Everything Is Connected
Light Work Presents: Everything Is Connected, by Folasade Ologundudu is a podcast that shares the interesting and inspiring stories of artists, thought leaders, and critical thinkers on life, work, and a wide range of cultural and social topics. Through engaging content, Ologundudu seeks to inspire listeners to lead their best lives through the transformative power of art and culture. She dives into ideas on art and society across cultures with a focus on diverse communities worldwide. Guests include artists, curators, entrepreneurs, educators, and creatives who are changing the way we think about the art, creativity, and the world.
Episodes
84 episodes
Kandy G Lopez: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I'm joined by Kandy G Lopez as we discuss her practice on the eve of the closing of her two person show with Aminah Robinson at ACA gallery in Chelsea. In the exhibition viewers were presented with her mixed media, fiber, and st...
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Season 4
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Episode 82
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26:06
Genevieve Gaignard: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I'm joined by Genevieve Gaignard as we discuss her latest exhibition, and third solo with Vielmetter Los Angeles, Thinking Out Loud. In the show, Gaignard excavates concepts of identity and reflects on the intersections of...
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Season 4
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Episode 81
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23:17
Paul Anthony Smith: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode, I’m joined by Paul Anthony Smith. His latest show, Antillean, is on view at Jack Shainman Gallery when we sit down to talk. Paul has just returned from London, where he attended Frieze London, and spent time seeing his Jamaican...
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Season 4
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Episode 80
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27:59
Chiwoniso Kaitano: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode, I'm joined by Chiwoniso Kaitano Executive Director of MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program. She is the 10th person to lead the organization since 1907. Before joining MacDowell, Chi spent the last four years a...
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Season 4
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Episode 79
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29:30
Samuel Levi Jones: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode, I'm joined by Samuel Levi Jones ahead of his latest solo exhibition at Vielmetter, Los Angeles, abstraction of truth. The exhibition presents a profound and timely critique of the structures that shape our understandin...
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Season 4
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Episode 78
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33:08
Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Sir John Akomfrah RA in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this final episode of Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale, I'm joined by Sir John Akomfrah RA. Akomfrah is a Ghanaian-born British artist, writer, film director, screenwriter, th...
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Season 4
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Episode 77
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26:34
Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Sandra Poulson in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I'm joined by Sandra Poulson. Sandra Poulson is an Angolan artist based in London and Luanda. Poulson draws from personal experiences and observations growing up in Luanda, Angola, a former Portuguese colony. Her work investigat...
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Season 4
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Episode 76
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27:09
Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Wael Shawky in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I’m joined by Wael Shawky. Wael Shawky is an Egyptian artist working between Alexandria and Philadelphia, whose practice is based on extensive periods of research and inquiry, tackling notions of national, religious and artistic...
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Season 4
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Episode 75
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19:24
Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Azu Nwagbogu in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I'm joined by Azu Nwagbogu, curator and a National Geographic Explorer at large and director and founder of Lagos Photo Festival and African Artists’ Foundation (AAF), a non-profit organization based in Lagos, Nigeria dedicated ...
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Season 4
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Episode 74
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29:55
Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - MADEYOULOOK in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I'm joined by MADEYOULOOK the South African, Johannesburg based interdisciplinary artist collaborative between Molemo Moiloa and Nare Mokgotho. The works of MADEYOULOOK take as their point of departure everyday Black practices t...
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Season 4
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Episode 73
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37:43
Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Aindrea Emelife in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I’m joined by Aindrea Emelife. Aindrea Emelife is a Nigerian-British curator and art historian specializing in modern and contemporary art, with a focus on questions around colonial and decolonial histories in Africa, transnatio...
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Season 4
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Episode 72
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27:44
Everything is Connected: African Artists and Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Trailer
Light Work presents: Everything is Connected: African Artists in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale! sponsored by The Africa Institute, Global Studies University launching next week! The Africa Institute, Global Studies Unive...
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Season 4
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Episode 71
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3:47
Kenturah Davis: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I'm joined by Kenturah Davis as we discuss her latest exhibition and her first solo in the UK with Stephen Friedman gallery. Kenturah Davis is a visual artist based between Los Angeles, California and Accra, Ghana. Her wor...
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Season 4
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Episode 70
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29:04
LaToya Hobbs: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I'm joined by LaToya M. Hobbs. LaToya M. Hobbs is an artist, wife, and mother of two from Little Rock, AR, who is currently living and working in Baltimore, MD. She received her B.A. in Painting from the University of Arkansas a...
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Season 4
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Episode 69
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28:54
Jade Thacker: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I'm joined by Jade Thacker. Jade Thacker received her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and has been featured in solo and group exhibitions at Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York; Public Gallery, London; WOAW gallery,...
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Season 4
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Episode 68
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20:45
Sedrick Chisom: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I'm joined by Sedrick Chisom as we discuss his latest exhibition at C L E A R I N G gallery, And 108 Prayers of Evil. Sedrick Chisom (b. 1989, Philadelphia) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He received a full scholar...
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Season 4
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Episode 67
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25:50
Adrienne Elise Tarver: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I'm joined by, Adrienne Elise Tarver. Adrienne Elise Tarver is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY with a practice that spans painting, sculpture, installation, photography, textiles, and video. Her work addr...
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Season 4
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Episode 66
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27:20
Mario Joyce: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I'm joined by Mario Joyce. Mario Joyce is a self-taught African American artist based in Los Angeles. His process began early and was heavily influenced by prejudices experienced growing up Black and Queer in rural Ohio. He uses...
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Season 4
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Episode 65
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34:45
Maria Elena Ortiz: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I'm joined by Maria Elena Ortiz. Maria comes to the Modern from the Pérez Art Museum in Miami (PAMM), where she curated discerning exhibitions such as Allied with Power: African and African Diaspora Art from the Jorge M. Pér...
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Season 4
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Episode 64
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31:23
Mario Moore: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode, I'm joined by Mario Moore. Mario Moore is a Detroit native, who received a BFA from the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI in 2009 and an MFA in Painting from the Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT in 2013. I met Mario la...
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Season 4
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Episode 63
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25:26
Radcliffe Bailey: A Special Tribute to the Life and Legacy of Radcliffe Bailey as told by friends and colleagues
Late last year, as I was ending my season, the news of Radcliffe Bailey's passing was announced and sent shockwaves throughout the art world among his friends, family, peers. At the time, I was planning on recording an episode with...
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Season 4
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Episode 62
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1:05:04
Essence Harden: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I'm joined by Essence Harden. Essence Harden is the Visual Arts curator at CAAM, the California African American Museum. She' s one of two curators of the Made in L.A. biennial taking place next year in 2025.
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Season 4
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Episode 61
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35:25
Dominic Chambers: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I'm joined by Dominic chambers. Dominic and I have known each other for a couple of years now and I’ve watched his practice grow so much in that time. It's been a minute since we sat down and talked about his work and prac...
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Season 3
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Episode 60
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28:01
Reginald Sylvester: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I'm joined by Reginald Sylvester. Reginald has his first solo show open right now at Roberts projects in Los Angeles when we sit down to talk about his work and art practice. Reginald Sylvester II works predominantly in ab...
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Season 3
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Episode 59
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31:49
Bethany Collins: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I'm joined by Bethany Collins. Her first solo show is on view at Alexander Gray Associates when we sit down to talk about her latest works and the ideas and concepts that ground her practice. Bethany Collins is a mul...
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Season 3
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Episode 58
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27:13