Episodes and Transcripts

  • Audiovisual Cultures October 2022 Announcement

    Show notes Paula Blair informs listeners of the podcast pause until the new year. Recorded and edited by Paula Blair with Audacity on 24 October 2022. Automated Transcript Every paid subscription to episode posts funds the text editing needed to improve the accuracy of the automated transcripts provided by our host, Acast. Click the subscribe…… Read more

  • Audiovisual Cultures Episode 126 – Game Day with Dean Simone, Val McAdoo and Pete Postiglione

    Audiovisual Cultures Episode 126 – Game Day with Dean Simone, Val McAdoo and Pete Postiglione

    Show notes Paula Blair chats with Dean Simone, Val McAdoo and Pete Postiglione about making their sports-themed family drama independent feature film Game Day (dir. Edgar Michael Bravo, 2021). Each talk through their production experiences in front of and behind the camera, Italian-American culture and family, and growing film production and storytelling embedded in Philadelphia.…… Read more

  • Audiovisual Cultures Episode 125 – Podcasting and Mindset with Jennifer Francis

    Audiovisual Cultures Episode 125 – Podcasting and Mindset with Jennifer Francis

    Show notes Paula Blair chats with Jenn Francis about making her podcasts Tools of the Podcast Trade and SoloMoms! Talk. We also hear about Jenn’s work with mindset coaching and mentoring, and about her travel experiences. We learn about getting started with podcast production, the importance of meeting people virtually and in person, and the…… Read more

  • Audiovisual Cultures Episode 124 –Strand, Thor and Robert Simpson

    Audiovisual Cultures Episode 124 –Strand, Thor and Robert Simpson

    Show notes Recorded on location at the Strand Arts Centre in East Belfast, programme manager Johanna Leech and cultural freelancer Robert J. E. Simpson chat to Paula Blair about the venue’s history, its current status and plans for its future. We then learn more about Robert’s work as an artist, an actor, a for-hire freelancer…… Read more

  • Audiovisual Cultures Episode 123 –Studio Visit with Susan Hughes

    Show notes Paula Blair visits Susan Hughes at Orchid Studios in Belfast to chat through her work. Susan is from Belfast and graduated with her MFA in 2021 from the University of Ulster and received that year’s Centre for Contemporary Art (Derry) and Platform Arts (Belfast) graduate awards. She has completed many artist residencies in…… Read more

  • Audiovisual Cultures Episode 122 – It For Others

    Audiovisual Cultures Episode 122 – It For Others

    Show notes Paula Blair reads her article on Duncan Campbell’s Turner Prize-winning film It For Others – see full citation and link below for open access to the published text. Topics include prize culture, capitalism, Marxism, colonialism, cultural appropriation, looted art, documentary, commercialism, the art market, and film culture, particularly the late-twentieth-century Left Bank film-makers…… Read more

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