Alex Fitch talks to former presenter of Midnight Sex Talk – Tania Glyde – about the increasing pornification of visual media, from advertising to art, film to fromage. As both the ICA & Barbican in London have sex based festivals on this month, it seems porn is being increasingly celebrated in our culture, so Alex and Tania look at some of the reasons why.
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Panel Borders: The work of Leah Moore and John Reppion part 1
The first part of Alex & Duncan’s interview with Leah Moore and John Reppion in which they talk about writing variously for the Fortean Times and Albion and the thorny issue of obtaining back issues of their work. Unfortunately this interview was recorded using Skype on a noisy computer and is not the best quality, so we recommend you listen to it using speakers rather than headphones…
I’m ready for my close-up: Cult entertainment for Autumn
Alex Fitch interviews two curators of very different kinds of cult entertainment.
Robert Rider is a programmer at the Barbican cinema in London which has gained reknown for a variety of different events and festivals throughout the year. 4th October saw the start of their Brazillian film festival and November the yearly Children’s film festival not to mention regular screenings of Silent movies with live accompaniment and their regular Anime slot.
Alex Geairns is a director of the Cult TV festival taking place in Oxfordshire from the 19th to the 22nd of October which is a gathering of fans, creators and stars of Cult TV from the 1960s to the present day and features such guests as Sylvia Anderson (co-creator of Thunderbirds), Matthew Graham (creator of Life on Mars) and Antonio Fargas (Huggy Bear in Starsky & Hutch)…
Originally broadcast 04/10/07 (mp3 format, 28.7 mb)
Panel Borders: The art of Andrzej Klimowski part 2 (Putting silent movies on the page)
Alex Fitch concludes his interview with artist, novelist and lecturer at The Royal College of Art, Andrzej Klimowski about his graphic novels ‘The Depository’, ‘The Secret’ and ‘Horace Dorlan’ plus his work on the ‘Introducing…’ / ‘…for beginners’ books. Alex and Andrzej talk about the latter’s artistic influences focussing in particular on his interest in silent movies.
Originally broadcast on Resonance FM on Thursday 4th October as part of Strip! (mp3 format, 15.1mb). Panel Borders is Alex’s contribution to Strip! and will vary from week to week as a multiple of 15 mins within the hour…
To listen to the first half of the interview, please click here.
Art house Cinema: Podcast #6 – Raindance special
It’s Resonance FM‘s latest Art House cinema podcast featuring reviews of films released this month at ‘Art House’ cinemas in London and also showing at the Raindance Film Festival… This show is presented by Alex Fitch with contributions from Virginie Sélavy (editor of Electric Sheep Magazine) and Michael Hall (video shop manager and lead singer of the band Nebraska…
In this episode there’s also an exclusive interview with Suzanne Ballantyne, lead programmer of the Raindance Festival.
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Panel Borders: The art of W. Heath Robinson and the work of The Cartoon Museum
Alex Fitch interviews Anita O’Brien, curator at The Cartoon Museum in London about their current exhibition on W. Heath Robinson and the ongoing work of the gallery…
Originally broadcast as a clear spot at 4.30pm, 24/09/07 on Resonance FM
(mp3 format, 13.9mb)
Please note: The exhibition – Heath Robinson’s Helpful Solutions – ends on October 7th and the museum is closed on Mondays.
I’m ready for my close-up: The weird(sville) films of Allan Moyle
Alex Fitch interviews Allan Moyle, the cult film director of such classic movies as Pump up the Volume and Empire Records about his career + his new film Weirdsville which opens next week’s Raindance Film Festival. (mp3 format, 27.7mb)
Panel Borders: The art of Andrzej Klimowski part 1 (Putting the novel into graphics)
Alex Fitch interviews artist, novelist and lecturer at The Royal College of Art, Andrzej Klimowski about his graphic novels ‘The Depository’, ‘The Secret’ and ‘Horace Dorlan’ plus his work on the ‘Introducing…’ / ‘…for beginners’ books. Alex and Andrzej talk about the latter’s literary and artistic influences as well as the evolution of his artistic style.
I’m ready for my close-up: New female directors
In a show recorded at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, Alex Fitch talks to two new female directors who have made two very different debut feature films. In I for India Sandhya Suri has collated 40 years of home movie footage of her family in Britain and India that tells the poignant tale of loved ones separated by land and culture, while in Gypsy Caravan Jasmine Dellal has created an epic concert movie with the cinematographer of Monteray Pop that showcases Romany music that will hopefully prove to be this decade’s Buena vista social club… (mp3 format, 26.4mb)
Panel Borders: Putting the graphics into novels
Alex Fitch talks to David Brawn from Harper Collins about their range of graphic novels which include comic book adaptations of the works of J.R.R.Tolkein, Agatha Christie & C.S.Lewis as well as original fantasy and horror titles such as Abadazad and The Nightmare Factory.