Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview With Composer David Ludwig
David Ludwig's contemporary classical compositions address a wide range of topics—from climate change and astronomical phenomena, to gun violence and religious traditions.
Excerpt from The Sentient Archive: Artist Sarah Crowner on Painting and Dancing
Artist Sarah Crowner questions the idea of a painting as “fixed and static,” and proposes that a painting is “an archive of all the actions and gestures that surround it.”
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Boris Charmatz on How “The Museum Is The Body” In Dance
Boris Charmatz on how archiving dance happens in the body rather than in a museum.
Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Visual Artist Wilmer Wilson IV
We speak to Wilmer Wilson IV (2017), who works across mediums including performance, sculpture, collage, video, photography, and installation to explore the nature and social value of ephemera and bodily presence in public spaces.
Questions of Practice: Guitarist Nels Cline on Creating Lovers (for Philadelphia)
Composer and guitarist Nels Cline describes the inspiring journey through Philadelphia artifacts, sites, and musical moments that led to the creation of Lovers (for Philadelphia).
Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Filmmaker Moon Molson
Moon Molson's films portray the stories of people of color, capturing the humor and lyricism of, in his words, “the language of the streets.”
Questions of Practice: Composer David Lang on Classical Music, Education, Composing, and Virtuosity
Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning composer David Lang on creating a score for 400 broken instruments, music education, classical music, and more.
Pew Fellows of the Week: An Interview with Landscape Architects Anuradha Mathur & Dilip da Cunha
We spoke to landscape architects Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha (2017) whose collaborative work imagines new possibilities for design of the built environment and explores the lines separating land and water, and urban and rural environments.
Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Media Artist Tayarisha Poe
We spoke to Tayarisha Poe (2017), whocreates complex portraits of young people of color in her multisensory work that blends film, photography, and prose across media platforms.
On Frank Zappa’s “Relentless Pursuit of Interesting Sounds:” An Interview with Orchestra 2001’s Jayce Ogren and Zappa Expert Joseph Klein
In conjunction with Orchestra 2001’s Philadelphia premiere of Frank Zappa’s The Yellow Shark, Jayce Ogren and Dr. Joseph Klein consider the Zappa’s legacy and the process of bringing scores to life for a contemporary audience.