Ben Watson: Art, Class and Cleavage
Ben Watson broadcasts every week on Resonance FM. He is the author of numerous books, poems, provocations and polemic aplenty. Visit www.militantesthetix.co.uk/
Duration: 65:53.
The Bike Show: Grant Peterson on overnight trips and a visit to London’s ‘anti-bike shop’
Grant Peterson of Rivendell Bicycle Works urges us to get on our bikes for sub-twenty four hour overnight camping trips. Plus a visit to a fantastic new ‘anti-bike shop’ in Finsbury Park, specialising in classic English and Italian steel road bikes. The shop doesn’t have a name yet, but you can drop in at 74 Mountgrove Road, Finsbury Park, London N5 2LT – MAP. Some photos below, more here:
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Grant Peterson on overnight trips and a visit to London's 'anti-bike shop' [ 31:12 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSix Pillars: Les Ballets Persans & Lady Jamileh Kharrazi
New Iranian National Ballet with Lady Jamila Kharrazi, the Toos Foundation, and Nima Kiann of Les Ballets Persans, Sweden, prior to the gala performance at Logan Hall to mark Les Ballets Persans 6th anniversary.
In a country where dance and performance is highly restricted, ballet seems something left over from the days of the Shas, a testimony to the effects of the identity of countries the west has sought to dominate. Meanwhile we may be familiar with classical scores that have sought to capture the spirit of the middle east with endemic melodies on violin or the standardisation of a sound from the Middle East on the string section, creating a kind of platitude in music for treatment of subjects during the launch of the era of technicolour film (Alad-Din, Sinbad etc).
In an ambitious move, Nima Khiann presents not only the ballet but an entire history of the importance of dance in Persian history, simultaneously dictated in English and Farsi at the gala performance with some sufi dancing by his ballet company, where the girls exchange their trademark buns for the loose, wild hair of a mystic seeker. The sufi tradition, we are told encourages dancing, an irony not lost on an audience comprised of many seeking artistic and spiritual freedom here in the UK.
Lady Jamileh Kharazi discusses the ins and outs of offering events of this size for free and her own extensive background in ballet and performance.
Free University – Natural Disasters and Memorials
Dr Edward Simpson: Remembering natural disasters and memorials in India and Sri Lanka
Dr Simpson is a Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, SOAS:
www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff36082.php
For recommended further reading and accompanying images, see Tuesday’s FUoTA page at http:resonancefm.com/free-university
Duration: 37:41.
Free University – Graphic Design Explained
Adrian Shaughnessy: Graphic Design Explained
A layperson’s guide to graphic design – what it is, its use in commerce, education and the dissemination of information, and its cultural significance. Why are so many people choosing to study it (design is third most popular degree course in UK!), and why so many people want to make a living doing it?
Panel Borders: Osamu Tezuka @t Bristol part 2
Panel Borders: Osamu Tezuka @t Bristol part 2*
An exclusive podcast complimenting the “Clear Spot” broadcast at 8pm 18/09/08 on Resonance FM
An episode of Panel Borders: Dickon Harris presents the second half of a panel recorded at The Bristol International Comics Expo hosted by Helen McCarthy and featuring John Aggs, Tim Pilcher, Sean Michael Wilson and Akiko Shimojima looking at the work of Osamu Tezuka. part 2 of 2…
(*The name is an intentional homage to the title of the Millennium development in Bristol which mixes art, science and culture!)
For more info please visit the home of this podcast at archive.org
Listen to Alex Fitch’s previous interviews with Helen about Tezuka and other manga / animé works…
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Panel Borders: Osamu Tezuka @t Bristol part 1
Panel Borders: Osamu Tezuka @t Bristol part 1*
An exclusive podcast complimenting the “Clear Spot” broadcast at 8pm 18/09/08 on Resonance FM
An episode of Panel Borders: Dickon Harris presents the first half of a panel recorded at The Bristol International Comics Expo hosted by Helen McCarthy and featuring John Aggs, Tim Pilcher, Sean Michael Wilson and Akiko Shimojima looking at the work of Osamu Tezuka. part 1 of 2…
(*The name is an intentional homage to the title of the Millennium development in Bristol which mixes art, science and culture!)
For more info please visit the home of this podcast at archive.org
Listen to Alex Fitch’s interviews with Helen about Tezuka and other manga / animé works…
Continue reading
Free University – Wild Elephants of Eastern India?
Dr Alpa Shah: Would Yosemite National Park be a better home for the Wild Elephants of Eastern India?
Dr Alpa Shah is a Lecturer at the Department of Anthropology,
Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research focuses on addressing the reproduction of inequality and the resultant implications for and experiences of marginalised people.
Visit www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/anthropology/staff/
For accompanying images and futher reading, visit our on-line page at www.resonancefm.com/free-university
Duration: 40:59.
Free University – George Orwell
Prof Jean Seaton: On George Orwell
Jean Seaton is Professor of Media History at the University of Westminster ; and the Official Historian of the BBC. She is the Director of the Orwell Prize. Visit www.theorwellprize.co.uk