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The Art of Improvisation

Cousins Adib (UK) and Mehdi Rostami (Iran) take the closeness of their family ties into the realm of improvisation, where trust and understanding between musicians is paramount to success. Prior to a London performance we talk to them in the studio about the preparatory process for an improvising musician, the instruments they play – the relatively new shurangiz –  and their ambitions for the future of their duo, split as they are between Iran and UK.

We sample some of their sublime music in the show, but nothing can compare to a live performance where the players literally take you on the ‘journey’ with them. Buy the CD here.

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Free Lab Radio – Ceephax Acid Crew

After half an hour of jammy stalling by me, the much-anticipated DJ set live in the studio from the sheikh of United Acid Emirates, the purveyor of analogue synthness: Ceephax Acid Crew.

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Frieze 2011 Clear Spot #2

Bik Van der Pol‘s Frieze Project, a ‘live’ literary scoreboard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A panel discussion with Gasworks Director Alessio Antoniolli , Camden Arts Centre Exhibitions Programmer Anne-Marie Watson, Director of The Museum of Everything Jeremy Brett and Alex Deyzac, Gallery Assistant at Mica Gallery. Chaired by Fari Bradley the discussion points range from the physical space of the Frieze to the misconceptions that have naturally grown up around the Frieze itself. Originally broadcast in October 2011 from Resonance104.4FM studios in London.

Thanks to Sabine Schereck for the vox pops.

 

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Art Car Boot Fair

YBA Bob and Roberta Smith with Resfm manager Chris Weaver

A fantastically sunny day at the Truman Bewery.

Interviews with YBA Gavin Turk, fashion designer and musician Pam Hogg, the Disabled Avant Garde and their petting puppy, renegade art gallery and art publishers Trolley Books, the enigmatic Mark Wydler from The Treatment Rooms, Paul Biddle artist, 8 foot tall Satan, the wry and ingenious Emotional Baggage Handling Service, graffiti artist Miss Led, writer Anouchka Grose, Carter Presents and others for a Resonancefm piece on this year’s fantastic fair. This podcast also featuring a few excerpts of Pam Hogg’s latest CD plus an abundance of stereo ambiance. Originally broadcast in summer 2008

Peruse the rest of the day’s photos on Facebook. Art Car Boot Fair website.

 

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Six Pillars – Crossroads of the Ancient World

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A personal tour of the British Museum’s major show in 2011 on Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World. This awesome and massively educative exhibition is brought to us thanks to the amazing bravery of a few men who took care of these objects in great secrecy and at great personal risk at the brink of two decades of civil war, strategic iconoclastic decimation and lawless looting.

Dr. St John Simpson is an archeologist and a curator at The British Museum and speaks here about the exhibition as a whole and Afghanistan’s place on the Silk Road where caravans from from Europe, China, India and Central Asia traveled back and forth. He guides us through the show and discusses details about several of the objects, of which his favourite is the fish-shaped drinking vessel pictured here.

This show was produced by Fari Bradley and originally broadcast May 2011.

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Frieze 2011 Panel Discussion #1

 

The first in a short series of discussions and interviews examining the changing role of The Frieze Art fair as regards the London art scene. This show’s panel features Stuart Semple director at Aubin Gallery East London, Cynthia Corbett of Cynthia Corbett Gallery, West London, Chris Hammond director at MOT International gallery, East London and Brussels and Nathan Engelbrecht director at EB&Flo Gallery, East London. The show was hosted and produced by arts-broadcaster Fari Bradley.

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Six Pillars – Women and Sex in Iran

Fari Bradley talks to Dr Pari Esfandiari PHD about her website Irandokht, one of the 34 websites showcased by UNESCO. The website creates dialogue and space for expression for Iranian women all over the world and is a resounding success.

Dr Esfandiari also co-wrote a 7 page article in Playboy Magazine in 2007 about an erotic tape that made millions on the blackmarket, highlighting what it tells us about attitudes to women and sex in Iran today.

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Six Pillars – Slavs, Pistons and a City of Leaves

Interviews recorded in UAE with artist Bahar Behbahani, the Slavs and Tatars collective and tracks from the new album by singer Sussan Deyhim. The film by Behbahani at Sharjah Biennial involved a collaboration across the Caspian sea while the installation by the Slavs and Tatars created the setting for ‘Friendship of Nations’, a work looking at the revolutionary potential of crafts and folklore behind the ideology of two key modern movements: the Islamic Revolution of ’79 and Poland’s Trade Union movement of the 1980s. Sussan Deyhim has been played on the show since 2005, her new album City of Leaves includes collaborations with Richard Horowitz and DJ Spooky.

 

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