found 13 audio documents tagged with Art

Did you see that new Van Gogh painting?

Apparently there are lots left to discover.

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Program: All Things Considered
Playtime: 4 minutes 16 seconds

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Studio 360: Boom Box Band

Story of a guy who composes music to be played by volunteers on a whole bunch of boom boxes.

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Producer: Jonathan Mitchell
Program: Studio 360
Playtime: 7 minutes
Date: December, 2005

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Art, Music, Interesting

Hipster Taxidermist

"I work at a bookstore and I get everything delivered there, even dead stuff like squirrels that are frozen. But I don't tell anybody."


Part of a series about New Yorkers called "One in 8 Million," this is a NY Times slide show about Melissa Dixson - a 30 year old hipster taxidermist.  Ironic!

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Producer: New York Times
Program: One in 8 Million
Playtime: 2 minutes 25 seconds

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40th Anniversary of Beatles Live on the roof

As of Jan. 30 it will be 40 years since the Beatles last performance - an impromptu performance on top of Apples studios.  BBC is airing a documentary later today (which you can stream) that should then be available on this link.

 

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Music, History, Art

Hipster Taxidermist

"I work at a bookstore and I get everything delivered there, even dead stuff like squirrels that are frozen. But I don't tell anybody."


Part of a series about New Yorkers called "One in 8 Million," this is a NY Times slide show about Melissa Dixson - a 30 year old hipster taxidermist.  Ironic!

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Playtime: 2 minutes 25 seconds

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Tijuana Art Scene

From a show that NPR has canceled - Day to Day - the story of the Tijuana art scene and a gallery in a former drug tunnel.

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Producer: Jason Beaubien
Program: Day to Day
Playtime: 4 minutes 39 seconds
Date: February, 2009

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Immigration, Drugs, Art

Did Warhol Just Like Soup or What?

Studio 360 rebroadcast about the iconic Campbell's Soup paintings.

 

The Girl at the Window

Producer Anna Yaedell remembers a painting from her childhood, and through it discovers a story exemplifying 20th century Europe. The people of today meet a strong woman who lived through the second world war and far beyond, in Potsdam. A Classic Dox from Radio Netherlands, originally broadcast in 2004.

- Audio Documentary London Bureau

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Playtime: 29 minutes 30 seconds

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Interview, History, Art

Grand Art

Taking performance art to the level of a stunt, as much as a project. Ronan Kelly details provocative arts works that caused a public stir, in Sweden, Ireland, and the UK.

- Audio Documentary London Bureau

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Playtime: 16 minutes 18 seconds

The Sculptress of Sound

A rich profile of Delia Derbyshire, the 1970s electronic musician at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop who created the Dr Who theme. 

 

– Audio Documentary London Bureau

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Playtime: 58 minutes

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Sound Rich, Radio, History, Art

Stalacpipe Organ – Sound Tourism

Sound Tourism maps places worth a visit because they sound so good. In this example, curator Trevor Cox, Professor of Acoustic Engineering at the University of Salford, UK, introduces the great Stalacpipe Organ in Virgina, USA. By tapping stalactites with mallets, it claims to be the world's largest natural musical instrument.

 

– Audio Documentary London Bureau

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Playtime: 15 seconds

The Sound of Noise

Pédilüv is a radio art programme, produced at Campus Radio in Paris. This episode, The Sound of Noise, has more English language content than usual, from a range of sources: The Global Theatre of the Air, Adam Boham, The Poo Lord,  John Cage, and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. It's curious, and curiously engaging.

 

– Audio Documentary London Bureau

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Playtime: 30 minutes

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Sound Rich, Radio, poetry, Weird, Art

The Birdie Song

The artist Marcus Coates recorded the dawn chorus in English woodlands; he then slowed down the recordings, and filmed human singers perform the newly approachable songs in everyday English settings. Then, he speeded the footage back up again.  The sound is extraordianary – and in this case, so is the video. 

 

Audio Documentary Europe

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Playtime: 5 minutes 40 seconds