Subtext and Discourse | Art World Podcast
Michael Dooney
The art world and associated market are famously opaque and can at times be exclusive. Berlin based gallery director and educator Michael Dooney speaks with artists, curators and other professionals who share their personal experiences of this unique field. If you have ever felt unsure about walking into a gallery, wish to understand more about creativity or better understand how this complex industry works, then tune in every second Monday to hear the insightful conversations with these inspiring individuals.
AIPAD On Collecting: How to start collecting fine art photography
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary work that pushes the boundaries of the medium, from April 23 – 27 at The Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Go to www.aipad.com/show for more inform
Apr 22, • 55:34
AIPAD London Calling: The UK photo market, Japanese Photography, and obsessive collecting
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary work that pushes the boundaries of the medium, from April 23 – 27 at The Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Go to www.aipad.com/show for more inform
Apr 18, • 45:33
AIPAD Millennials: The next generation of photography galleries
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary work that pushes the boundaries of the medium, from April 23 – 27 at The Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Go to www.aipad.com/show for more inform
Apr 16, • 53:30
AIPAD Female Leaders: Trailblazing women promoting photography in the art world
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary work that pushes the boundaries of the medium, from April 23 – 27 at The Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Go to www.aipad.com/show for more inform
Apr 13, • 1:10:45
AIPAD New York: The photographers, collectors, and dealers who grew the art market for photography
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary work that pushes the boundaries of the medium, from April 23 – 27 at The Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Go to www.aipad.com/show for more in
Apr 8, • 37:06
AIPAD History: 30 years of AIPAD presidents take us behind the scenes of the world oldest photography dealer association
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary work that pushes the boundaries of the medium, from April 23 – 27 at The Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Go to www.aipad.com/show for more in
Apr 4, • 1:05:36
AIPAD Today: Evolution of the world’s oldest photography art fair
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary work that pushes the boundaries of the medium, from April 23 – 27 at The Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Go to www.aipad.com/show for more in
Apr 1, • 46:56
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the analogue photobooth - Rafael Hortala Vallve, AUTOFOTO
In 1925, 100 years ago, Anatol Josepho invented the first fully automated, coin-operated photobooth which he named the Photomaton. Stationed on Broadway near Times Square in New York City, over 250,000 Americans used the photobooth in its first year, paying 25 cents and waiting patiently for eight minutes while their photo strips developed. A game-changer for the world of photography, the photobooth would become ubiquitous in cities around the world. In the 1950s and 1960s, photobooths became a
Mar 25, • 45:21
Felix Hoffmann, artistic director FOTO ARSENAL WIEN | EP73 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Felix Hoffmann is an image and cultural scholar and the inaugural Artistic Director of the Center for Photography and Lens-Based Media FOTO ARSENAL WIEN and the Director of FOTO WIEN. From 2005 to 2022, he served as the Chief Curator of the exhibition space C/O Berlin, where he was responsible for exhibitions, programs, and strategy. He curated numerous international exhibitions, including Nan Goldin (2009), Robert Mapplethorpe, Peter Lindbergh (2011), Gordon Parks (2014), Ren Hang and Elfie Sem
Mar 18, • 43:52
Female Photoclub and European Month of Photography Berlin | EP72 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
In this episode I am speaking with four members of the Berlin chapter of the Female Photoclub. A Germany wide professional association which aims to increase visibility of female photographers, advocates for equality in the industry, and raises awareness of issues such as pay inequality and lack of representation. In addition to the Female Photoclub, we’ll also be speaking about the group exhibition Invisible Lines: Reflexionen der Gegenwart, opening this Saturday 15th of March at the Alte Münz
Mar 11, • 56:21
Joanna Szproch, visual artist & art mediator | EP71 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Joanna Szproch is a Polish, Berlin-based visual artist and activist. Her practice blends photography as a performative and instrumental medium with archival materials, writing, and participatory projects. She explores female resilience through embodiment and conviviality. Committed to analogue processes, she creates art books, installations, and collaborative works that challenge societal norms and empower women. Her debut monograph Alltagsfantasie (2023) reflects her bold artistic vision. See
Mar 7, • 1:13:20
Enrico Stefanelli, Photolux Festival | EP70 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Enrico Stefanelli (b.1962, Lucca, Italy) is the founder and artistic director of Photolux Festival, the biennial of photography in Lucca, Italy. From 2010 to 2017, he worked as curator for the European Photo Exhibition Award (epea), a project sponsoring young photo talent, which developed as a collaboration between four European foundations, including the Körber Foundation in Germany. He has been appointed as an expert for portfolio reviews at Les Rencontres d'Arles, CENTER, Santa Fe - Colorado,
Feb 27, • 43:08
Pilar Mata Dupont, visual artist & filmmaker | EP69 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Pilar Mata Dupont is a multi-award-winning Argentinean-Australian artist based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her practice spans video, installation, performance, and photography. Using highly theatrical and cinematic methods, she uses allegory and narrative to reimagine/rework histories and classical texts and aims to create alternative readings that question the conditions of the construction of dominant narratives that shape history. In 2015 she won the Plymouth Contemporary Open in the Unit
Feb 18, • 55:20
Pablo Giori, International Photography Festival Association | EP68 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Pablo Giori is the co-founder and director of the Experimental Photo Festival, the Ágora, School of Experimentation, and the International Photography Festivals Association (IPFA) in Barcelona. His interest in experimental analogue photography was born out of his work as a documentarian, historian, and archivist with the estate of Pere Català (Valls, Alt Camp, 1889 – Barcelona, 1971). The Catalan photographer, publicist, and writer is most known for republican posters and propaganda during the
Feb 11, • 54:53
Jessa Fairbrother, visual artist | EP67 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Jessa Fairbrother (b. London) is a British visual artist whose work spans stitch, photography, performance and drawing. The body is her main material. She holds an MA in Photographic Studies from the University of Westminster (2010) and trained at drama school in London in the 1990s. This laid the groundwork for her ongoing investigation of how art and audience collide. The artist book of her work Conversations with my mother, is held in collections at Tate Britain, the V&A, London and The
Feb 5, • 1:06:13
Anthony Luvera, socially engaged artist, writer, and educator | EP66 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Anthony Luvera is an Australian socially engaged artist, writer, and educator based in London. The long-term collaborative work he creates with individuals and communities has been exhibited widely in galleries, public spaces, and festivals, including the UK House of Commons, Tate Liverpool, The Gallery at Foyles, the British Museum, London Underground’s Art on the Underground, National Portrait Gallery London, Four Corners, Belfast Exposed Photography, Australian Centre for Photography, PhotoIr
Jan 17, • 53:30
Wiktoria Michalkiewicz, REZO Agency | EP65 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Dr. Wiktoria Michałkiewicz is an interdisciplinary expert with extensive international experience in storytelling, talent management, journalism, and photography. Alongside her academic achievements—holding five degrees, including a PhD in Sociology, an MA in Social Anthropology, and an MA in Cultural Studies from esteemed institutions such as Stockholm University, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Lumière University Lyon 2, and Jagiellonian University—she has established a remarkable career as
Jan 7, • 45:55
W.M. Hunt, photography collector | EP64 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
W.M. Hunt is a champion of photography: collector, curator and consultant who lives and works in New York City. He is also a teacher and writer and speaker on photography. He says that photography changed his life. It gave him one. Official website where you can read Bill's series of essays: “Great Photographs … or, at least some really good ones” https://www.wmhunt.com/ Bill's instagram for Collection Blind Pirate (American Groups) https://www.instagram.com/wmhuntdbear/ Michael Dooney ht
Dec 10, 2024 • 49:42
Freo Majer, Forecast Platform | EP63 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Freo Majer is the founder and artistic director of Forecast, an international mentorship program that transcends disciplines and geographical locations to connect cultural practitioners with renowned mentors. Trained as an opera director, Majer looks back at a career as a director and producer in European theaters, opera houses, and at festivals, including at Mainz State Theater, Lucerne Theater, Bremen Theater, and the international festival Theater der Welt. Driven by his own experience, and r
Nov 28, 2024 • 39:34
Philippe Garner, photography specialist | EP62 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Philippe Garner was born in Aix-en-Provence in 1949. He was brought up in Brighton. After graduating in French and Latin from Bedford College, London, in 1970, he joined Sotheby’s Training Scheme and in 1971 started working as a specialist in late-19th-century and 20th-century decorative arts and in the fledgling field of photographs. He has played an influential role in raising awareness of the significance of our photographic heritage, both through his pioneering auctions and through his activ
Nov 21, 2024 • 1:04:25
Wesley Verhoeve, photographer | EP61 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Wesley Verhoeve is an Amsterdam-based photographer and curator whose work has been featured in publications including the New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, Washington Post, Wired, New York Magazine, Volkskrant, and others. As the founding curator of the Projected series at the International Center of Photography, Wesley oversaw 96 exhibitions showcasing the work of over 300 photographers from 53 countries. He currently curates Process Projected, a bi-monthly exhibition series at the
Oct 29, 2024 • 52:20
Tim Clark, 1000 Words | EP60 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Tim Clark is Editor in Chief of 1000 Words and Artistic Director for Fotografia Europea in Reggio Emilia, Italy, together with Walter Guadagnini, Director of CAMERA, Torino and Luce Lebart, curator, historian and researcher at The Archive of Modern Conflict, named as Photo Festival of the Year at the Lucie Awards 2022. He has also taught and devised numerous academic programmes, most recently at The Institute of Photography, Falmouth University and NABA, Milano. 1000 Words is a leading online
Oct 15, 2024 • 50:31
Boris Eldagsen, visual artist | EP59 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Boris Eldagsen was born in Pirmasens, West Germany, in 1970. He studied media and drama, philosophy, and German studies at the University of Cologne (1991–92). From 1992 to 1998 he concurrently studied philosophy at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and visual art at Mainz Academy of Fine Arts. During that time, he also studied visual art at the Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication in the University of Hyderabad, India (1994); and conceptual art at the Academy of Fine Arts in P
Nov 28, 2023 • 38:14
Stephanie O’Connor, photographer | EP58 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Stephanie O'Connor (she/her) is a Pākehā/tangata tiriti artist from Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (New Zealand). She is currently based in Berlin, Germany. Her work uses photography as a vehicle to rework memory through obsessive editing, rearranging and compositing. Interview with Stephanie O’Connor recorded by Michael Dooney on 29. June 2023 in Neukölln, Berlin. NOTES Full episode transcript (online soon) Stephanie O’Connor Official Website: http://www.stephanieoconnor.co.nz/ Instagram: https://
Nov 14, 2023 • 40:47
Anne Schwanz, gallerist at OFFICE IMPART | EP57 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Anne Schwanz co-founded OFFICE IMPART together with Johanna Neuschäffer in 2018. OFFICE IMPART is a multi-dimensional space and platform for contemporary art. Their activities take place on site in Berlin – or anywhere. The founders Anne and Johanna, are experts for (and on) changing the art world. They develop exhibitions on- and offline, with classically produced and digital works. They build bridges to art – and sell it. OFFICE IMPART recently received the 2023 VBKI Prize for Berlin Galleries
Oct 31, 2023 • 36:40
Alessa Widmer, curator | EP56 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Alessa Widmer is a young curator, PhD candidate and photography enthusiast based in Zurich, Switzerland. She is currently the artistic director of Photo Basel, Switzerland’s first and only international art fair dedicated to photography based art. Interview with Alessa Widmer recorded by Michael Dooney on 23. June 2023 in Zurich, Switzerland. NOTES Full episode transcript (online soon) Alessa Widmer Official Website: https://www.alessawidmer.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alessawidm
Oct 17, 2023 • 27:30
Hannah Watson, gallerist & publisher | EP55 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Hannah Watson is the co-founder and director of contemporary art gallery TJ Boulting, as well as the director of independent art publisher Trolley Books. TJ Boulting was founded in 2011 by current director Hannah Watson and the late Gigi Giannuzzi, taking its name from the landmark Grade II* listed Arts & Crafts building it inhabits in Fitzrovia, central London. The gallery represents a dynamic group of emerging and mid-career contemporary artists across all mediums, and introduces more esta
Oct 6, 2023 • 46:25
Laura Noble, artist, writer & curator | EP54 Subtext & Discourse
Laura Noble is the Director of L A Noble Gallery (LANG) in London. The gallery focuses on contemporary positions and features a majority female representation. Laura is also a writer, author of The Art of Collecting Photography, founder of FIX Photo Festival, a multidisciplinary artist, as well as being a judge on many photographic competitions and residency programmes, running workshops, participating on portfolio reviews and more. Interview with Laura Noble recorded by Michael Dooney on 21. Ju
Aug 15, 2023 • 1:01:05
Barbara Wolff, photographer | EP53 Subtext & Discourse
Barbara Wolff, born in 1951 in Kyritz in the Prignitz region of the State of Brandenburg, is the daughter of photographer Werner Hinz. After completing high school she trained as a photographer in her father’s photography business and then went on to study photography at the Academy of Fine Arts, Leipzig. After gradating she worked as a freelance illustrator, photographer, and designer. During this period her style is defined by photographic collages and montages. Between 1982 and 1985 she lived
May 31, 2023 • 42:05
Robert Morat, gallerist | EP52 Subtext & Discourse
Established in 2004, Robert Morat Galerie is a contemporary art gallery, primarily focussing on emerging positions in contemporary photography and photo-based art. Founded in Hamburg, the gallery has since moved to Berlin and is now located on Linienstrasse in the Mitte art district. The gallery is a regular exhibitor at international art fairs such as PARIS PHOTO, Photo London, UNSEEN Amsterdam or The Photography Show in New York. Interview with Robert Morat
May 2, 2023 • 52:43
Alain Servais, art collector | EP51 Subtext & Discourse
The Belgian collector, Alain Servais, started collecting art in the late 1990s. With a strong focus on emerging artists, Alain has built up a significant contemporary art collection which is highly versatile and forward-looking. Alain is also among the first to collect digital art and support young artists by offering residency program in his loft in Brussels where he keeps his collection. One of the most committed and passionate collectors today, Alain spends most of his leisure time visiting m
Apr 18, 2023 • 43:40
Narda van ’t Veer, collector, gallerist & agent | EP50 Subtext & Discourse
Narda van ‘t Veer, gallerist, photography collector and agent. In 1977 Narda van 't Veer stumbled upon the work of Guy Bourdin. Her love for photography was born and a few years later she graduated from her studies in marketing & economics at HTS, after which she founded an advertising agency specialised in fashion campaigns. Through her work as an art director she meets a variety of photographers and in 1988 she decides to start her own agency, Unit C.M.A. Today she represents national and inte
Apr 4, 2023 • 22:25
Marc Barbey, collector and founder of Collection Regard | EP49 Subtext & Discourse
Marc Barbey, Collector and Founder of Collection Regard, Berlin. Collection Regard is the photographic collection of Marc Barbey focusing on German photography, especially photography related to Berlin. Marc Barbey is administering the estate of Hein Gorny (1904-1967). Acting as an archive as well as an exhibition space, publishing house and gallery, Collection Regard deliberately takes a position between museum and gallery. The aim is to show largely unknown photographic works which deserve att
Mar 21, 2023 • 26:14
Christophe Guye, gallerist and art dealer | EP48 Subtext & Discourse
Christophe Guye was the owner and managing director of a communications agency in Zurich for 15 years, which was taken over by an international agency network in 2004. Since 2006 he has worked as a gallery owner and art dealer for contemporary photography. In the same year, he opened his gallery – formerly SCALO|GUYE Gallery – in Los Angeles, which has been based in Zurich since 2010 under the name Christophe Guye Galerie and represents numerous nationally and internationally renowned artists wh
Mar 7, 2023 • 26:48
Georgina Adam, art market journalist | EP47 Subtext & Discourse
Georgina Adam is a journalist and author who has been writing about the interactions of art and finance since the 1980’s. From 2000 until 2008 she was the Art Market Editor of The Art Newspaper where she is currently the Editor-at-Large. She is a contributor to the Financial Times Life & Arts Section, and lectures at Sotheby’s and Christie’s institutes in London. Georgina initially studied Islamic Art at the Ecole du Louvre and also lived for five years in Japan. She is the author of three books
Feb 21, 2023 • 48:15
Susan Bright, curator | EP46 Subtext & Discourse
Dr. Susan Bright is an Australian/British curator currently based in London. She has a specialisation in lens-based arts and contemporary visual culture with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary and international programming. She was a curator at the National Portrait Gallery in London before deciding to work independently in the early 2000s. Her professional life has brought her to live in London, New York and Paris where she has worked with many institutions on a wide range of projects. These inc
Feb 7, 2023 • 46:15
Michael Barnett, ArtyGent | EP45 Subtext & Discourse
Michael Barnett is the art features writer for STATE-F22 magazine and special projects lead at Arts Bermondsey Project Space Gallery SE1. Cultural live interviewer for private views and events. Salon organiser for ARTPARTY & KARMA BASEMENT. Radio & TV work and Curator Exhibitions at Sea Spirit of Discovery Saga. Interview with Michael Barnett recorded by Michael Dooney on 2. November 2021 in London, UK. NOTES Full episode transcript (online soon) Michael Barnett LinkedIn: https://www.linkedi
Sep 17, 2022 • 47:00
Kerem Asfuroglu, lighting designer & graphic artist | EP44 Subtext & Discourse
Kerem Asfuroglu is a lighting designer, graphic artist and the founder of Dark Source - a lighting design studio driven by social and environmental values. Following his graduation from Wismar University - Architectural Lighting Design MA in 2010, Asfuroglu has worked at Speirs+Major as a senior member of the creative team for almost 8 years. He worked on a diverse range of projects which include Battersea Power Station and Covent Garden Masterplans, Shakespeare's New Place, Medius House and Cit
May 26, 2022 • 47:38
Saul Robbins, photographer & educator | EP43 Subtext & Discourse
Saul Robbins is interested in the ways people interact within their surroundings and the psychological dynamics of intimacy. His photographs are motivated by observations of human behaviour and personal experience, especially those related to loss, unity, failure, and the latent potential residing in traditional photographic materials and personal history. Robbins is best known for “Initial Intake”, which examines the empty chairs of Manhattan-based psychotherapy professionals from their clie
Mar 29, 2022 • 1:00:25
Jessica Backhaus, artist & photographer | EP42 Subtext & Discourse
Jessica Backhaus was born in Cuxhaven, Germany in 1970 and grew up in an artistic family. At the age of sixteen, she moved to Paris, where she later studied photography and visual communications. Here she met Gisele Freund in 1992, who became her mentor. In 1995 her passion for photography drew her to New York, where she assisted photographers, pursued her own projects and lived until 2009. Jessica Backhaus is regarded as one of the most distinguished voices in contemporary photography in German
Nov 2, 2021 • 1:28:43
Valerie von Meiss, founder of The Curve | EP41 Subtext & Discourse
Valerie von Meiss is the founder of The Curve a private project space and nomadic gallery in Berlin which has a focus on contemporary collage. the Curve is a private art space and nomadic gallery exclusively dedicated to the exhibition and promotion of contemporary collage art. Young emerging as well as established artists are given a platform here. Founded 2017 in the hallway of a private apartment in Berlin Mitte, the Curve regularly takes over pop-up spaces and believes in collaborations beyo
Sep 11, 2021 • 37:48
Elena Feijoo, founder of Exgirlfriend and HER | EP40 Subtext & Discourse
Elena Feijoo is the founder and managing director of the Berlin based art gallery Exgirlfriend EGF UG & the non-profit art studio building/art service provider Human Esthetic Resources HER gUG. Exgirlfriend is a contemporary art gallery showcasing experimental works from emerging artists, and HER is a studio complex and non-profit art service provider. Elena Feijoo is the majority shareholder of both businesses and currently manages all aspects of their daily operations. Interview with Elena Fei
Jun 24, 2021 • 56:31
Pierre-André Podbielski, gallerist Podbielski Contemporary | EP39 Subtext & Discourse
Gallerist Pierre-André Podbielski, the founder of Podbielski Contemporary, describes himself a citizen of the world. Of Polish and German descent (father was Prussian raised in Berlin, mother Polish raised in Vienna), born in Geneva and bearing an Australian passport, he is fluent in English, French, German and Italian. A qualified architect (Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris), a passionate collector, he has become an art dealer and an active partner of Galleria Rubin from 2001 to 2009 - his main ar
Jun 17, 2021 • 36:53
Anne Schwanz, co-founder of OFFICE IMPART | EP38 Subtext & Discourse
Anne Schwanz co-founded OFFICE IMPART together with Johanna Neuschäffer in 2018. She studied art and art history at Caspar David Friedrich Institute, Greifswald University and after graduating in 2004 worked at Galerie EIGEN + ART until 2018. OFFICE IMPART is a gallery, but one that hardly corresponds to the standard definition of a gallery. One of the many impacts of the digital age that is key to the presentation of art is a new understanding of space as a multidimensional structure that can b
Jan 11, 2021 • 41:49
Felix Hoffmann, chief curator C/O Berlin | EP37 Subtext & Discourse
Felix Hoffmann, has been the chief curator of the C/O Berlin Foundation since 2005. He studied art history and cultural studies in Vienna and Berlin and worked at the Photo Museum in Munich, the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden and the Museum Folkwang in Essen. C/O Berlin is a charitable foundation that presents a cultural program with an international standing. The exhibition venue for photography and visual media shows works by renowned artists, promotes emerging talents and accompanies children,
Dec 17, 2020 • 41:46
Nina Ross, artist, activist & parent | EP36 Subtext & Discourse
Nina Ross is a Melbourne based artist working predominantly with video, performance and photography. Her research led practice draws on individual experiences to interrogate the use of visual and textual language within political and personal spheres. Using the body, her work speaks to current global issues, while giving a voice to personal narratives and concerns. Beyond her personal work, Nina engages in various collaborative practices including co-founding Artists’ Committee (2017) and Artist
Nov 23, 2020 • 49:36
Maya Anner, chief curator PHOTO IS:RAEL | EP35 Subtext & Discourse
Maya Anner is a curator working in Tel-Aviv, and currently serves as the Chief Curator of PHOTO IS:RAEL, the International Photography Festival in Tel-Aviv. She was the Arts Manager at the British Council Tel-Aviv, the curator and art director at ArtLink and has worked at the Photography department at the MoMA and at Tel-Aviv Museum of Art. Maya holds an MA in Art History and a Diploma in Curatorial and Museum Studies from the Tel-Aviv University. Maya serves as a juror in various awards and fes
Nov 13, 2020 • 37:07
ZERO WASTE exhibition at Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig | EP34 Subtext & Discourse
The group exhibition Zero Waste showcases international positions in contemporary art that point out the urgency to save resources, consume less, and live more sustainably. In diverse installations, videos, sculptural works, and photographs the artists investigate the global consequences of plastic packaging, tire abrasion, toxic chemicals, and the overproduction of consumer goods. Zero Waste will be realised by the German Environment Agency in cooperation with the MdbK and curated by Hannah Bec
Oct 6, 2020 • 51:29
Ángel Luis González, founding director of PhotoIreland | EP33 Subtext & Discourse
Ángel Luis González is the director of PhotoIreland, an independent organisation dedicated to stimulating a critical dialogue around Photography in Ireland and to internationally promoting the work of Irish-based artists. He won the David Manley Entrepreneur Award in 2011 for the PhotoIreland Festival project. In 2011, he launched ‘The Library Project’, a public resource library of photobooks, holding in excess of 3000 items from more than 300 publishers worldwide. The Library Project also gives
Sep 22, 2020 • 1:08:00
Harriet Roth, art historian | EP32 Subtext & Discourse
Dr. Harriet Roth studied Medieval History, Modern History, and Art History. She obtained her doctorate in art history in 1996 with a thesis on the Origins of Museums in the 16th Century under the supervision of Horst Bredekamp, at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Her various publications deal with museum history and the architecture of Richard Neutra. Since 2019 Harriet has been the curator of the Wochenende der Moderne project for the Bezirksamt Steglitz-Zehlendorf of Berlin, Office for Furth
Sep 7, 2020 • 47:07
Dorothee Bienert, director of Galerie im Körnerpark & Galerie im Saalbau, Berlin Neukölln | EP31 Subtext & Discourse
Dorothee Bienert is the director of Galerie im Körnerpark and Galerie im Saalbau, Berlin Neukölln. Together with Kati Kivinen, director of Museum for Contemporary Art Kiasma Helsinki, Dorothee curated the exhibition Fragile Times. Supported by the Finnland-Institut Deutschland and hosted by the Galerie im Körnerpark, this timely exhibition opened at the beginning of July and will continue until the 18th of October 2020. Climate change, environmental pollution and mass extinction are just some
Aug 27, 2020 • 41:33
Fiona Sweet, festival & artistic director of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale | EP30 Subtext & Discourse
Renowned for inspiring and intelligent delivery of uniquely crafted festivals and arts events, Fiona Sweet is an influential and highly sought after speaker, industry judge in Australia and internationally including at Les Rencontres De La Photographie, France; Fotofestiwal, Poland; and Triennial of Photography Hamburg, Germany. Prior to her appointment at Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Sweet was the founding Director of Sweet Creative, a leading design agency in Melbourne receiving prest
Aug 17, 2020 • 35:33
Catherine Evans, multi-disciplinary artist utilising photography, sculpture & installation | EP29 Subtext & Discourse
Catherine Evans is a Berlin-based Australian artist who works across photography, sculpture and installation. Her work focuses on geologic time and where this intersects with our own human timescales: as found in our bodies, their materiality and our lived-histories through colonialism and archaeology. Initially trained in science, and then photography, her work is characterised by a material intimacy that subverts the utility of everyday materials such as rocks, carpet and sticky tape to give u
Aug 3, 2020 • 39:08
April Gertler, social practice artist & founder of PICTURE BERLIN residency | EP28 Subtext & Discourse
April Gertler is an American artist who has been living and working in Berlin since 2005. She studied at University California, Berkeley (BA, Social Science Interdisciplinary Studies - Hons), California College of the Arts (BFA - Photography) and Bard College (MFA - Photography). April did an exchange semester at the Städelschule in Frankfurt/Main, which is what initially brought her to Germany. After finishing her MFA, she returned to Frankfurt and subsequently moved to Berlin. April's work is
Jul 20, 2020 • 48:04
Piotr Pietrus, artist & social activist photographer | EP27 Subtext & Discourse
Piotr Pietrus is a Polish born artist and social activist photographer. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany in 2008, and went on to do a masterclass with Arno Fischer at the Ostkreuzschule in Berlin, where he now lives and works. Possessing a strong contemporary documentary practice, his work investigates the sites where the poetic and political intersect in the wake of a growing resistance towards social injustice and the ecological crises. His work has been published
Jul 6, 2020 • 45:46
Interview with Georgie Pope | EP26 Subtext & Discourse
Georgina Pope is a Berlin based curator who started her career working at commercial galleries and project spaces in Sydney, Australia. She is currently a curator for Independent Collectors, a digital platform for art collectors and the largest non-commercial archive of private collections worldwide. Georgie also works as art mediator at The Bunker Berlin, a heritage listed World War II air-raid shelter and home to Karen and Christian Boros private collection of contemporary art. Completing the
Jun 22, 2020 • 46:03
Interview with David Charles Collins | EP25 Subtext & Discourse
David Charles Collins (b. 1988, Perth, Australia) is an artist examining perceptions of identity and masculinity through the mediums of photography, performance and video. Based in Sydney since 2016, David graduated with an MFA from Sydney College of the Arts in 2017 under the supervision of Australian contemporary artist Julie Rrap. David’s work has been displayed in several exhibitions including solo shows at Perth Centre for Photography and STILLS Gallery as well as group exhibitions such as
Jun 8, 2020 • 46:17
Interview with Peggy Sue Amison | EP24 Subtext & Discourse
Peggy Sue Amison is the Artistic Director for East Wing - a platform for photography founded in Doha, Qatar. As a curator, writer, strategist, mentor and photographic consultant, Peggy Sue has collaborated with numerous emerging and established photographers, festivals and publications internationally. Prior to working with East Wing, Peggy Sue was Artistic Director of Sirius Arts Centre in Ireland (2001 – 2014) where she headed a multidisciplinary visual arts and residency programme. Her passio
May 25, 2020 • 52:41
Interview with Joséphine Demerliac | EP23 Subtext & Discourse
Joséphine Demerliac (b.1992 Paris) is a Berlin based film director. Her first experience as a writer and producer was at 17 years old, staging a one time musical in Burgundy, France. After an Erasmus at the Freie Universität Berlin, she completed her Master in Economics at Sorbonne University, Paris. Since graduating, Joséphine has been living and working in Berlin where she regularly collaborates with other international artists. Parallel to working for award-winning production companies and te
May 11, 2020 • 41:43
Interview with Laura Hirvi | EP22 Subtext & Discourse
Laura Hirvi is the director of the Finnland-Institut in Deutschland (Germany), a forum for Finnish culture & arts, academia, and business in the German-speaking region. In this episode we learn about about her German-Finnish background and growing up with two cultural identities, her time spent in the USA and Asia, and how these experiences led her to become director of the Finnland-Institut in Deutschland. Since entering this role in 2015 Laura has increased the exchange between Berlin and Hels
Apr 26, 2020 • 48:59
Interview with Alexander Gehring | EP21 Subtext & Discourse
In today's episode I catch up with Berlin based artist and photographer Alexander Gehring. We met at his shared colour darkroom in Prenzlauer Berg where he prints his personal photographic projects. Working as a professional photographer Alexander has shot for a number of major publications throughout Germany, including but not limited to: Die Zeit, Zeit Magazin, Zeit Campus, Zeit Wissen, SZ Magazin, Capital, TAZ, Weltkunst, brandeins, Neon, Nido, Rolling Stone, Intro, Die Welt, Libération, Miss
Apr 12, 2020 • 36:12
Interview with Lena Fließbach | EP20 Subtext & Discourse
Still hard to comprehend how much the world has changed since this interview was recorded only four weeks ago, when I met up with Berlin based curator and author Lena Fliessbach to learn about her journey as an independent curator. As the pandemic was still yet to hit, there is of course no mention of it during our conversation. However her latest exhibition ZERO WASTE, which was due to open at the Museum of Visual Arts in Leipzig on the 26th of March 2020, is unfortunately postponed until furth
Mar 30, 2020 • 47:58
Interview with Boris Eldagsen | EP19 Subtext & Discourse
Hope that everyone is taking care in light of current events and the uncertain outcome of the corona virus. In today's episode of Subtext & Discourse I caught up with Berlin based photo media artist Boris Eldagsen. I've known Boris for many years now and in fact interviewed him back in 2014 when we presented his series Safety by Numbers in a group show about typologies. Picking up where the previous conversation left off, we find out how his artistic process has evolved over the past six years,
Mar 15, 2020 • 37:00
Interview with Marina Stanimirovic | EP18 Subtext & Discourse
In today's episode of Subtext & Discourse I'm speaking with Berlin based artist Marina Stanimirovic who creates contemporary jewellery, sound and installation art. Starting her journey in her home city of Paris at École Boulle, continuing to SEPR in Lyon and completing her MA at the RCA London; Marina shares these life changing experiences with us, the push and pull between contemporary art and contemporary design, as well as her first solo exhibition at Gallery Tator following a residency at Mo
Feb 16, 2020 • 39:41
Interview with Maria Gracia de Pedro | EP17 Subtext & Discourse
Welcome back everyone and hope that you had a great start to the New Year! It took a little longer that I had hoped to get the first episode online for 2020, however you'll soon find out that it was worth the wait. In today's episode I am speaking with Maria Garcia de Pedro. We first met a few years ago during Talking Galleries Barcelona and have been in contact since then. The plan was to record a podcast during LOOP Barcelona, but it just wasn't possible during the busy schedule. However follo
Jan 15, 2020 • 38:18
Interview with artist Krista Svalbonas | EP16 Subtext & Discourse
In what will likely be the last interview for 2019, today I'm speaking with Krista Svalbonas. Krista not only took part in the Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon but also surprised me in Arles when she booked me to review her portfolio during the opening week of the festival. Krista shares a lot of insight into her project about displaced person camps in Germany which she has been documenting for the past few years, her unique photographic process, as well as how this personal story and shared history
Dec 22, 2019 • 23:30
Interview with artist couple Louise Crawford & Stéphan Guéneau | EP15 Subtext & Discourse
As 2019 draws to an end we have a couple more interviews with participants of our second Postcard Salon which took place at the beginning of this year. Back in July I met up with Louise Crawford and Stéphan Guéneau, artist couple from Scottland and France respectively. We speak about their series 36 Related Objects, their love of large format analogue photography and the inevitable transition to a digital workflow. ---------- Louise Crawford (Scotland) and Stéphan Guéneau (France) work on large
Dec 15, 2019 • 26:32
Interview with photographer Martin U Waltz | EP14 Subtext & Discourse
In today’s episode of the Subtext & Discourse podcast we'll hear from Berlin based photographer Martin Waltz. Martin is a photographer, photography educator and writer, who serves as editor of the German Street Photography Site and curator of the German Street Photography Festival. He has written and contributed to several books on street photography including the award-winning “Streetfotografie – Made in Germany” published by Rheinwerk Verlag. Martin has won numerous international photography c
Nov 2, 2019 • 33:37
Interview with artist Elizabeth Gower | EP13.2 Subtext & Discourse
Part 2 of 2 - This week on Subtext & Discourse we have a two part interview with Australian artist Elizabeth Gower, who was briefly in Berlin together with her partner John R Neeson, for a residency with Institut für Alles Mögliche. Interview with Elizabeth Gower recorded with Michael Dooney on 19. June 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. ELIZABETH GOWER https://elizabethgower.com/ https://www.instagram.com/elizgower/ https://www.geelonggallery.org.au
Oct 24, 2019 • 30:03
Interview with artist Elizabeth Gower | EP13.1 Subtext & Discourse
Part 1 of 2 - This week on Subtext & Discourse we have a two part interview with Australian artist Elizabeth Gower, who was briefly in Berlin together with her partner John R Neeson, for a residency with Institut für Alles Mögliche. Interview with Elizabeth Gower recorded with Michael Dooney on 19. June 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. ELIZABETH GOWER https://elizabethgower.com/ https://www.instagram.com/elizgower/ https://www.geelonggallery.org.au
Oct 20, 2019 • 34:08
Interview with artist John R Neeson | EP12 Subtext & Discourse Podcast
After a busy couple of months we're back on track with post production of the podcast. John R Neeson, who participated in the Postcard Salon, was in Berlin last summer together with Elizabeth Gower for a residency with Institut für Alles Mögliche. Prior to that they completed a residency in Italy, were briefly in Greece for the Athens Platform Project and will be in Connecticut for the 2019 Site-Responsive Art Residency & Biennale. Interview with John R Neeson recorded with Michael Dooney on 19.
Oct 13, 2019 • 31:09
Interview with artist Lama Ahmed | EP11 Subtext & Discourse Podcast
Continuing our series of interviews with Postcard Salon participants, today's episode features young artist Lama Ahmed. Based in Cairo, Egypt, Lama is an artist, graphic designer and poet, currently working towards her MFA in design with a focus on materials. Her image included in the show was from the first issue of her self published magazine Habashtakanat which explores the visual culture of Cairo and the many makeshift solutions that can be observed throughout the city This week is also Berl
Sep 8, 2019 • 18:31
Interview with artist Lynne Margaret Brown | EP10.2 Subtext & Discourse Podcast
This interview (part 2 of 2) with native New Yorker, and Berlin based artist Lynne Margaret Brown was recorded with Michael Dooney on 17. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. LYNNE MARGARET BROWN http://www.lynnemargaretbrown.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lynnebvonnyc/ https://www.facebook.com/LynneMargaretBrownstudio/ North to South Berliner Voices: My Corner http://www.lynnemargaretbrown.com/north-to-south-berliner-voices-my-corner Official Pr
Aug 23, 2019 • 28:03
Interview with artist Lynne Margaret Brown | EP10.1 Subtext & Discourse Podcast
This interview (part 1 of 2) with native New Yorker, and Berlin based artist Lynne Margaret Brown was recorded with Michael Dooney on 17. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. LYNNE MARGARET BROWN http://www.lynnemargaretbrown.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lynnebvonnyc/ https://www.facebook.com/LynneMargaretBrownstudio/ North to South Berliner Voices: My Corner http://www.lynnemargaretbrown.com/north-to-south-berliner-voices-my-corner Official Pr
Aug 20, 2019 • 23:10
Postcard Salon Summary | EP9 Subtext & Discourse Podcast
In this episode of Subtext & Discourse I talk about the Jarvis Dooney Gallery collaborative experiment in exhibition making, the Postcard Salon. 2018 Postcard Salon Call for entries (Facebook event) Preliminary concept text (Linkedin) Exhibition text (PDF) Opening Night (Facebook album) Installation Images (Facebook album) Brunch (Facebook album) Individual cards (instagram) 2019 Postcard Salon Call for entries (Facebook event) Opening Night (Facebook album) Installation Images (Facebook album)
Aug 18, 2019 • 22:51
Interview with artist Yasmin Nebenfuhr | EP8 Subtext & Discourse Podcast
Interview with Australian photographer and artist Yasmin Nebenfuhr recorded with Michael Dooney on 17. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. YASMIN NEBENFUHR https://yasminnebenfuhr.com/ https://www.instagram.com/yasmin.nebenfuhr/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BwJV-1rli9M/ https://www.facebook.com/yasmin.nebenfuhr TALLINN PHOTOMONTH CONTEMPORARY ART BIENNIAL http://www.fototallinn.ee/en/about/ https://www.fotokuu.ee/ SPREEWALDTUNNEL https://www.fac
Aug 7, 2019 • 17:16
Interview with artist Cat Lamora | EP7.2 Subtext & Discourse Podcast
This two part interview with Cat Lamora was recorded by Michael Dooney on 9. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany. More details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext... Today’s episode is part two of my interview with Korean Canadian artist Cat Lamora. Although it is possible to enjoy this instalment stand alone, I would recommend first listening to part one to have a more complete impression of Cat and their work. If you happen to be in Toronto this October Cat will be exhibiting a new work We Bathe
Aug 1, 2019 • 31:30
Interview with artist Cat Lamora | EP7.1 Subtext & Discourse Podcast
This two part interview with Cat Lamora was recorded by Michael Dooney on 9. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany. More details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext... Continuing the series of interviews with artists who participated in the Jarvis Dooney 2019 Postcard Salon, today I'm speaking with Korean Canadian artist Cat Lamora who briefly visited Berlin during April this year. Cat was in Europe, specifically France, for the Paris Ass Book Fair an international fair that brings together publisher
Jul 29, 2019 • 24:50
Interview with artist Kees Schouten | EP6 Subtext & Discourse Podcast
This interview with Kees Schouten was recorded by Michael Dooney on 17. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany. First uploaded on 16. July 2019, more information: https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext... Kees is a Dutch visual artist who graduated from the Art Academy of Amsterdam in 1984. His early works were primarily abstract oil paintings. From around 1995 he shifted almost exclusively to photographic work, though his process is still very much associated with the techniques of abstract painting. KEE
Jul 16, 2019 • 12:28
Interview with artist Sophie Dumaresq | EP5 Subtext & Discourse Podcast
Interview with Sophie Dumaresq was recorded by Michael Dooney on Thursday 4. October 2018 in Berlin. First uploaded on 15. June 2019: https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext... ---------- Finally managed to finish editing my interview with Sophie Dumaresq from September 2018. Sophie was in Berlin for the European Month of Photography, together with Kate Robertson and Derek Kreckler. We first exhibited Sophie's work at Jarvis Dooney in 2016, coincidentally with Kate Robertson & another emerging art
Jun 15, 2019 • 44:55
Interview with artist Derek Kreckler | EP4 Subtext & Discourse Podcast
This episode of Subtext & Discourse was first uploaded on 7. April 2019 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext... Interview with Derek Kreckler was recorded by Michael Dooney on Wednesday 3. October 2018 in Berlin. ---------- It has already been over six months since Berlin Art Week and the 8th EMOP Berlin - European Month of Photography festival. As mentioned in the earlier interview with Kate Robertson, we hosted three major solo exhibitions during that time; as well as recording a number of
Apr 7, 2019 • 57:49
Interview with artist Kate Robertson | EP3 Subtext & Discourse Podcast
The interview with Kate Robertson & Jeffrey Noro was recorded with Michael Dooney on Saturday 29. September 2018 at Jarvis Dooney Galerie, Berlin. First uploaded here: http://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext-ep3-kate-22330488 Hard to believe that is has already been a month since Berlin Art Week and the opening of the 8th EMOP Berlin, European Month of Photography festival. During that time we presented three significant solo exhibitions throughout the city: Australian Embassy Germany: Derek Kreckl
Oct 28, 2018 • 1:05:32
Interview with artist Torsten Schumann | EP2 Subtext & Discourse Podcast
On 2. September 2018 gallerist Michael Dooney sat down with German photographer Torsten Schumann (b.1975 Dresden, Germany) to find out more about his artistic practice and back story. The interview coincided with the dual exhibition Autofokus with Torsten Schumann & David Schikora at Jarvis Dooney Galerie in Berlin. “Torsten Schumann‘s photographs highlight the absurdity of life, that brief second in the day when chance creates a surreal juxtaposition, a moment of silliness, profundity, irony,
Sep 7, 2018 • 44:36
