieve
01 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week: About a year and a half ago we mourned the passing of a true Chicago legend. Barbara DeGenevieve was an epic instructor, a committed bound...
Bad at Sports Episode 537: Anne Elizabeth Moore
26 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Epic Chicago cultural legend Anne Elizabeth Moore joins Duncan's Columbia College class "the Late, Late Afternoon Show" for an invasive journey throug...
Bad at Sports 536: Janet Cardiff
08 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Janet Cardiff’s Forty Part Motet is composed of forty speakers arranged in eight groups of five, configured as a large oval facing each other in t...
Bad at Sports Episode 535: Noah Lyon
15 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Amanda believes the children are the future, she thinks you should teach them well and let them lead the way. Amanda wants to show you all ...
Bad at Sports Episode 534: Jitish Kallat
04 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Mumbai-based artist Jitish Kallat returns to Bad at Sports, this time from San Francisco, where he sits down with Patricia Maloney. Listen...
Bad at Sports Episode 533: Dread Scott
25 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are totally ashamed of Chicago and are collectively horrified by the Tragic death of Laquan McDonald. #blacklivesmatter We are joined...
Bad at Sports Episode 532: Nancy Lupo and Laylah Ali!
11 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Recorded live on stage September 18, 2015 at Expo Chicago as a part of the Dialogs series, we talk to Nancy Lupo and Laylah Ali! You have ...
Bad at Sports Episode 531: Ben Tanzer
06 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are joined by the Emmy Award winning novelist, screen writer and Chicago based social worker, Ben Tanzer thanks go out to Columbia Colleg...
Bad at Sports Episode 530: Nina Katchadourian
29 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Real show note to follow.
Bad at Sports Episode 529: Chances Dances with Latham Zearfoss
20 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we present an interview recorded live at EXPO Chicago with Latham Zearfoss one of the leaders of a decade long party called Chances Dances...
Bad at Sports Episode 528: Alfredo Cramerotti, Malerie Marder, and Cauleen Smith.
13 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we present literally exactly what happened when Duncan did this: EXPO VIDEO | Alfredo Cramerotti In ConversationFeaturing Alfredo Cramerott...