Guitarist Nels Cline on Musical Lineage
Nels Cline explains why he found the idea of a musical lineage “troubling” in his early musical life and which traditions eventually informed his “between the cracks” aesthetic.
Projects in Process: Discoveries in the Archives with Berman Museum and Japan America Society
Two Center-supported exhibitions—one on an experimental Mexican photographer and another on a group of mid-20th Century Japanese filmmakers and multimedia artists—have been produced through extensive international collaboration, research trips, and interviews with artists and their collaborators and family members.
Pew Fellow Chat: DJ Rich Medina on Black Joy and Philadelphia’s “Living Icons”
In our ongoing artist interview series, we illuminate the distinctive artistic practices, influences, and creative challenges of our Pew Fellows, who represent a diversity of perspectives and creative disciplines.
Danger and Discovery: Cauleen Smith and Linda Earle on Potential in Archives
Dr. Linda Earle spoke with filmmaker and visual artist Cauleen Smith about how archives inform her work.
Reflections on the Black Cultural Archive Project
The Center invited nationally recognized educator, administrator, funder, and curator Linda Earle, to act as the Center’s 2021 Visiting Scholar, exploring how Black archives can serve as a framework for a multivalent exploration of Black cultural production. In this essay, Earle considers her time in this role.
Webinar Series: Archivists, Curators, and Scholars on Archiving Black Culture
Our online conversation series Archiving Black Culture: Ethics and Practices of Change brought together archivists, scholars, and curators to explore the work being done to restore Black cultural presence, expand content, and reimagine access.
Museum Director Robert Hicks & Artist Matt Adams on the Relevance of Pandemic History
Former Mütter Museum director Robert Hicks and artist Matt Adams talk about why the history of the 1918–19 flu pandemic is relevant today and how they designed an exhibition about it.
David Gordon Reads Two Artist Statements from The Sentient Archive
David Gordon reads from The Sentient Archive.
Balanchine Dancer Allegra Kent Reads "My Discovery of Dance" from The Sentient Archive
Allegra Kent Reads "My Discovery of Dance" from The Sentient Archive.
Questions of Practice: Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on Contextualizing Classical Works
Yannick Nézet-Séguin discusses the value that centuries-old works can offer contemporary listeners and how an orchestra can present a classical piece so that it remains dynamic and resists becoming a “statue.”