Nations by Artists Podcast

Nations By Artists Episode 1: Monuments

Episode Summary

Statues fall and float, burned flags fly, passport offices install trampolines, and national parks reclaim their queer kin. These artists have been turning national spaces and symbols inside out and, in the process, show us what monuments are truly made of. Co-hosts Sarah Robayo Sheridan and Mikinaak Migwans interview artists and share stories from behind the scenes of the Nations By Artists exhibition at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto.

Episode Notes

Artists featured in this episode: 

• Amy Lam, formerly of Life of a Craphead
• Will Kwan
• Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan
• Miran Mohar and Borut Vogelnik of IRWIN

Further reading:

• Vashist, Indu, "Eddie and Me," Canadian Art, 7 December 2017.
• Will Kwan, "Will Kwan – Flame Test," 2010, in Radio Papesse, podcast, MP3 audio, https://radiopapesse.org/en/archive/interviews/will-kwan-flame-test.
• Dempsey, Shawna., and Lorri. Millan. Lesbian National Parks and Services Field Guide to North America : Flora, Fauna & Survival Skills. Toronto, Ontario: Pedlar Press, 2002.
• Taussig, Michael T. Defacement : Public Secrecy and the Labor of the Negative. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 1999.
• Krečič Jela, ed. The Final Countdown: Europe, Refugees, and the Left. Ljubljana: IRWIN, 2017. 

Music: Ciel – Rain Dance (Peach Discs), Trojan Horse, Hope Breaks (Thanks for Enlightening Me), Rosebud (Mister Saturday Night), and Laibach – The Great Seal

The Art Museum gratefully acknowledges operating support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council, with additional project support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

Produced by Aliya Pabani.