Podcast

COP28 Takeaways for Cultural Institutions — A Conversation with Jennifer Torrance

COP28 Takeaways for Cultural Institutions — A Conversation with Jennifer Torrance

In the second episode of AMT Lab’s Art + Climate podcast series, the conversation continues with Jennifer Torrance, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens’ Youth Climate Advocacy Committee (YCAC) Coordinator. 

In this episode, she talks about her experience attending the recent United Nations Climate Conference, or COP28, with YCAC leader and University of Pittsburgh senior, Anna Bagwell. Though attending a COP conference may be “like trying to drink from a firehose,” Torrance unpacks what a day might look like - from meeting with your observer constituency group and sitting in on negotiations, to networking and other sessions.

The Art && Code Series - Wrap Up Show: Behind the Scenes

The Art && Code Series - Wrap Up Show: Behind the Scenes

Get a behind the scenes look at the Art && Code podcast series. In this wrap-up episode, AMT Lab’s Podcast Producer Jabrenee Hussie, Social Media and Marketing Coordinator Ashley Offman, and Lead Researcher Hannah Brainard discuss key takeaways from the series. They look back at some of their favorite interview moments, from ethics of artificial intelligence as an artistic tool to the social scene of live-coding. 

Open-Source Software for Live-Coding Visuals with Hydra’s Olivia Jack

Open-Source Software for Live-Coding Visuals with Hydra’s Olivia Jack

Olivia Jack is a programmer and artist who works frequently with open-source software, cartography, live coding, and experimental interfaces. In this episode of the Art && Code Podcast series, Jack talks with AMT Lab Lead Researcher Hannah Brainard about Hydra, a browser-based open source software she developed for live-coding visuals. This podcast was made in partnership with the Frank Ratchye Studio for Creative Inquiry.

Meet 2/3 of Codie: A Live-Coding Trio Making Music and Visuals

Meet 2/3 of Codie: A Live-Coding Trio Making Music and Visuals

For the second episode of AMT Lab’s Art && Code series, Social Media and Marketing Coordinator Ashley Offman talks with Sarah Groff Hennigh-Palermo and Dr. Kate Sicchio, two-thirds of the live coding trio known as Codie. Sarah and Kate discuss how their prior experiences in academia and at tech giants influence the art they create. They also talk of their interdisciplinary approaches to performance, including the integration of coding in live performance, as well as the nuances and differences that exist in the live coding and DIY sound scenes worldwide. This podcast was made in partnership with the Frank Ratchye Studio for Creative Inquiry.

Meet the Creators of SudoMagic: Zoe Sandoval & Matthew Ragan

Meet the Creators of SudoMagic: Zoe Sandoval & Matthew Ragan

For our very first episode of the Art&&Code podcast series AMT Lead Researcher, Hannah Brainard, talks with Zoey Sandoval and Matthew Ragan, the creators of SudoMagic, a design and software development studio, which focuses on immersive experiences. While artificial intelligence and machine learning have been tools in their artistic practice, Sandvol and Ragan offer predictions and ethical concerns around how these models may be trained and implemented in the future. This podcast was made in partnership with the Frank Ratchye Studio for Creative Inquiry.

Let's Talk: Lawsuits and Social Media Battles

Let's Talk: Lawsuits and Social Media Battles

AMT Lab Chief Editor, Samantha Sonnet, and Executive Director, Brett Crawford, discuss the current Google antitrust lawsuit and potential social media alternatives for arts organizations looking to expand their outreach and platform participation.

Identity, Ethics, and Voice in AI with Dorothy Santos

Identity, Ethics, and Voice in AI with Dorothy Santos

In the latest installment of our Let’s Talk podcast series, AMT Lab staff member Samantha Sonnet interviews interdisciplinary scholar and creative, Dorothy Santos. The two discuss the future of AI, identity, tech and culture, tarot reading, and much more.

Let's Talk: Arts Education & GIS: Art Transforming Communities

Let's Talk: Arts Education & GIS: Art Transforming Communities

In the latest installment of our Let’s Talk podcast series, AMT Lab contributors Ellena Sakai and Blake Aber are interviewed by host Maraika Lumholdt discuss their research into arts education and its transformative power, as well as the potentials for GIS to enhance connections with art in the museum space.

Your Favorite Podcasts in 2022

Your Favorite Podcasts in 2022

Here are our top podcasts for 2022 — what did you hear? What did you miss?

Ultraviolet Light and Creative Engineering for Photography with Mikael Owunna

Ultraviolet Light and Creative Engineering for Photography with Mikael Owunna

In this podcast interview, AMT Lab staff members Rachel Broughton and Maraika Lumholdt talk with Mikael Owunna, a Nigerian American multi-media artist, filmmaker, and engineer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mikael discusses how technology, as presented in traditional African cosmologies, has influenced his creative practice and shaped his recent works.