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Specific Objects is a monthly freeform radio show and podcast, hosted by Miriam Atkin, that invites artists from a variety of disciplines to describe, ponder, interrogate, interpret, and celebrate their current projects. The focus is on guests who live and work in the Hudson Valley/Catskills region, though people will occasionally visit from farther afield. Tune in to learn what artists in your neighborhood are thinking and making right now.
Sponsored by Wave Farm WGXC
Intro music: "Sing Out," Joanna Mattrey
Logo design: Ric Royer
Sponsored by Wave Farm WGXC
Intro music: "Sing Out," Joanna Mattrey
Logo design: Ric Royer
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Average audio length:
59 minutes
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English
United States
17 episodes
since April 15, 2024
episodic
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On this month's edition of "Specific Objects: Talks on Art in the Catskills," host Miriam Atkin speaks with Albany-based poet Amie Zimmerman. Amie reads from her new poetry collection, False Spring, published by Roof Books in January, and we discuss themes of collectivity, selfhood, and u…
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On this month's edition of "Specific Objects: Talks on Art in the Catskills," host Miriam Atkin speaks with Woodstock-based multidisciplinary artist Viktorsha Uliyanova. We discuss her recent solo show at Roundabouts Now gallery in Kingston titled "Quieter than Water Lower than Grass."
Viktorsha Ul…
On this month's edition of "Specific Objects: Talks on Art in the Catskills," host Miriam Atkin speaks with musician/writer Erica Dawn Lyle. We discuss her new album, On Fire, in which she transforms and deforms Van Halen's classic live opener and "tunes her antenna deeply to The Mom…
This month, Chris Funkhouser visits the studio to discuss the life and work of poet, translator, musician, and professor Cole Heinowitz. Chris and Cole played music together in multiple Hudson Valley ensembles; we listen to audio from those projects as well as archival recordings of Cole reading he…
Robbie Wing and Ryan Skrabalak talk about their current work in an open discussion hosted by Miriam Atkin.
Robbie Wing is an artist and musician from Tulsa, Oklahoma. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, his practice encompasses composition, sonic sculpture, and performance. His installation, Cross Ti…
This month's episode is a departure from the typical Specific Objects format. I invited two artists to the studio to share their work. What differed this time is that none of us had had prior exposure to the work in question; we were all encountering it for the first time. A meandering conversation…
On this month's edition of "Specific Objects: Talks on Art in the Catskills," host Miriam Atkin speaks with Bryan Zanisnik, an artist working in sculpture, performance, video and photography who lives in the Catskill Mountains. We discuss his fascination with discarded objects and overloo…
On this month's edition of "Specific Objects: Talks on Art in the Catskills," host Miriam Atkin speaks with painter Jan Razauskas and printmaker Gary Kachadourian, both based in Lanesville. We talk about chance and control in abstract painting, and get deep into the nuts and bolts of anal…
On this month's edition of "Specific Objects: Talks on Art in the Catskills," host Miriam Atkin speaks with Catskill-based composer and instrumentalist, Larry Chernicoff. We discuss his new compositions, which are informed by a long-standing interest in cloudy skies, architectural forms, the teachi…
On this month's edition of "Specific Objects: Talks on Art in the Catskills," host Miriam Atkin speaks with Catskill-based poet Stacy Szymaszek. Stacy reads from their forthcoming book-length poem titled ESSAY (Krupskaya, 2025), and we discuss the poems, covering topics such as loving bey…
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