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    Nations by Artists Podcast

    Artists, activists, and scholars deliver a state of the nation on nations, interrogating ideas of nationhood, borders, power, and dissent. Produced in concert with the Art Museum at the University of Toronto's exhibition, Nations by Artists.
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    Episodes (3)

    Nations By Artists Episode 3: Archive/Counter-Archive

    Nations By Artists Episode 3: Archive/Counter-Archive

    Artists featured in this episode: 

    Further Reading

    The Nations by Artists podcast is produced by Aliya Pabani and is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

    Graphic design by Demian DinéYazhi’

    Music for episode 3 by Zoon (Daniel Monkman, represented by Double Denim Management)

    Nations By Artists Episode 2: Borders

    Nations By Artists Episode 2: Borders

    Artists featured in this episode: 

    Further Reading

    • “Alan Michelson & Jolene Rickard on Native Sovereignty,” Dec 7, 2020, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSrFZX1TQk4
    • Joseph Heath, “The Citizenship Act of 1924” (report), OnondagaNation.org, June 7, 2018, https://www.onondaganation.org/news/2018/the-citizenship-act-of-1924/
    • Audra Simpson, Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States (Duke University Press, 2014).
    • Pablo Helguero and Sarah Demeuse (editors), School of Panamerican Unrest Anthology (United States: Jorge Pinto Books, 2011).
    • Rebecca McGrew et al, It Happened at Pomona : Art at the Edge of Los Angeles 1969-1973 (Claremont, CA: Pomona College Museum of Art, 2011).
    • Ming Tiampo, “Gutai: Splendid Playground,” Guggenheim exhibition website, http://web.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/gutai/'

    Music: Cris Derksen: North, 21, Sorry, Dark Dance (℗©2013 Cris Derksen, represented by Latitude 45 Arts)

    The Art Museum gratefully acknowledges operating support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council, with additional project support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

    Produced by Aliya Pabani.

    Nations By Artists Episode 1: Monuments

    Nations By Artists Episode 1: Monuments

    Artists featured in this episode: 

    Further reading:

    • Vashist, Indu, "Eddie and Me," Canadian Art, 7 December 2017.
    • Will Kwan, "Will Kwan – Flame Test," 2010, in Radio Papesse, podcast, MP3 audio, https://radiopapesse.org/en/archive/interviews/will-kwan-flame-test.
    • Dempsey, Shawna., and Lorri. Millan. Lesbian National Parks and Services Field Guide to North America : Flora, Fauna & Survival Skills. Toronto, Ontario: Pedlar Press, 2002.
    • Taussig, Michael T. Defacement : Public Secrecy and the Labor of the Negative. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 1999.
    • Krečič Jela, ed. The Final Countdown: Europe, Refugees, and the Left. Ljubljana: IRWIN, 2017. 

    Music: Ciel – Rain Dance (Peach Discs), Trojan Horse, Hope Breaks (Thanks for Enlightening Me), Rosebud (Mister Saturday Night), and Laibach – The Great Seal

    The Art Museum gratefully acknowledges operating support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council, with additional project support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

    Produced by Aliya Pabani.