Interviews: Musicians reflect on creative practice and activism
In this interview with Ari Swan who reflects on improvisation, the freeing nature of playing in ensembles and the importance of creating space for musical expression in ways that challenge white supremacy within music worlds. Ari talks also about the experience of playing live to audiences and how creating space for musical experimentation is important.
A series of interviews produced in the context of the Music and Antifascism: Reflections on the Past and Possibilities in the Present conference taking place July 7-8.
These interviews feature musicians who are joining a concert taking place at La Sala Rossa on July 7th within the context of the conference and were recorded / facilitated by Stefan Christoff who hosts the weekly radio program / podcast Free City Radio.
In these conversations we hear about the individual practice of each musician and also their reflections on how their practice relates to community activism.
In this series we hear from the following artists:
1. Ari Swan
2. Markus Floats
3. Sunk Heaven
4. James Goddard
5. Lucas Huang
6. Dong-Won Kim
