Withstanding

In  this episode artists Jade Kallio and Mette Sterre are joined in a discussion recorded during their overlapping residencies at ISCP in New York. Although they primarily work in different media and artistic practices, they quickly recognized a shared set of concerns and similarities that run through both of their practices. Creating outside of the boxes of how we understand identity, gender, technology, society norms and the body. Throughout the conversation, Kallio and Sterre reflect on the role of categorization, why we rely on it, how it structures our social and political realities, and what artistic practice can offer as an alternative. This episode is infused with humor, as this is something Both Kallio and Sterre uses as a tool and strategy when creating. In the second half of the episode, the conversation shifts from process to practice as the artists watch and respond to selections from each other's work. 

On the third episode of Withstanding Podcast Season 5, artist and certified hypnotherapist Aapo Nikkanen is joined by artist and educator Flora Bouteille for an intimate conversation about the worlds that we can build with art. Working around the same themes in their practices, the artist couple explores the intersections of hypnosis, simulation, and cognitive artistic practices in performance and photography. The intimate conversation moves from the history of hypnosis through framing cognitive art to a broader question: what is the future of art in a world where everything seems possible?

Season 5 of the Withstanding podcast continues as FCINY’s Artists-in-Residence, iida Jonsson and ssi Saarinen, invite Dr. Randall Sell to discuss the history of LGBTQIA+ research, the non-binary underworld of early 20th-century New York, and the life of Jennie June – one of the first transgender individuals to publish an autobiographical text.On the table lies "Autobiography of an Androgyne" by Jennie June, published in 1918. But why was the autobiography published as a medical text? What was Jennie June’s true identity? And how might June respond to today’s discussions on the themes she pioneered?The fifth season of FCINY’s podcast focuses on highlighting Finnish artists research, work and exhibitions in New York. This program is made possible with support from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and the New York State Council on the Arts.

Curator Gemma Rolls-Bentley is joined by Finnish artist Nastja Säde Rönkkö to discuss Rönkkö’s work in video, performance, installation, and text. Discussing the video work Those Who Kept the Light, the artist and Rolls-Bentley will explore Rönkkö’s research into lighthouse keepers, the history of lesbian artistry connecting to shorelines, and the modern queering of feminist maritime mythologies. Guests are invited to dream of new ways longing can lead to radical environmental thoughts and protections.The fifth season of FCINY’s podcast focuses on highlighting Finnish artists research, work and exhibitions in New York. This program is made possible with support from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and the New York State Council on the Arts.

To conclude season four of FCINY’s Withstanding podcast, we invite you to delve into a generous conversation on Indigenous approaches in the field of contemporary art with the lead of guest moderator, artist and curator Rachel Martin, together with invited speakers, weaver and photographer Sydney Akagi, and artist Carola Grahn.As the discussion spans from relations between tradition and contemporaneity in Indigenous art practices to understanding activism as part of Indigenous work, the listeners get close insights into the three speakers’ individual and rich practices in the field of contemporary art, and what it entails to operate in the field as an Indigenous artist.The fourth season of FCINY’s podcast focuses on highlighting and honoring Indigenous practices in art, architecture and design. This program is made possible with support from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and the New York State Council on the Arts.