The Female Trickster (In Gothenburg)

For the second episode in this podcast series, I speak to professional clown Maja Ringstad. This was recorded in June 2021Some things that come up in our conversation that you might want further references for are:Maja works in a clown collective, called Clownkliniken - https://clownkliniken.se/The story of the polar bear and the dog playing together - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bcl0yrHPwkWe talked about the Pueblo (or sacred) clowns of New Mexico and Arizona, but it didn't make the cut. But I would like to add some links here as it is a fantastic cross-over between tricksters and clowns. However, there is very little information about the clowns as it is part of a living religion. This is a list of this year's Native American feast days which mentions clowns from the Taos Pueblo - https://www.newmexico.org/events/native-american/feast-days/?fbclid=IwAR0eU6R8qngeVpq4WIvALnv0yIpiErdCcKYc9H1pCQH4juujRpmGUBBnBYMThis is a Wikipedia page with a brief overview of the Pueblo/ sacred clowns - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_clownComedian Stuart Lee has also made a documentary about the clowns: Interview - https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/other/words-by-the-water-interview/The documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOhonL79ilcEditor and sound work By - Therese Larsson. https://www.thereselarsson.com/Music By - Andreya Ek FriskSupported by-Project Pronto!

For the third episode in this podcast series, I speak to choreographer and dance artist Linda Wardal. This was recorded in May 2021Some things that come up in our conversation that you might want further references for are:Linda's website - https://www.lindawardal.com/This is the course we meet on, that we were struggling to find the name of, which is called - Perspectives on Performativity and Feminist Artistic Practice - https://www.gu.se/en/study-gothenburg/perspectives-on-performativity-and-feminist-artistic-practice-mvk977Editor and sound work By - Therese Larsson. https://www.thereselarsson.com/Music By - Andreya Ek FriskSupported by-Project Pronto!

For the fourth episode in this podcast series, I speak to artist Kaisa Luukkonen. This was recorded in May 2021.Some things that come up in our conversation that you might want further references for are:Kaisa's website - https://kaisaluukkonen.com/This is a link to Kaisa's project called "Instruments of Uprising" that we briefly discussed during the podcast, where she used found broken safety-glass to make the sculptures- https://kaisaluukkonen.com/installations/from-the-series-tools-of-uprisal/Kaisa is a member of Gallery 54 - http://www.galleri54.com/ and has been collaborating with Benedikte Esperi as an organiser and curator on '(A)live' a residency program for artists working with performative methods - http://www.galleri54.com/sv/kort-utstallning/its-alive there is an open viewing at Gallery 54 on 26-29 August!Benedikte Esperi website - https://benedikteesperi.com/Editor and sound work By - Therese Larsson. https://www.thereselarsson.com/Music By - Andreya Ek FriskSupported by-Project Pronto!