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ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastShweta Naik. The Living Field: Jane Goodall & The Intelligence of LoveAbout the Episode:We are honored to feature Shweta Naik guiding a meditation titled The Living Field, a heartfelt tribute to Dr. Jane Goodall. This meditation invites you to experience a deep sense of interconnectedness - with the oceans, wildlife and the delicate balance of life on Earth. Shweta Naik, environmental advocate, regenerative futurist, and Executive Director of the Jane Goodall Institute India, has worked closely with Dr. Goodall on initiatives such as Oceans Are Us and inspiring Roots & Shoots programs that empower young people to care for the planet. World-renowned for her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees...
2025-11-2812 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastRefik Anadol. Dreaming In DataAbout this episode:As AI and robotics advance at breakneck speed, are we on the verge of crisis — or the brink of a new kind of understanding?In an era of vanishing ecosystems, will machines help us feel what we’re losing — or simply record the moment it disappears?Could a neural network truly remember a forest, or dream of one burning?In this episode, Refik Anadol joins us for a rare, deeply personal conversation on the future of creativity, the ethics of artificial intelligence, and the role of the artist in an...
2025-09-3028 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastDaniela Zyman. The Laughter of The Jellyfish: Ontological Currents About this episode:What would a jellyfish teach us if we were willing to listen?In this episode we plunge into a poetic and philosophical conversation with Daniela Zyman, Artistic Director of TBA21–Academy and author of The Laughter of the Jellyfish, about the transformative power of counter-education, the ontological conflicts of our time, and the ways art can serve as a mediating force between knowledge, policy, and planetary urgency. A leading voice in contemporary curatorial practice, Zyman reflects on the role of culture in the face of ecological, political, and epistemic collapse.Ou...
2025-08-2949 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastChristian Clauwers. Frozen Frontiers: Documenting a Changing PlanetAbout this episode:In this episode we’re traveling far beyond the edges of the familiar. Past the shorelines, beyond the deep blues, and into the stark white silence of the polar frontiers. Our guest Christian Clauwers doesn’t just witness the Earth’s most fragile places — he tells their stories through stillness, exploring the fragile ecosystems.The Speaker:Christian Clauwers is a Belgian photographer, explorer and environmental storyteller. His work has taken him aboard scientific vessels to the Arctic, the Antarctic, and across the world’s oceans. His lens captures what words often fail...
2025-07-2515 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastAntoine Bertin. Listening Beneath the Surface About this episode:On the occasion of the opening of the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference, kicking it off with multidisciplinary artist Antoine Bertin's creative presentation and listening session Hearing Above From Below curated by us, we are thrilled to release a conversation with this leading voice in contemporary sound art whose immersive installations merge science, field recording, and storytelling. From Tate Britain to NTS Radio, Bertin’s work invites us to rethink our sensory relationship with nature—particularly the sonic landscapes we rarely hear, like the depths of the ocean.We explore how his back...
2025-06-0530 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastDr. Deborah Brosnan. On Regenerative Nature-Based SolutionsAbout this episode:On this Earth Day we are delighted to release our conversation with leading marine scientist and climate expert Dr. Deborah Brosnan, spearheading the project OceanShot. Dr. Brosnan shares with us more about regenerating marine ecosystems, such as coral reefs, mangroves and sea grass, the importance of Small Island Nations and her view on the role of collaborations for a thriving blue economy. As well she explains more about the Nature-Based Solutions, benefiting biodiversity and human well-being, why investing in them, referring to them, and as the ''original technology'', inviting us to explore our intricate...
2025-04-2235 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastJakob Kudsk Steensen. Art In the PsychosphereAbout the episode:In today’s episode, we’re thrilled to sit down with Jakob Kudsk Steensen, a visionary Danish artist whose groundbreaking work fuses environmental storytelling with virtual reality, video games, sound, and immersive 3D environments. Known for transforming Berlin’s iconic Berghain nightclub into an eerie digital swamp with Berl-Berl, exhibiting at the Venice Biennale as a Future Generation Art Prize finalist, and collaborating with global sensations like BTS and musician Arca, Jakob reimagines lost ecosystems and overlooked natural phenomena to deepen our connection to the world around us. His 2025 commissions, Boreal Dreams at Fondation Beyele...
2025-03-3124 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastHelen Czerski. The Earth's Blue MachineAbout the episode:In this episode we are joined by Dr. Helen Czerski, an extraordinary physicist, oceanographer, and leading voice in science communication. Dr. Czerski’s groundbreaking research focuses on the physics of breaking waves and bubbles at the ocean’s surface—key processes that connect the ocean and atmosphere in ways that shape life on Earth. As an Associate Professor at University College London and a field researcher in oceans across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, Helen brings unparalleled expertise to the conversation.Helen is also a celebrated author, and her latest...
2025-02-1353 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastVincent Doumeizel. The Seaweed RevolutionAbout the episode:In this episode we have the pleasure to meet Vincent Doumeizel, a Senior Advisor on the oceans to the United Nations Global Compact, a co-leader of the Seaweed Coalition and an author of the insightful book The Seaweed Revolution. In this positive conversation Vincent tells us how seaweed has shaped our past and can save our future and what are the natural big scale opportunities it provides for tackling Climate Change, making us reconsider our relationship with this forgotten treasure and a source of hope. As well, Vincent shares more about his newly launched...
2025-01-2335 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastDr. Sylvia Earle. The Ocean, Our Blue HeartAbout the episode:In this inspiring conversation, legendary oceanographer and marine explorer Dr. Sylvia Earle guides us through the depths of the ocean, introduces us to the marvels of marine world and the kaleidoscope of life within it and explains its intricate relationship with all of us. From the ancient role of water to the impacts of climate change on the land and sea, with her powerful storytelling Her Deepness connects us to the splendour and the awe of our ‘blue heart’, portraying its immense value and why this may be the best and last chance that we m...
2024-12-201h 02
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastJan Pachner. Oneness: Making New WavesWe are delighted to kick off our new season during United Nation’s Climate Conference COP29 with an insightful conversation with our co-host, Jan Pachner, a Secretary General of the One Ocean Foundation. Jan firmly makes a call to action for an adequate human response to the threats that have arisen at this decisive turn in history. The fellow ocean defender speaks about our 'magic blue pearl' that we have to care for and protect, the one time chance we have in accelerating ocean solutions and reestablishing peace and harmony with Nature. Jan introduces the opportunities in the blue ec...
2024-11-1343 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastAs Above, So Below - Coming Soon We are delighted to announce that ZEITGEIST19 is joining forces with One Ocean Foundation to host a new collaborative podcast season entitled ‘As Above, So Below’ focused on ocean biodiversity conservation and planetary well-being, examining the one time opportunity we have - to bring back balance in our ecosystems.In response to the climate state of emergency, the hybrid project proposes new perspectives, creating a reservoir of hope for regeneration, reinvention & repair. Based on knowledge arising from nurturing relationships between art and science, the series inform how inspiration from nature can collectively find solutions to contemporary environmental chal...
2024-11-0904 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastTega Brain. The Digital EcoscapeEpisode Summary:In this captivating episode, we journey with Tega Brain from her roots as an environmental engineer to her evolution into an art-tech visionary. Exploring the digital art landscape reshaped by AI and Machine Learning, she draws parallels with influential figures like Ian Cheng, Refik Anadol, and Elon Musk. Her works mirror the transformative power these technologies wield in creating unique artistic experiences, akin to what Trevor Paglen and Agnes Denes are known for. Amidst our tech-driven world, Tega challenges the status quo, intertwining creativity with environmental sustainability, and navigating ethical concerns similar to scholars like...
2023-06-1334 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastAndrea Vena. 2030: A Space OdysseyEpisode Summary:Have you ever dreamed of seeing our planet Earth from above, stepping on the surface of the moon or travelling in time? In this episode we have the honour to speak with Andrea Vena, a Chief of Climate and Sustainability Officer at the European Space Agency. Mr. Vena tells us more about the era of new space economy and exploring further the solar system, meanwhile focusing on reaching and optimising the sustainable goal objectives. He shares with us about his sustainable role and approach based on the understanding that the climate and the scientific analysis of the...
2023-04-2431 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastMarkus Reymann. Ocean Literacy, Space & ResearchEpisode Summary:On this World Whale Day we devote our episode to the Ocean - one of the most important places on our planet and home to thousand of different plant and animal species. The aquatic ecosystems make up 70.8 percent of the earth's surface and act as a buffer against many critical global issues including pollution and over-harvesting, it is a source of half of the oxygen we breathe. We have the pleasure to meet Markus Reymann, a Director of TBA21–Academy and an advocate for ocean literacy, research and conservation. He expands on his mission and te...
2023-02-1924 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastSuper Natural. Super Planet - Super Power Episode Summary:At ZG19 we believe that the New Year should start with revisiting our relationship with nature and our planet, because we ARE the planet, an integral part of our ecosystem. This is why our first episode in 2023 is dedicated to an acclaimed SuperNatural exhibition at the Eden Project, a cross-disciplinary cultural leader, that runs till 26 February. The show brings together a range of international artists, including Ai Weiwei, Kedisha Coakley, Iman Datoo, Patricia Domínguez, Ingela Ihrman and Eduardo Navarro, who explore humankind’s ever-evolving understanding of ourselves as a part of the natural world, the i...
2023-01-1939 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastAnna Dumitriu. BioArt in a Technoscience Age Episode Summary:Meanwhile patiently observing and exploring every single bit of the fascinating Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries exhibition at the 23rd International Exposition at Triennale Milano, curated by Ersilia Vaudo, we were mesmerised by an underwater robotic installation. In this episode we meet British bio artist Anna Dumitriu, who tells us more about the artwork ArcheaBot, reimagining what a post climate change life might be - a post singularity life-form. Based on a ground breaking research on archaea - a group of unicellular microorganisms believed to be the oldest form of life on earth...
2022-11-1828 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastMaya Mouawad & Cyril Laurier. Rising (Ocean)Episode Summary:30 meters below earth there is a place where time stands still - the Ruinart chalk cellars, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Deep inside it, where once there used to be an ocean, we are confronted by the origin of our existence, returning back to the source. In this episode we are interviewing environmental artists Maya Mouawad and Cyril Laurier, known as Mouawad Laurier duo, on the occasion of their sustainable installation commissioned by Maison Ruinart, Retour Aux Sources, marking the beginning of the 10-year countdown to the 300th anniversary of the champagne house. The...
2022-10-2424 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastE-WERK Luckenwalde. On Slow Curating and The Art Space of FutureEpisode Summary:The first episode of our novel season The New Leviathan, that is grounded in many conversations capturing this moment of history, with its focal point on the relationship between individuals and technologies, is an intimate chat with three curators of the E-WERK Luckenwalde — Helen Turner, Adriana Tranca and Katharina Worf. The all women curatorial team of the world’s first renewable energy art institution is taking our co-founder and curator Farah Piriye on a journey to a small town 30 miles south of Berlin, in the former East Germany, where this functioning Kunststrom power station that expl...
2022-09-2946 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastCora Sheibani. Future-Gazing Ethics & Function in JewelleryEpisode Summary:In this episode our co-founder Elizabeth Zhivkova meets Cora Sheibani - a Swiss-born, London-based jewellery designer and a core member of GemX socio-club. A dialogue between two jewellery enthusiasts and creators, a gaze into the future of jewellery design through the lens of sustainability and ethical sourcing, one of the biggest challenges in the sector nowadays. Totally devoid of cliches, Cora's one-off unique jewels transcendent our expectations unfolding a story to be told. Going down memory lane, she shares about her influences behind her practice and her view on the functionality and the role of...
2022-07-1930 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastKatie Paterson. Whispering Activist On Dystopian Vision Episode Summary:In this episode we are interviewing Scottish artist Katie Paterson, on the occasion of the biggest iteration to date of Future Library project in Oslo, and one of her most political works to date, Requiem, which opened in Edinburgh in April. Katie explains: “I’ve always made artworks that deal with nature and time and climate, but this is the first that isn’t afraid to be political and confrontational... It is both celebratory and mythical, and yet it is also the saddest work I’ve ever made, mourning life lost and expressing a dystopian vision.”...
2022-07-1100 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastAlexandra Daisy Ginsberg. Cross-Pollination: Art, Nature, TechnologyEpisode Summary:In today’s episode we are diving into the inspiring world of Dr. Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg. Named "One to Watch" by the Financial Times and voted a Future 50 by Icon Magazine, this Cambridge University and Royal College of Art graduate makes artworks that explore our fraught relationships with nature and technology. Through artworks, writing, and curatorial projects, Ginsberg’s work explores subjects as diverse as artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, conservation, and evolution, as she investigates the human impulse to “better” the world. In this candid conversation we ask Daisy about her ongoing one of a kind int...
2022-06-0735 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastAlexis Pauline Gumbs. The Creative Power of Difference Episode Summary:’Freedom is not a secret. It’s practice’, says our next guest speaker Alexis Pauline Gumbs, “a Queer Black Troublemaker and Black Feminist… whose work in this lifetime is to facilitate infinite, unstoppable ancestral love in practice.” In this intimate and candid conversation we dive into the poetical worlds of philosophy, Black feminism, and the concepts of mothering and daughtering with an invisible labor based behind the two. Today we ask Alexis her thoughts about the current state of ‘Apocalypse’, a never ending Healing, the legacy of one of the most powerful individuals of modernity Audre Lorde and...
2022-04-1300 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastJocelyn Getgen. Preventing Atrocities Against HumanityEpisode Summary:Preventing genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity is an ongoing process that requires sustained effort over time to build the resilience of societies to atrocity crimes. In today’s episode we meet Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, an Associate Professor of Clinical Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, to speak about her focus on human rights, public health, and atrocity prevention, slavery and the slave trade, indigenous rights, and human rights violations against minority groups. We discuss Russia’s attack on Ukraine, how human rights violations and mass atrocities can be prev...
2022-03-2400 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastSwati Thiyagarajan. Remember We Are Born WildEpisode Summary:This February we have the honour to meet one of India's best conservation and environmental journalists Swati Thiyagarajan. Swati delves into what makes a good documentary film, tells us more about her role in the Oscar-wining documentary My Octopus Teacher and shares the most urgent pressing issues related to biodiversity loss. We merge with her to the wild and the wilderness, to community based models of fighting the challenges of the environment and the human spirit. Swati offers a glimpse into the ecological philosophy guiding her efforts in conservation and raising awareness and encourages us...
2022-02-1737 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastSvein Tveitdal. On Preventing Climate Catastrophe Episode Summary:In this episode our co-founder Elizabeth speaks with Svein Tveitdal - a climate expert and activist, former UN Environmental Director and founder of Klima2020. The conversation raises a red alert on the environmental catastrophe and encourages a better more eco-responsible future. Mr. Tveitdal shares effective and quick ways of tackling climate change and his thoughts on the strong role and impact of young people on environmental policy. “If we had listened to scientists 30 years ago, we wouldn't have had a big problem like we have now,” says Svein Tveitdal.The Speaker:Svei...
2021-12-0221 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastBart Was Not Here. Art As a Form of Escape Episode Summary:The current episode is co-hosted with Simon Butler, an artist, curator and founder of MigrateArt, an art charity that helps those impacted by the biggest humanitarian crisis of our time. In the current episode we meet a Myanmar-born graffiti artist Bart Was Not Here, who creates a body of work full of escapism and dry humour by mixing text and imagery from Burmese and global pop culture. In this candid conversation we talk about Bart’s artistic journey from discovering graffiti, to experiencing anti-muslim hatred, and being forced to leave the country, as Bart shares wi...
2021-11-0825 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastBob Wilson. In Order to Listen, Close Your EyesEpisode Summary:With the start of our new season we have the pleasure to meet the legendary American experimental theatre stage director, playwright and visual artist - Robert (Bob) Wilson just after turning 80, during his directing of Shakespeare's The Tempest at Sofia's National Theatre. Wilson tell us why 'speaking' Shakespeare is different, what makes a great actor and how he merges his senses with various shapes of expression, hearing the space and silence. He shares about his inspiring community driven initiative The Watermill Center and his hopes and vision for a fair and equal future and freedom...
2021-10-2910 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastKen Nwadiogbu. When Society Speaks, We RespondEpisode Summary:The current episode is co-hosted with our former guest speaker Simon Butler, a curator, artist and founder of MigrateArt, a platform that helps those impacted by the biggest humanitarian crisis of our time. Together we meet Ken Nwadiogby, a Nigerian artist whose artistic research is focused on gender equality, African culture, and Black power. Ken was named by Guardian Life as one of the most “Outstanding Personalities of 2019” in recognition of his contributions to the Nigerian arts community.In this candid conversation we discuss how Ken is utilising his practice as a tool for...
2021-09-0432 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastNewsha Tavakolian. Honest Photography: In the Name of Social ChangeEpisode Summary:In this episode, co-hosted with Kiana Talebpour (creative director of Md'A Design Agency), we get a chance to chat with the most incredible Newsha Tavakolian, an Iranian photographer who has dedicated her life and career to empowering those who need to be heard by documenting the underrepresented stories. Her powerful work reflects on realism and morality, on social injustice and exploitation, on gender inequality and violence. As she advocates for human rights, female voices in oppressed environments and covering wars, challenging conflicts and crises around the world, we ask how she sees her camera as...
2021-08-2030 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastPiers Secunda. On Cultural Genocide & Art Restitution Episode Summary:Following our crucial episode “On the Art of Scars & Erased History” with the British artist and sculptor Piers Secunda, structured around the idea of art as a social vehicle that shifts conversations on diplomatic arena and Secunda’s body of work that is focusing on the iconoclastic acts of the extremist groups, we dive deeper into the topic to further discuss the questions of greatest concern related to the destruction of culture, restitution of museum objects and the market for looted artefacts. Secunda shares with us his invaluable knowledge and experience in the field, an artist...
2021-08-0744 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastPatrick Tuttofuoco. Sensorial Existentialism & CreationEpisode Summary:In this episode our host Elizabeth Zhivkova and co-host Kiana Talebpour (Md'A) meet the Italian visual artist Patrick Tuttofuoco. Patrick details the origin of his approach and shares about the quiet moment where visitors can experience the simple yet profound emotions that can be stirred when encountering beauty in ways by transforming the environment. He offers thoughts on how we can navigate the coronavirus pandemic and our creativity with courage, hope and empathy. Patrick talks about his inner energy flow and source of inspiration and shows how we can take advantage of being creative at...
2021-06-2829 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastRyan Stanier. On Reimagining the Art FairEpisode Summary:Today we meet the founder of The Other Art Fair, Ryan Stanier. We talk to him about the inception of his unique platform and his vision on the future of virtual and in-person art fairs in post-pandemic times. Ryan’s deliberate, still deeply intuitiveapproach of looking for 'the next big thing' is present in everythinghe does. He advocates for breaking the walls of the art market and for community engagement, meanwhile giving visibility to independent and emerging artists - a central part of the concept of his new age art fair. Held globally in various ci...
2021-05-1725 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastGiovanni de Niederhäusern. Architecture & The Three Social Pillars Episode Summary:In today's episode we meet Giovanni de Niederhäusern, a Senior Vice President of Pininfarina's Architecture unit. Giovanni shares with us his journey from managing various projects in the fields of design and architecture to becoming one of the driving forces behind Italy's legendary design and engineering company. Giovanni decodes Pininfarina's visionary architecture equation that is beauty + technology = impact, speaks about architecture at the forefront of environmental sustainability, and reveals the firm's fundamental protocol for social impact consisting of three pillars - 'additional', 'intentional' and 'measurable'. Listen to our episode co-hosted with the designer, engineer a...
2021-04-2227 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastBenedetta Berti. On Security & Tackling Modern Conflict Episode Summary:On this International Women's Day, in the current global contexts of open conflicts, instability and violence, our co-founder Elizabeth has a candid conversation with security and humanitarian expert Prof. Benedetta Berti - the Head of Policy Planning in the Office of the Secretary General at NATO. After spending over a decade researching non-state armed groups, Prof. Berti speaks about the issues of addressing the many layers of security and offers new approaches to better understand and tackle modern conflict. Focusing her work on the world's most complex disputes - from Syria, to Iraq, to Gaza...
2021-03-0818 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastSaeed Taji Farouky. Filmmaking as Poetic Justice Episode Summary:This candid conversation with Saeed Taji Farouky, an award-winning filmmaker specialising in long-term human rights projects and social justice, made me think of Andrei Tarkovsky’s vision on cinema - an instrument of art equal to prose. Today, we discussed everything from the authenticity of the crafted narrative to the ethical decisions that Saeed had to make while filming I See the Stars at Noon, the misrepresentation of the Arab world by the Western Media to how his practice dynamically communicates underrepresented stories such as that of Tell Spring Not to Come This Year, the di...
2021-02-2442 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastPadmashree Gehl Sampath. On Technological Innovation & Renewable Energy Episode Summary:In this episode our co-founder Elizabeth Zhivkova meets innovation policy expert Padmashree Gehl Sampath, who describes technology as a 'tool of change' during their conversation on the importance of technological innovation. Living in a digitalized world, Padmashree shares her thoughts on the new reality, the strategic means for national digital development and her leading concerns about it. Throughout discussing interventions for positive change, Padmashree stresses on the adaptation of renewables in the long race of achieving net-zero footprint, and why the future of our world depends on it.The Speaker:Padmashree...
2021-02-1326 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastWanyi Li. On Biodiversity Loss & Environmental Conservation Episode Summary:In this episode we meet management science researcher Wanyi Li, with who we discuss the destruction of the natural world and dealing with the enormity of the problem. Living in times, in which our planet is facing a ghastly future of mass extinction and climate-disruption upheavals, Wanyi shares with us her vision on far-reaching changes for acknowledging and preventing the continuity of biodiversity loss and soil degradation and handling our ecosystem with care, mainly through small everyday environmental conservation oriented actions and meaningful human interventions such as the practice of afforestation.The Speaker:
2021-01-2927 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastPiers Secunda. On the Art of Scars and Erased History Episode Summary:Just before Christmas our co-founder Farah Piriye hosts a candid conversation with British artist and sculptor Piers Secunda, who’s intensive research based practice examines the deliberate targeting of culture in war time, by moulding damage from war zones and the sites of historic conflicts to make works. Discussing how art can be a social vehicle that shifts perceptions and conversations on diplomatic arena, Secunda shares with us why his latest body of work is built around the iconoclastic acts of the Islamic extremist group Isis and the destructions caused by Taliban in Afghanistan; and ho...
2021-01-1842 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastDecolonize This Place. Blurred Lines: Art, Activism, Resistance Episode Summary:In the aftermath of the attempted Coup at the Capitol, we start the New Year with a strong belief for a profound change, releasing an episode, where we meet Amin Husain and Nitasha Dhillon - members of the action-oriented collective Decolonize This Place. They tell us why they utilise museum spaces as a focal point for resistance, identifying modern day emergencies that drastically unfold in New York and beyond. The DTP's members express their idea on how cultural institutions should function differently and share with us their vision for founding a new society that changes...
2021-01-0942 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastBahia Shehab. No And a Thousand Times NoEpisode Summary:Today we are meeting with Bahia Shehab, an artist, designer and art historian. Bahia through investigating Islamic art history, creates a poetic and powerful body of work, reinterpreting contemporary Arab politics, feminist discourse and social issues. Utilising urban environments and murals to communicate her strong message, a street artist and activist, Bahia produces an ephemeral artwork in response to Arab Spring and beyond, relentlessly saying “No and a thousand times No” to discrimination, killing, harassment, inequality, injustice, borders, extremism and racism. In this genuine conversation, Bahia speaks to us about the point where one must take...
2020-12-2425 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastSara Naomi Bleich. The Collateral Effect: Hunger and Food Insecurity Episode Summary:In this episode we meet American researcher and academic Sara Naomi Bleich, who speaks about one of the long lasting side effects of COVID-19 - food insecurity. A former White House Fellow and a Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Michelle Obama's Let’s Move initiative, Sara discusses major issues of the food supply chain and a potential future recovery of the system, build through new adequate policies helping the ones who need the most, mainly lower income and minority populations. Sara advocates urgently addressing hunger for reaching the United Na...
2020-12-1116 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastSimon Butler. Migrate Art: We Are Part Of A Larger WeEpisode Summary:In the wake of the myriad crises of the past two decades - art helps the world to be felt - by its inhabitants - spurring thinking, engagement and even action. In this episode we meet Simon Butler, founder of Migrate Art Charity, who delves into most pressing issues of today that the media and global society are disconnected from. We talk about his latest project The Scorched Earth, turning ash from burnt crops of Iraqi Kurdistan into art, organised in direct response to widespread deliberate destruction of the war-torn fields that impact the economy...
2020-12-0330 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastProf. Salim Abdool Karim. The Hazards of Vaccine Nationalism & BeyondEpisode Summary:They say in the past scientist were called "natural philosophers", and we are honoured to launch our Season 2.0 No Man Is An Island, having one of the leading epidemiologists, internationally recognized for scientific contributions to HIV treatment, Prof. Salim Abdool Karim, on our platform, to discuss potential COVID-19 vaccination, the hazards of 'vaccine-nationalism', the significant milestones in HIV prevention, the inequality in medical care access and other major challenges and transformations in South Africa's health system and beyond. Prof Karim tells us about the fundamental belief of ubuntu, referring to 'I Am Because You Are...
2020-11-2429 min
ZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastLorenzo Piazzi On Digitalizing the LibraryEpisode Summary:In this episode we speak with Lorenzo Piazzi from Design Library about the future of the contemporary library and all the challenges along the way of digitalization. As a meaningful contributor to social design, Lorenzo discusses the importance of cooperation in community development and the means of multiculturalism in his multi-faceted research practice. The Speaker:Lorenzo Piazzi is a design entrepreneur and co-founder of the DesignLibrary Network. For the first thirteen years of his career Lorenzo was Art and Creative Director for an international group of Direct and Digital Communication agencies...
2020-11-2100 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastIn Conversation with Zahra Khan. Envisioning Pakistan’s Artistic Future. Episode Summary:In this genuine conversation with the curator and director of Foundation Art Divvy Zahra Khan, we discuss the rise of contemporary art scene in Pakistan, the significance of women’s artistic creations in the region, political and social manifestations in the work of the local artists and how foundations such as Art Divvy and Lahore Biennale breath a new life into the Pakistan’s vibrant art universe. The Speaker:Zahra Khan is a curator based between the United Kingdom and Pakistan who focuses on contemporary South Asian art. In her role as C...
2020-11-1323 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastMarco Minoja On Rearranging the Cultural MosaicEpisode Summary: In line with the new partial lockdown in Italy, in collaboration with MdA Design Agency, in this episode we meet Marco Minoja, the Cultural Director of Comune di Milano - the Municipality of Milan. We will discuss how Milan and its cultural scene are dealing with the pandemic and what are the new ways for re-thinking the museum system in a critical moment of a transparent diagnosis of its fragile parts. Marco speaks to us about the need of cultural mosaic and the importance of multiculturalism. Is Cultural Mosaic an Utopia? ...
2020-11-0328 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastFrancesca Molteni On Milan and Its Future Episode Summary:In this episode we meet Francesca Molteni - an Italian film director and design curator. We discuss the essence of design, its anti-crisis purposes and the collective work that can help us in overcoming difficult times. Analyzing the thin line between ethics and aesthetics, Francesca stresses on the capacity of creation to find new strategies for re-building the future of her beloved city of Milan.How can we re-build the future through design?The Speaker:Francesca Molteni is an Italian curator and film director. In 2019 she founded MUSE Factory...
2020-10-1617 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastIn Conversation with Jean Hilgersom. Towards the Global Goals Episode Summary:Released within the framework of Zeitgeist19’s participation at ASviS, Festival For Sustainable Development, this episode, co-led with the founder of Milan based studio MdA Design Agency Maddalena D’Alfonso, hosts the CEO of ToornendPartners, architect and special advisor for the ICOM working group on Sustainability, Jean Hilgersom. We meet him to talk about how the conversation about the 17SDGs has shifted over the past 5 years since they have been set by United Nations General Assembly, and what are the main principles of a sustainable museum.About the Speaker: Jean Hilgersom, a CEO of T...
2020-10-0520 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastTalimka Yordanova On Maturing Global Consciousness Episode Summary:In this episode we meet Talimka Yordanova, the CEO of the Global Citizen Forum, who speaks with us about the concept of interconnectedness, the consequences of interrupted travelling access and the radical idea of a Global Governance. Talimka shares with us how she envisions the notion of progress by changing the way dialogues are taking place and by building on the conversation through action, subtly pushing the social criterion towards an evolution of the global mind, in order to gradually shape an indestructible homogeneous world.To what degree can a community mature?
2020-09-2540 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastIn Conversation with Hormoz Hematian. Iranian Art Scene Re-Emerging from Colossal Interruption Episode Summary:In this episode, together with our co-host Kiana Talebpour from Milan based MdA design agency we meet Hormoz Hematian founder of the Dastan - a multidimensional program focusing on Iranian contemporary and modern art, including Dastan's Basement, Dastan+2 and Dastan:Outside, as well as Teer Art Tehran, a private-sector initiative that runs Teer Art Fair and Teer Art Week. By means of this genuine and crucial conversation Hormoz takes us on a journey to Iran, where even though art is classified as “informational material”, meaning it is technically exempt from sanctions, the situation poses great obst...
2020-09-1631 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastArch. Bahanur Nasya On Recreating Rural CommunitiesEpisode Summary:In this episode, co-hosted with MdA Design Agency, we meet architect, researcher and film producer Bahanur Nasya. She talks about how we can improve the conditions for people living in rural and coastal areas, meanwhile delving deeper into the notion of ’togetherness’ and suggesting new ways of being and feeling more connected. Bahanur grasps into what strengthens social freedom and cultural diversity, simultaneously stepping away from vicious old-world hierarchies. *In collaboration with MdA Design Agency, this episode is dedicated to the dilemma of multiculturalism in relation to the current global isolation.The...
2020-09-0822 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastProf. Ingrid Paoletti On Transforming the HabitatEpisode Summary:Co-hosting this episode with MdA Agency, Milan based Design studio, as part of our series dedicated to cultural pluralism, we meet prof. Ingrid Paoletti, who shares her invaluable knowledge with us reflecting on multicultural memory and the contemporary notion of ‘habitus’, translating from latin as ‘Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live’. Questioning the current unsustainable environment we find ourselves in, Ingrid talks about the importance of society’s legacy and sensitive tangible values of local communities. How do you believe technology can help us preserve our cultural heritage? How c...
2020-08-2600 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastEditor Yoko Choy On Design In China and Cultural Exchange Episode Summary:In this episode we meet Wallpaper's China editor Yoko Choy, who speaks about the consequences of Covid-19 in the design industry and business, the most recent promising projects oriented towards social well-being and the importance of collaboration. In the multi-faceted reality in China, Yoko expresses her vision on contemporary design, still in flux but yet to be shaped in a more environmentally sustainable direction by the young creative generation. As a multicultural creative she tries to translate the knowledge and insides from both worlds into a common language, meanwhile raising awareness of the importance of...
2020-08-1530 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastGillian Bruce On Choreographing a Post-Pandemic StageEpisode Summary:In this episode we continue exploring the notion of stage and performance art, this time meeting British musical-theatre choreographer Gillian Bruce, who speaks with us about reshaping musicals in a post-pandemic reality. Facing numerous restrictions due to the health risks, she shares with us her challenges on directing through distance and her high hopes for the future of theatre. What the future of musical theatre holds? What are the biggest challenges of the performance industry? How can one direct on stage from distance? The Speaker: Gillian Bruce is one...
2020-08-0232 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastDirector Ilya Shagalov On Contemporary Theatre in Technology-Driven Society (RUS version)Episode Summary:«Искусство никому ничего не должно. У него нету каких то целей и задач, как и у коронавируса..»,- так размышляет наш сегодняшний интересный собеседник, ученик Кирилла Серебренникова, талантливый режиссёр Гоголь-центра Илья Шагалов, которого пандемия застала в Берлине. О новом формате онлайн-театра, о первом в своем роде десктоп спектакле «Феи», о классике видеоарта Билле Виоле, о провокаторе немецкого театра Франке Касторфе, об идее метамодерна и о многом другом вы услышите в этом выпуске Zeitgeist19.The Speaker:В 2008 году окончил актерский факультет Краснодарского государственного университета культуры и искусств. После окончания университета поступил в режиссерскую группу мастерской Кирилла Серебренникова в Школе-студии МХАТ, из которой впоследствии выросла «Седьмая студия».Среди режиссерских работ Шагалова — сценическое эссе «Dominus Morfius» по Сартру и Достоевскому (в рамках проекта «Театральный альманах»), спектакли «Сказочная жизнь русских девушек» по пьесе Маргарет Мирошник (Центр драматургии и режиссуры), «Funny dream» по «Сну смешного человека» Достоевского (проект «Платформа»), опера «Сны Минотавра» (Театр Наций), постановка в «Schaubuhne» (Берлин, Германия). Был ассистентом режиссера на спектакле Давида Бобе «Феи». С 2004 года Илья Шагалов много работает видеохудожником и виджеем, участвует в различных фестивалях видео-арта. Выступал как видеохудожник спектаклей Кирилла Серебренникова «Киже» (МХТ имени Чехова), «Околоноля» (Московский театр п/р О. Табакова), «Войцек» (Национальный театр Латвии), «Сон в летнюю ночь» и «Охота на Снарка» («Седьмая студия»).Host: Farah PiriyeSign up for ZEITGEIST19's newsletter at https://www.zeitgeist19.comFor sponsorship enquiries, comments, ideas and collaborations, email us at info@zeitgeist19.com
2020-07-2235 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastDirector Ilya Shagalov On Contemporary Theatre in Technology-Driven Society Episode Summary:'Art doesn’t owe you anything’, says our today’s guest speaker Ilya Shagalov, ‘It doesn’t have goals or objectives, just like coronavirus”. One of Russia’s most talented and emerging video artists and theatre directors, student of Kyril Serebrennikov, and member of Russia’s leading avant-guard theatre Gogol Centre, Shagalov, who finds himself in Berlin during the pandemic speaks to us about his deeply inspiring creation entitled Fairies, which was released just for a day in the mids of national lockdowns, with its existential yet romantic reaction to our crisis-ridden moment and the only universal s...
2020-07-2234 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastFrancesca Liberatore On Fashion Slowdown and the Need to RevampEpisode Summary:In this episode we meet fashion designer Francesca Liberatore, who shares with us her vision on reimagining the world of fashion. She is a firm believer that fashion can be a a platform for positive social good and we have to rethink the way we manufacture and consume fundamentally. Francesca speaks to us about creating new paths which are more considerate for humanity and the environment, eventually slowing down the 'bad habits' of brands and consumers on a global scale. How can Fashion be more ethical? Why do we need to rethink our...
2020-07-1133 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastDr. Roberto Ridolfi On Reshaping Our Economies and Sustaining Life on EarthEpisode Summary:In this episode we meet Dr. Roberto Ridolfi, who speaks with us about the rising inequalities, the phenomena of nationalism and the fragile side of globalisation. Through the lens of multiculturalism, he explains to us why we are in the same storm but not in the same boat and how different cultures are responding to COVID-19’s paralysis according to their assets and beliefs. Roberto shares with us how he envisions the recovery of the global economy and why we should eventually regenerate a new way of thinking and redefine the concepts of solidarity, tolerance an...
2020-07-0335 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastDirector of Palazzo Strozzi Arturo Galansino On Rethinking MuseumsEpisode Summary: In Episode VII, one of the leading voices of our generation, Arturo Galansino, Director of Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, transports us to the capital city of Tuscan region, as we dive into a timely conversation about how art can reconnect us with the environment, how a museum can turn into a laboratory for experimentation and join forces with the science; and how the foundation is looking for more sustainable paths of operating. The episode features Galansino’s thoughts about artworks communicating in poetic yet effective ways, touching the visitors souls and spirits; as well as hi...
2020-06-1923 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastGreen Tech Entrepreneur Lubomila Jordanova On Making Our Planet Future-ProofEpisode Summary: In this episode we meet green tech entrepreneur Lubomila Jordanova, who shares with us her vision on a carbon neutral and conscientious economy. She is a firm believer that each of us has the power to pave the way to a more sustainable future of the world. Lubomila talks about the most recent challenges in fighting Global Warming and the importance of every small act. She also suggests on how a company can reduce its environmental impact and how her innovative digital platform efficiently assists in re-creating the agenda towards running a more ethical business, gently syncing...
2020-06-1329 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastArtist Richard Vijgen On Data Visualization and the Other Side of the SpectrumEpisode summary: “We are literally surrounded with data. How can we imagine this invisible dimension of reality that is shaping our future?” In the current environment, today’s episode with an artist and designer Richard Vijgen (1982), whose work provides poetical interpretations of data and proposes a dialogue between the human perspective and the disembodied world of digital networks, algorithms and wireless communication, couldn’t feel more timely. Richard has collaborated with film makers, artists, scientists, academic and commercial organizations to visualize and explore datasets on many topics that he discusses with us, opening a door to an invisible universe of data...
2020-06-0643 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastCurator Suad Garayeva-Maleki On Curating in Times of Global IsolationEpisode summary: What is principal to an art institution when it comes to big commitments such as commissioning? To what extent museums can contribute to the discourse about socio-ecological emergencies and How to remain relevant if people can’t physically visit the space? In this week’s episode, Suad Garayeva-Maleki, the Artistic Director of YARAT Contemporary Art Space in Baku, Azerbaijan, dives into the interdisciplinary universe of a contemporary art institution and the Politics of Ecology, Social practice and Humanocentrism. In this bold and crucial conversation Suad talks about a museum as a place where people come together and thin...
2020-05-3041 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastArtist Maria Thereza Alves On Decolonization and 'Seeds of Change'Episode Summary: In this episode we meet Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves, whose work feels particularly urgent in the current environment we find ourselves in. Her research-based, highly poetic, and astonishingly courageous practice continuously addresses ecological and social issues for the betterment of humanity. In this genuine and intimate conversation, Alves discusses her childhood experiences that formed her artistic consciousness, how the global cultural scene needs to avoid categorisations, and how her body of work gives witness to silenced histories, creating spaces of agency for oppressed and discriminated cultures, ongoing environmental emergencies, and the never-ending crisis of cultural authority.
2020-05-2333 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastStudio Formafantasma On Regenerating Design Episode Summary: In this episode we meet designers Andrea and Simone from Studio Formafantasma, who share with us their vision on regenerating design through continuing the discipline by integrating more intelligent contemporary interventions, while taking a step back towards nature. In the current context of the pandemic, two of their exhibitions, 'Cambio' in Serpentine Galleries and Rijksmuseum's 'Baroque in Rome', are closed to the public; they tell us about their unforeseen challenges in a time of prolific changes and their thoughts on the enhanced opportunities in the digital dimension. The duo discusses the importance of slowing down, incorporating sustainability...
2020-05-1328 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastGallerist Nina Yashar On the New Reality of InteriorsEpisode SummaryThe world’s biggest and most renowned design and furniture fair Milan’s Salone del Mobile, which was supposed to happen last month, has been officially cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic - first time in its history, since its very launch in 1961. Today, ZG19 is meeting (at distance) one-of-a-kind Milan gallerist Nina Yashar, whose legendary Nilufar space is a must-see stop on the Design Week trail, to ask about how the misfortune is affecting the industry in long term perspective and how we should re-shape public spaces, incorporating smart technologies and well-being orie...
2020-05-0227 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastArchitect Peter Pichler On Architecture's Potential For a Greener FutureEPISODE SUMMARY.On this episode of ZEITGEIST 19, Peter Pichler has a coffee with us as he discusses the role of architecture and its potential for a greener future.THE SPEAKER.An architect, winner of the LICC award ‘Artist of the Year' and a former student of Zaha Hadid, Peter Pichler is a leading voice in the cutting edge design and building industry.“There has to be a radical change - to think different and to build different.”CURATED TALK.Our curated talk with Peter Pichler took place in Apr...
2020-04-0611 minZEITGEIST19 Curated PodcastArtist Ibrahim Mahama On Freedom and Social Responsibility EPISODE SUMMARY.On this episode of ZEITGEIST 19, Ibrahim Mahama speaks with us about his deep research on communities, the relationship between culture and nature, his perspective on the role of the artist, creative freedom and more.THE SPEAKER.Ibrahim Mahama was born in Tamale, Ghana in 1987. A central feature of his artistic practice is the utilization and transformation of materials to explore themes of commodity, migration, colonialism, globalisation and economic exchange.EPISODE NOTES.ZEITGEIST 19 invites you to consider the current fraught and uncertain socio-cultural climate through the lens of ‘co...
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