The Art of Social Change
Episodes
Andrea Fraser, artist
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned artist Andrea Fraser joins us to discuss art, institutions, and power. Since the 1980s, Andrea has used performance, video, and installation ...
Candice Hopkins, Forge Project
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Candice Hopkins, executive director and chief curator of Forge Projects, whose work as a citizen of the Carcross/Tagish...
Christina Chirouze, curator & Sofia Baussan, artist
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For our 37th episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with two Cristina Chirouze Montenegro, the founder of Mazorca and the artist Sofia Baussan whose...
Sehyoung Lee, artist
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Sehyoung Lee in his studio at Artagon to discuss his multidisciplinary practice, which bridges performance and visu...
Irene Adorni and Giulia Monte, Parsec
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’re joined by two members of Parsec - an Italian collective of curators, artists, and cultural workers who are reshaping the ar...
Deniz Kirkali, curator
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For our 34th episode we had the pleasure of speaking with Deniz Kirkali, co-founder of GARP Sessions. Garp Sessions is a summer programme that brings ...
György Szabó, founder of Trafo - House of Contemporary Arts
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, we spoke to a key actor of the Hungarian cultural scene: György Szabó Discovering arts and performance during university, Gyuri i...
Luiza Texeira de Freitas, curator
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For our 32nd episode we spoke to Luiza Texeira de Freitas in Lisbon. Luiza currently specializes in advising private collections on how they can have ...
Meriem Chabani part II, architect
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of our interview with Meriem Chabani, co-founder of New South, an international architecture, urban design and research practi...
Meriem Chabani, architect
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For our 31st episode we spoke to Meriem Chabani, co-founder of New South Architects. New South is an international architecture, urban design and rese...
Monica de Miranda, artist
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For our 29th episode we spoke to Angolan-Portuguese artist Mónica de Miranda in Lisbon. Monica’s research-led practice is grounded in the concepts ...
Chaveli Sifre, artist
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For our 29th episode, Alix had a conversation with Chaveli Sifre while visiting La Embajada’s booth in Liste, a fair in Switzerland dedicated to int...
Marielsa Castro, curator
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our 28th episode, curator Marielsa Castro made us wonder, What does it take to construct the bonds that bind communities together? How can we creat...
Yoshua Okón, artist
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, we had a conversation with Yoshua Okón. Yoshua was born in Mexico City in 1970, where he currently lives and where Gabriela met wit...
Filipa Cesar, artist & Marinho de Pina, architect
01 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For our 26th episode we had a conversation with artist and Afield fellow Filipa Cesar and architect Marinho de Pina. We talked about their historic an...
Sandra Terdjman & Abi Tariq, AFIELD
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this 25th episode we had a conversation with Sandra Terdjman and Abi Tariq from AFIELD, an initiative that feels very close to what we strive to d...
Gaëlle Choisne, artist
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For our 24th episode we had a conversation with Gaëlle Choisne. She told us the serendipitous accident that prompted her to become an artist, a fatef...
Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, artists
01 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode we had a conversation with Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, a fascinating duo of artists and filmmakers. They walked us through ...
Martha Wilson part II, artist
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For our 22nd episode, Gaby recorded a continuation of our interview with Martha Wilson, this time in New York. Last time we met Martha as she was prep...
Ndayé Kouagou, artist
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our 21th episode with artist Ndayé Kouagou was full of questions. The artist revealed how a situation of crisis led him to daringly enter the world o...
Marine Vanschoonbeek, Thanks for Nothing
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For our 20th episode we conversed with Marine Van Schoonbeek, the director and co-founder of Thanks for Nothing, an association that mobilizes artists...
Oneironauts Special Edition
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special episode of The Art of Social Change podcast produced by Alix de la Chapelle for Threads*sub_ʇxǝʇ radio. Carl Jung once said, “W...
Martha Wilson, artist
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For our 18th episode we had the honor of interviewing feminist artist Martha Wilson. She walked us through her life story, from her Quaker origins to ...
Stéphane Verlet-Bottéro, artist
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For our 17th episode we interviewed artist, ecologist, and curator Stéphane Verlet-Bottéro. The work of Verlet-Bottero looks to heal the bonds betwe...
Honi Ryan and and Abi Tariq, artists
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine listening to someone’s heartbeat for five minutes. Imagine a silent dinner. Imagine accepting to get rid of social codes. Imagine experienci...
Asli Seven, curator
30 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our 15th episode with Asli Seven, albino crocodiles rub shoulders with mutant tourists, submerged islands and power plants. Asli Seven is a researc...
Alexandre Pierrepont, anthropologist
09 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This new episode of the The Art of Social Change Podcast proposes another layer of appreciation for jazz. What if musical forms, such as jazz improvis...
Flora Fettah, curator
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For our 13th episode we interviewed Flora Fettah, vice-President of the French nonprofit association Contemporaines. With a name that translates as «...
Jennifer Teets, curator
21 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For our 12th episode we conversed with curator Jennifer Teets. During the interview, she went from sharing her first experience as a young curator in ...
Daniel Otero Torres, artist
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For our 11th episode we conversed with Colombian artist Daniel Otero Torres. During the interview, Otero Torres talked to us about his techniques and ...
Elena Sorokina, curator
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the 10th episode we invited Elena Sorokina, a Russian author and curator based in Paris. During our interview, she shared what it means for her to...
Matylda Taszycka, curator
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the 9th episode we invited Matylda Taszycka, an art historian leading the scientific programs of the AWARE association, in order to discuss the pl...
Katia Kameli, artist
20 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For our eight episode, we had the pleasure of meeting with Franco-Algerian artist and film director Katia Kameli. Born in 1973, Katia Kameli has devel...
Emmanuel Guillaud, artist
29 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we had the pleasure of speaking to French artist Emmanuel Guillaud about his life and works. Born in 1970, Guillaud’s artistic pract...
Estefania Peñafiel Loaiza, artist
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode we interviewed Ecuatorian artist Estefania Peñafiel Loaiza. We talked about the current events that inspired her series of works abo...
Iván Argote, artist
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode we had a conversation with Colombian artist Iván Argote, whose work generates questions about how we relate to others, traditions, a...
Ali Cherri, artist
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode we interviewed Ali Cherri, a visual artist from Lebanon who spoke to us about his past, present and future projects including his par...
Marisol Rodriguez, curator
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode we invited writer, editor and curator Marisol Rodríguez to talk about AMEXICA, the exhibition she is currently curating with the Ser...