the body is the brain

the body is the brain is a podcast about art and social change hosted by Hope Mohr. Through conversations with artists and cultural workers, we explore the practice of contemporary artmaking.

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Feb. 12, 2025

Episode 3: Jeanine Durning

"At the core of nonstopping is a very political stance of each individual, maintaining, cultivating, nurturing, sustaining the agency of their attention." -Jeanine Durning We talk about: the practice of "nonstopping," embraci...

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Feb. 3, 2025

Episode 2: Aejay Antonis Marquis

"My weapon against destructive forces is creative forces." –Aejay Antonis Marquis We talk about preparing to direct as an embodied practice, facilitating ensemble process, the politics of casting local, creating liberatory sp...

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Jan. 29, 2025

Episode 1: Eric Garcia and Chuck Wilt

Episode 1: Pina, queering as a transitive verb, wrecking, drag as political practice, visibility … A conversation with artists Eric Garcia and Chuck Wilt about their collaborative show, Beyond, “an evening-length production t...

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Dec. 29, 2024

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Hi friends. I'm Hope Mohr, artist and advocate. For decades I have woven artmaking and activism. the body is the brain is a podcast about art and social change. Through conversations with artists and cultural workers, we expl...

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