Audio Interference

"What I value about a political event, or what I value about a dance party--I don't know if those are very separate values at the end of the day."   In this episode, Lani Hanna talks to Los Angeles-based artist and activist Steven Rodriguez about Southern California culture and identity, the whiteness of anarchism, and creating aesthetics around police brutality.     Music: "Ocean" by Zebra and "Stars" by She-Wolf., both courtesy of the Free Music Archive.   Produced by Interference Archive.

"Jean would take her income tax refund check and go to the track and bet on horses, and whatever money she made funded Tabloid."   Tabloid was a collectively edited critical journal of mass culture and everyday life which emerged out of (and in opposition to)  Stanford University in the late 1970s and 1980s.  Interference Archive's Lani Hanna and Vero Ordaz spoke with Jean Franco, Mary Louise Pratt, Maria Damon, Dana Polan, and Ed Cohen about the history of the journal.   Music: "Nights Tale," "Summer’s Coming" and, "After The Week I’ve Had" by Dexter Britain; "Strange Wedding 60908" by Marcel.  All music courtesy of the Free Music Archive.   Produced by Interference Archive.

"The importance of art in the movement was that not everyone could see themselves at the front lines...art allowed for a more inclusive community." - Tina Orlandini   Tina Orlandini is a writer, human rights advocate, and creative organizer whose work identifies crossroads in community, arts and social change. In 2012, Tina, along with fellow collaborators Stephan Andreas, Pedro Lugo, Lourdes Santiago, Isabel Ferro and Marimer Berberena, co-curated smArtAction: ¡A estudiar y a luchar!, a collaborative art exhibition in recognition of two of the most resourceful and inspiring student strikes of the last decade. Through an arts-led approach, University of Puerto Rico students were able to outwit the administration while rallying popular support around the struggle for an accessible, democratic and quality university. Both strikes provide an instructive repertoire of action for present and future student resistance movements worldwide.   To see a gallery of images from the exhibition, and to learn more about

“It’s difficult for people to imagine an organized workplace in the arts, but we really want to make it a reality.” —Chloe Siebert   Interference Archive's current exhibition, Just Cause : Bad Faith - Art Workers' Activism and Organizing in NYC and Beyond, presents a history of cultural workers’ organizing efforts and demonstrations as well as the recent investigations and concerns of artists and individuals working within the culture industry.  As part of the programming for this show, which was organized by Art Handlers Alliance of New York, AHA member and exhibition organizer James Whitman interviewed Kevin McGrath, Chloe Siebert, and Neal Vandenbergh, three art handlers at the Chicago-based company Terry Dowd, Inc, where workers successfully organized and fought to unionize their workplace.     Image Credit: Neal Vandenbergh. “The Equality Rule”. 2015. Vinyl, Graphite, Resin on Panel. Detail View. Courtesy of Neal Vandenbergh.   Produced by Interference Archive.

“It’s not about the things, it’s about the people: who made it, who saw it, who was influenced by it.” -Lincoln Cushing   Lincoln Cushing is an artist, author, and archivist from the Bay Area, who worked with Interference Archive on our recent exhibition on the Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (OSPAAAL), Armed by Design.  Lani Hanna interviewed Lincoln about movement archives,  large institutions vs. community-based organizations, and the importance of accurately documenting the past.   A selection of OSPAAAL posters can be seen in Lincoln’s book, "Revolución!: Cuban Poster Art."  You can also visit his website, docspopuli.org, for more information.   Music: "Mid-Day Blues" by Tate Peterson, courtesy of the Free Music Archive.   Produced by Interference Archive.

“In retrospect, we tend to create these seamless histories to tell a particular kind of story, but Greenham--it was messy. It was a messy occupation.” —Susan Jahoda   Susan Jahoda is an artist, educator, and organizer whose work includes video, photography, text, performance, installation, and research-based collaborative projects. Charlie Morgan speaks with Susan about her experiences organizing the September 2014 exhibition at Interference Archive about the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp, a 19-year anti-nuclear protest and encampment at a U.S. Military Base in Berkshire, England.     This podcast contains music as sung by the women of Greenham Common.

“I knew there was this punk rock stuff, I didn’t know anything about it, I just went to a show, and it was like, this is really weird and I kinda like it.” —Dread Scott   Dread Scott, artist and friend of Interference Archive, speaks with Vero Ordaz about his art, life, and connections to the Chicago punk scene--including memories prompted by his recent donation of posters to the archive.  Image: Burning the US Constitution, documentation of a 2011 performance by Dread Scott (www.dreadscott.net).  Music: "Sick of You" by the Britemores, performed live on WFMU's Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock.   Produced by Interference Archive.

“Communities have given up our power to police and institutions, and we have to take it back.” —Laura Whitehorn Laura Whitehorn is a lifelong organizer and activist whose work spans anti-war, AIDS, anti-capitalist, anti-racist, and prison abolition movements.  Laura was interviewed by Lani Hanna about her work, including the recent Interference Archive exhibition, Self-Determination Inside Out.     Music: "Improvisation in D" by Tate Peterson, courtesy of the Free Music Archive.     For more information about Laura's work, visit thejerichoproject.com or rappcampaign.com.   Produced by Interference Archive.

“So much of the dominant mainstream society at that point was so odious that it felt like a desperate need to find a place that was different and alternative.” —Josh MacPhee Greg Mihalko interviews Josh MacPhee, co-founder of Interference Archive, about his collection of hardcore punk flyers and ephemera.     Music includes: "Guilty" by Spewing Cum and "While You're Waiting for the Revolution" by Action Will Be Taken, courtesy of the Free Music Archive.   Produced by Interference Archive.