Podcast: The art of Jim Mahfood

Panel Borders: The art of Jim Mahfood

Alex's half hour long interview with Jim Mahfood about his career in comics so far and imminent exhibition at Dreamspace gallery (+ Alex's short chat with gallery coordinator Chloe Brooks) - originally broadcast as the first half of today's Strip! on Resonance FM...

For more info and a selection of different file formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.com (mp3 format, 29 mins, 28.0mb)

Today's show: Comics in galleries

5pm Resonance 104.4FM: Strip! - Comics in galleries

To coincide with Thanksgiving, Alex Fitch talks to two American 'indie' comics artists who have had work exhibited in galleries this year. A couple of days before Jim Mahfood and Bill Shag have their fine art collaborations displayed in Dreamspace Gallery in London, Alex talks to Jim about his comic book career so far, the cross-over between fine art and comics and his own artistic influences. Alex also has a brief chat with Dreamspace coordinator Chloe Brooks about the gallery.

In the second half of the show it's the first broadcast of an interview previously podcast as an episode of "I'm ready for my close-up", Alex talks to Jacob Ciocci from the art collective 'Paper Rad' about the exhibition of their video art displayed at Sketch gallery in August which combined sampled images, video games and comic book iconography.

The show you may have expected this week - Comics for girls and (Hell) boys part 2, featuring the second half of ComICA's panel on Girls comics plus Alex's interview with Duncan Fegredo and Sean Phillips - will be broadcast next week as Alex wanted to strike while the iron was hot regarding Jim's exhibition.

Special thanks to Joe Gordon @ FPI for the info about Jim & Bill's show...

Links: Information about Jim & Bill's exhibition and Dreamspace gallery
More info on Jim's comic book company 40oz comics

Tonight's special: Jason Oddy - photographing simulation and protection

But hang on... It's a Wednesday! Why yes, but as a special advent treat we're broadcasting an IRFMCU hour-long special in today's clear spot at 7pm (and if you think that's a special treat, wait 'til you hear tomorrow's Christmas Celebrity Edition!). This would have been last week's show but Richard was torn between broadcasting it in two halves or putting it out as a full hour...

Richard Thomas produces and introduces: Craig Burnett in conversation with the writer/photographer Jason Oddy. Oddy's most recent project 'Playas' was just exhibited at Brixton's photofusion gallery about a former mining town in New Mexico that was purchased by the department of homeland security for the purpose of simulating terrorist assaults in urban America. Jason has also photographed unique sites such as the Pentagon, Guantanamo Bay, and American Cryogenics facilities to name but a few.
Craig Burnett is a writer and a curator at the White Cube gallery.

Links: Photofusion Gallery
Jason's homepage

Podcast: Filming Domestic Archaelogy

Alex Fitch interviews Chris Allen, founder member of the Light Surgeons, a company that produces films and multimedia events. Their current project is an exhibition called Domestic Archaeology which is at the Geffrye Museum in East London until the 28th of August. The show features video and photographic depictions of modern living rooms plus interviews with the inhabitants.
The show is also available to download as an uncut interview; see below...
Originally broadcast 3rd August 2006 (mp3 format, 27mb)

Links: The Light Surgeons
Domestic Archaeology
The Geffrye Museum

Uncut interview: Chris Allen

As an adjunct to our regular podcasts of I'm ready for my close-up you'll be able to download hour long uncut versions of the interviews that were recorded for the show. First up: the complete interview with Chris Allen (The Light Surgeons) regarding Domestic Archaelogy at the Geffrye Museum. Also included are excerpts from the exhibition soundtrack which we weren't able to feature in the show when it was originally broadcast.
If you'd rather hear the original broadcast version of the show, please go to the post above...

Running time 59 min 46 sec (mp3 format, 54.6mb)
Please note, this is an uncut interview with strong language!

Tonight's show: Filming Domestic Archaeology

Alex Fitch interviews Chris Allen, founder member of the Light Surgeons, a company that produces films and multimedia events. Their current project is an exhibition called Domestic Archaeology which is at the Geffrye Museum in East London until the 28th of August. The show features video and photographic depictions of modern living rooms plus interviews with the inhabitants.
10.30pm Resonance 104.4 FM / streamed at resonancefm.com and will be available to podcast here soon after. This site is available both in HTML or as an RSS feed...