In 2001, BOMB expanded our long-standing practice of matching significant cultural figures in conversation to produce an ongoing series of live interviews.
BOMBLive! events are always free and open to the public. Keep checking back in the weeks to come for additional sample audio and video clips from these past series:
“The Figure in Narrative”: Painter Dana Schutz is interviewed by writer Mei Chin at the New York Academy of Art in Manhattan.
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“In the Open: Art in Public Spaces”: Ellen Driscoll and Anita Glesta discuss their use of ephemeral materials, history, and the power of memory and storytelling, filmed at Proteus Gowanus Gallery in Brooklyn.
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“Literary Conversations”: Englander and Galchen pick up on stage where they left off on the page in BOMB’s web-exclusive interview, discussing the art of writing, pop culture, the Argentina of the Dirty Wars, the Jewish Diaspora, and the imagination.
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“Literary Conversations”: Award-winning authors A.M. Homes and Francine Prose discuss the overlap where memoirs, histories, and novels meet in this conversation moderated by BOMB’s Betsy Sussler. Part of the 2nd Annual Brooklyn Book Festival.
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“The Figure in Narrative”: Poet Patricia Spears Jones interviews sculptor Lorenzo Pace at the New York Academy of Art in Manhattan.
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“The Figure in Narrative”: Novelist A.M. Homes interviews painter Eric Fischl at the New York Academy of Art in Manhattan.
>>>“In the Open: Art in Public Spaces”: Author and cultural theorist Giuliana Bruno interviews Krzysztof Wodiczko, Director of the Center for Art, Culture, and Technology at MIT, at SculptureCenter in NYC.
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