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Audiovisual Cultures

Paula Blairwww.patreon.com

If you're interested in hearing voices and listening to experiences, stories and knowledge from the arts and culture sector we don't often get to hear, then Audiovisual Cultures is the podcast for you. Learn alongside Paula Blair as she explores different approaches to creative practice and cultural production across film/cinema, theatre, television/streaming, video, visual art, sonic art, radio, audio drama, podcasting, performance, music, the internet, visual culture, museums and galleries and much more with the help of the scholars, practitioners and enthusiasts she meets along the way. Subscribe on your preferred platform listed below so you never miss a fascinating conversation!


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Episodes

Festive Wrinkly Film Club

Paula Blair talks through experiences in running a film club at a residential care home with focus on some festive screenings, namely of The Shop Around the Corner (dir. Ernst Lubitsch, 1940), Miracle on 34th Street (dir. George Seaton, 1947) and It's A Wonderful Life (dir. Frank Capra, 1946). This is a remastered edit of the original that was first released on 26 December 2018. "A Little Christmas Music" by Lena Orsa (c) copyright 2017 - Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommerci...

Dec 15, 202038 min

Alice in the Cities with Dr Simon Ward

Simon Ward talks about Alice in the Cities (dir. Wim Wenders, 1974). commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded on Zoom on 2 December 2020. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Automated transcript . See the episode webpage for auto captions. audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthly newsletter . More info: https://audiovisualcultures.wordpress.com/ Get...

Dec 08, 202052 min

Trailer

2020 trailer for Audiovisual Cultures Podcast with Paula Blair. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 26, 20205 min

Circles with Brendon Connelly

Brendon Connelly talks in detail about creating the mystery audio drama Circles during the lockdown period in 2020. Automated transcript . View with automated captions at https://youtu.be/UimHo7IJ5Jw Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded on Zoom on 23 October 2020. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthl...

Nov 25, 20201 hr 2 min

Audio Production with Jack Bowman

Jack Bowman talks through his career in audio drama and podcast production with helpful advice and tips for audio creatives. Automated transcript . See the video with automated captions at https://youtu.be/xMj-fs1txrY Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded on Zoom on 21 October 2020. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up f...

Nov 11, 20201 hr 12 min

Amabie Project

Artist Johanna Leech talks us through the Amabie Project bringing together Japanese and Irish artists to bring some hope and comfort during the pandemic. Note: When Johanna refers to Shiro Masuyama as the only artist from Northern Ireland in Japan, she means it the other way round! Auto-captioned video . Automated transcript . Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Re...

Oct 27, 202039 min

Tamasha

Film scholars Andrew Shail and Arnojya Shree discuss Tamasha (dir. Imtiaz Ali, 2015). With occasional swearing and brief mention of abusive relationships. Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded on Zoom on 23 September 2020 Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity Transcript Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures . Host...

Oct 13, 20201 hr 2 min

Leighanne's Voice with Leighanne Turner

Leighanne Turner talks about her work as a voice artist and speech coach. Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded on Zoom on 22 September 2020. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Automated transcript . Auto-captioned video . audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthly newsletter . More info: https://audiovisualcultures.wordpress.com/ Early rel...

Sep 29, 202049 min

MasterTalk with Brenden Kumarasamy

Brenden Kumarasamy talks about his MasterTalk YouTube channel and the art of public speaking. Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded with Zoom on 22 August 2020. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Automated transcript . Auto-captioned video . audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthly newsletter . More info: https://audiovisualcultures.wordp...

Sep 14, 202038 min

Arts Collaboration with Zara Worth and Dawn Woolley

Artists Zara Worth and Dawn Woolley talk about collaborating on work exploring intersections between belief systems and contemporary culture. Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded with Zoom on 3 August 2020. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Automated transcript . Auto-captioned video . audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthly newsletter...

Sep 01, 202048 min

Creative Recovery with Rachel Brook

Rachel Brook joins us from her Placeholder Studio to talk about her creative recovery and career transition. Includes some discussion points concerning abusive work cultures that some may find difficult or upsetting. Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded with Zoom on 28 July 2020. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Automated transcript . Auto-captioned vid...

Aug 18, 202058 min

Be the Lighthouse with Michelle Myrick

Michelle Myrick talks about how her creative work across writing, painting and song inform her practice as a life coach. Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded with Zoom on 7 July 2020. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Automated transcript . Auto-captioned videos . audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthly newsletter . More info: https://...

Aug 04, 202047 min

A Little Bit of Good special

Claire Murphy-Morgan of Monkfish Productions talks through their arts initiative ‘A Little Bit of Good in the World’, and Kelly Coates from Projects4Change talks about youth provision through art and current collaborations with Monkfish. This co-production was made with funding from Arts Council England. Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded on Zoom on 15 Ju...

Jul 27, 202021 min

A Little Bit of Good preview

Preview of a special collaborative episode of Audiovisual Cultures with Monkfish Productions and Projects4Change, funded by Arts Council England. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 22, 20202 min

That Means Countless with Justin Rich

Justin Rich talks about creating the Countless Vlogcast. commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded using StreamYard on 30 June 2020 Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Automated transcript . Auto-captioned video of the full live recording. audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthly newsletter . More info: https://audiovisualcultures.wordpress.com/ Earl...

Jul 08, 202038 min

Writing and Men's Mental Health with Caleb Harris

Writer Caleb Harris talks about his work dealing with mental health issues in young men. commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded on Instagram Live on 15 June 2020. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Auto-captioned video . Automated transcript . audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthly newsletter . More info: https://audiovisualcultures.wordpress.c...

Jun 24, 202041 min

Panopticonicity

Paula Blair revisits research on the video installations of Willie Doherty, the broad themes of which remain frustratingly relevant. commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded on SONY IC RECORDER 8.4.0 on 2 June 2020. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. The chapter can be purchased here Auto-captioned video . audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthly n...

Jun 10, 202049 min

Moon Paw Print

Music producer, composer and sound designer Moon Paw Print talks about his work and collaborations. commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded with Skype on 30 April 2020. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Auto-captioned video . Automated transcript . audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthly newsletter . More info: https://audiovisualcultures.wordpr...

May 27, 202040 min

Saved!

Paula Blair and Andrew Shail watch Saved! (dir. Brian Dannelly, 2004). Includes some swearing, mentions of abortion, rape and suicide, and discussing characters’ uses of ableist and homophobic language. commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded with SONY IC RECORDER 8.4.0 on 21 April 2020. Edited by Paula Blair using Audacity. Auto-captioned video . Automated transcrip...

May 13, 202042 min

Ready Player One: Extra Life

Paula Blair and Andrew Shail return to Ready Player One , this time looking closely at the adaptation from Ernest Cline’s 2011 novel to the 2018 film directed by Steven Spielberg. commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded on SONY IC RECORDER 8.4.0 on 30 March Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Auto-captioned video . Automated transcript . audiovisualcultures@gmail.co...

Apr 29, 20201 hr 21 min

Birdbox

Paula Blair and Andrew Shail discuss Birdbox (dir. Susanne Bier, 2018). commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded with SONY IC RECORDER 8.4.0 on 2 January 2018. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Auto-captioned video . Automated transcript . audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthly newsletter . More info: https://audiovisualcultures.wordpress.com/ E...

Apr 15, 202039 min

Precarious Aftermaths

Paula Blair reads her essay about performance artist Alastair MacLennan. commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded on 19 March 2020 with SONY IC RECORDER 8.4.0 Edited with Audacity by Paula Blair. Auto-captioned video . The book this essay is published in can be purchased here audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthly newsletter . More info: https://au...

Apr 01, 202034 min

Community, Collaboration and Courage International Women's Day Panel

Special episode recorded for International Women's Day 2020 featuring Paula Blair , Rachel Brook , Claire Murphy-Morgan , Ciara Lenihan , Jess Bennett , Caroline and Jenni McDermott . commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded on 7 March 2020 at B&D Studios. Edited by Paula Blair using Audacity. Auto-captioned video . Automated transcript . audiovisualcultures@gmail...

Mar 18, 20201 hr 3 min

Alone in the Beauty, Together with Dr Laurel Jay Carpenter

Artist Laurel Jay Carpenter talks about her performance practice and PhD research. commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded on 28 February 2020 at the Old George. Edited by Paula Blair using Audacity. Auto-captioned video . Automated transcript . audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthly newsletter . More info: https://audiovisualcultures.wordpress.co...

Mar 04, 20201 hr 3 min

Illuminating the Self with Susan Aldworth and Andrew Carnie

Artists Susan Aldworth and Andrew Carnie talk about their joint exhibition Illuminating the Self in Vane and the Hatton gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded on 16 January 2020 at Vane and the Hatton. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Auto-captioned video . Automated transcript . audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free mo...

Feb 19, 202046 min

Personal Film-making with Éanna Mac Cana

Éanna Mac Cana talks about his moving image practice. Auto-captioned video . commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded on 9 January 2020. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Automated transcript . audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthly newsletter . More info: https://audiovisualcultures.wordpress.com/ Early releases and bonus content: https://www.p...

Feb 05, 202037 min

The Rise of Skywalker

Andrew Shail and Paula Blair have a post-viewing discussion (with plot details) about Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (dir. J. J. Abrams, 2019). commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded on 26 December 2019 and 13 January 2020. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Auto-captioned video . Automated transcript . audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our fr...

Jan 22, 20201 hr 12 min

Onto-epistemology and Art with Katrina Sheena Smyth

Katrina Sheena Smyth talks about her PhD research on onto-epistemological research methodologies within contemporary art. commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded on 1 November 2019 in Belfast School of Art, University of Ulster. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Automated transcript . Auto-captioned video . audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthl...

Jan 08, 202040 min

Part 2: Derry Girls ep1 analysis continued

Part 2 of Paula Blair and Andrew Shail ’s observations on their close viewing of Derry Girls . (With some swearing). commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded 26 September 2019. Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Automated transcript . Auto-captioned video . audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthly newsletter . More info: https://audiovisualcultures...

Dec 23, 201956 min

Creative Practices with Zhenia Mahdi-Nau

Artist Zhenia Mahdi-Nau talks about her creative practices including documentary, film-making, vocals, photography and painting. commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 Recorded in Zhenia's home in Belfast on 31 October 2019. Edited by Paula Blair using Audacity. Auto-captioned video . Automated transcript . audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Sign up for our free monthly newslette...

Dec 11, 201943 min
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