New podcast episode!
This week, focus on how the arts responded to the past 12 months...
To do so, I interview artist Susan Thomson who gives us her thoughts about the pandemic.
She talks about her recent film essay 'The Cytokine Storms', in which she explores the colonial echoes of the UK government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
You can see the film here on CIRCA Art magazine's website.
CIRCA is delighted to host on its website 'The Cytokine Storms' (2020, 38 mins), a film-essay by regular contributor Susan Thomson. Written and directed by Thomson, this lyrical essay film explores the colonial echoes of the UK government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The film looks at colonial responses to the Irish and Indian famines, laissez-faire economics and indifference to marginalised lives, interweaving contemporary personal and geopolitical events. The film is accompanied by a newly commissioned essay where Thomson takes us through the genesis of the film.
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ALSO on this episode - we've got a stunning brand new track Willing from Lady Nade - she says: 'Willing is a message of acceptance, loyalty and friendship, particularly poignant after this prolonged period of separation. All too often we try to be the person we think other people want us to be rather than ourselves. Willing is a celebration of who we are and we can support each other.'
PLUS - we bring you our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....
Music:
-'Willing', Lady Nade
-'Hot Flu', Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective - opening music
Hosts and Producers:
Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar
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To listen:
https://the-quarantini.captivate.fm/episode/a-quarantini-with-susan-thomson
A Quarantini with artist Susan Thomson
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