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Addoley + Anna
Hosted by Addoley Dzegede and Anna Ihle · EN
Artists Addoley Dzegede and Anna Ihle provide you with advice!
Ask Addoley + Anna is an ongoing collaboration which started in 2019 between artists Addoley Dzegede and Anna Ihle, presented online in a seasonal advice-podcast format.
How can you stay connected while living far from your partner? How to deal with envy? How to mingle at openings? Should I go on living with my ex? Whatever your question is, we will give our best advice from our perspectives.
Submit your question through our instagram @askaddoleyandanna to have your question answered during our next season.
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Addoley + Anna Break Up With Forms feat Germain Ngoma + Cassie Thornton
Oct 24, 202300:47:25Tap to summarizeFor Season 6, Addoley and Anna present one single episode: “Addoley + Anna Break Up With Forms”. Together they catch up after more than a year since their last recording. Addoley has spent a year in Europe as a Fulbright Researcher-in-Residence and Anna has been underground. For their one-episode season, Addoley and Anna get help from artists Germain Ngoma and Cassie Thornton to figure out ways to handle an artist crisis, as well as what to do with all the stuff that compiles over the years. Cassie describes how art is a way to learn things that might be applied to a world on fire, and tells us how she has cursed paintings before distributing them to bankers. Germain explains how he visits the forest when he needs inspiration, and how much he loves his storage. Germain Ngoma: https://www.germainngoma.com/ Cassie Thornton: https://mailchi.mp/a2f4aa4b26da/working-thru-dangerous-weather This episode/season, “Addoley + Anna Break Up With Form,” is released with the support of Nitja senter for samtidskunst. The jingles in the episode were made in collaboration with artist Siri Borge. Illustration of Addoley and Anna by Alice Caldwell. www.nitja.no
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The Friends Season: Collaboration
Apr 16, 202200:50:35Tap to summarizeFor Ask Addoley + Anna's bonus episode of The Friends Season, Addoley and Anna (while on their trip to visit CAC Brétigny) have invited a set of new guest advisors. They are joined by The Big Conversation Space (Niki Korth and Clémence de Montgolfier) to discuss experiences and thoughts about collaboration. One question tackled in this episode is taken directly from The Talking Cure, a project by The Big Conversation Space which is present in The Real Show at CAC Brétigny: "What is collective action and how can it co-mingle with individual agency?" The other question addressed is: How to deal with feelings about one's individual work/practice suffering while a collaboration is thriving? In addition to The Big Conversation Space, Addoley and Anna are joined by artist Linda Lamignan, who includes collaborators in many of their works, as well as Emilie McDermott (collaborator with Nour Awada on the project [Re]Production). www.lindalamignan.com www.thebigconversationspace.org www.emiliemcdermott.com @re_production_project The Friends Season is presented as a physical installation in The Real Show at CAC Brétigny, January 16 - April 16, 2022, in Brétigny-sur-Orge, France. The Office for Contemporary Art Norway and Stavanger Municipality are supporting The Friends Season.
Transcribe →The Friends Season: Home
Apr 1, 202201:25:22Tap to summarizeFor the fourth episode of «The Friends Season» by Ask Addoley + Anna, Addoley Dzegede and Anna Ihle focus on home - questions related to the domestic sphere. For the introduction they are joined by the curators of The Real Show, Agnès Violeau and Céline Poulin, before diving into advice giving about cleaning and kids with their cast of friends. - How can I motivate my partner to clean our apartment more? - I'm an artist going through IVF but I'm still ambivalent about having a child. Any advice? The Friends Season Cast: www.kahlilirving.com www.kiyoshiyamamoto.com www.esj.no www.anneliiskogan.com www.lbarroisjr.com @espen_birk on Instagram The Friends Season is presented as a physical installation in The Real Show at CAC Brétigny, January 16 - April 16, 2022, in Brétigny-sur-Orge, France. The Office for Contemporary Art Norway and Stavanger Municipality are supporting The Friends Season.
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The Friends Season: Love
Mar 1, 202201:14:19Tap to summarizeFor this episode focusing on love, Anna and Addoley share pieces of romantic news and talk about how their relationships have changed over time. The love being addressed in this episode is mostly connected to loving oneself. Kiyoshi and Anne Liis offer up their best flirting tips and discuss the difficulties connected to flirting. Anna likes receiving contact information on paper, Addoley finds herself teasing someone when attempting to flirt. Kahlil and Espen help Addoley and Anna find examples of structures of care in the art world. When addressing questions regarding self-care, they talk with Lyndon about the values of boundaries and basketball highlights. Erik reminds them of how life sometimes might not have space for what one might consider self-care. The Friends Season Cast: www.kahlilirving.com www.kiyoshiyamamoto.com www.esj.no www.anneliiskogan.com www.lbarroisjr.com @espen_birk on Instagram The Friends Season is presented as a physical installation in The Real Show at CAC Brétigny, January 16 - April 16, 2022, in Brétigny-sur-Orge, France. The Office for Contemporary Art Norway and Stavanger Municipality are supporting The Friends Season.
Transcribe →The Friends Season: Work
Feb 1, 202201:23:15Tap to summarizeFor the second episode of The Friends Season, Addoley and Anna receive help from their cast of friends to give work-related advice. Kahlil and Anne Liis help unpack how to navigate bad terms around an exhibition, with or without burning bridges in the process. Kiyoshi and Lyndon give their thoughts on a question regarding whether to stay—or not—as a BIPOC worker in a predominantly white art institution, considering all the costs that may come with it. Kahlil and Kiyoshi give advice to a listener who wonders whether perhaps a lack of mingling could explain a lack of professional recognition. Erik and Espen wonder whether or not a listener actually should fight back against impostor syndrome or not. The Friends Season Cast: www.kahlilirving.com www.kiyoshiyamamoto.com www.esj.no www.anneliiskogan.com www.lbarroisjr.com @espen_birk on Instagram The Friends Season is presented as a physical installation in The Real Show at CAC Brétigny, January 16 - April 16, 2022, in Brétigny-sur-Orge, France. The Office for Contemporary Art Norway and Stavanger Municipality are supporting The Friends Season.
Transcribe →Introducing The Friends Season
Jan 16, 202200:38:14Tap to summarizeDuring their first episode of The Friends Season, Addoley and Anna are wishing they could have recorded from The Real Show at CAC Brétigny, but instead are recording from under desks in Tulsa and Stavanger. Having been invited to an exhibition that deals with questions of popularity and populism, they decide to invite friends of the podcast or friends of either Addoley or Anna. Addoley and Anna discuss the time in their lives that they connect the most with the idea of “popularity” and how the art world is connected to it. Addoley and Anna introduce their cast of art-friends who are joining in advice-giving for The Friends Season—Kahlil Robert Irving, Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Erik Sæter Jørgensen, Anne-Liis Kogan, Lyndon Barrois Jr., and Espen Birkedal—and invite them to talk about their teenage selves. The questions Addoley and Anna received for The Friends Season are divided into single episodes focusing on work, love, and home. To learn more about their cast of friends: www.kahlilirving.com www.kiyoshiyamamoto.com www.esj.no www.anneliiskogan.com www.lbarroisjr.com @espen_birk on Instagram The Friends Season is presented as a physical installation in The Real Show at CAC Brétigny, January 16 - April 16, 2022, in Brétigny-sur-Orge, France. The Office for Contemporary Art Norway and Stavanger Municipality are supporting The Friends Season.
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Episode 4 Season 4
Dec 22, 202100:52:37Tap to summarizeIn the final episode of Season 4: A Different World, Addoley and Anna have invited Maija Rudovska (Riga, Latvia), the curator of "A Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances," to help give advice along with her colleague Amy Mackie (from Parse Nola, New Orleans). In response to a listener's question about art travel and climate change, Maija challenges the notion of going back to "normal." Another listener wonders how to deal with envy towards their friends' successes, leading Amy to question how success is defined. Maija opens up about how she changed her perspective and stopped constantly running after "a better life." As curators, they both reflect on how to create boundaries for oneself and separate life and work in a healthy way. An artist with a practice spanning over a decade is wondering whether their work should surprise the audience with every new exhibition. Listen to find out how Amy and Maija respond as curators, and Addoley and Anna as fellow artists. Amy Mackie: www.parsenola.org Maija Rudovska: www.blindcarboncopy.org Season 4: A Different World by Ask Addoley + Anna is part of “A Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances" (ASEFCC) curated by Maija Rudovska (Blind Carbon Copy), in close partnership with Amy Mackie (PARSE NOLA) and Tina Rigby Hanssen (Vestfold Art Center), and brings together artists from the United States, Latvia, and Norway. www.asefcc.org
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Dec 15, 202101:16:46Tap to summarizeFor the third episode of Ask Addoley + Anna's Season 4, Anna and Addoley talk with artist and curator Kaspars Groševs in Riga and art worker Airi Triisberg in Tallinn. Addoley records from her apartment, Anna in the hallway at home (complete with baby sounds in the background), and Kaspars from bed. With Kaspars, they talk about how their relationship with social media has changed during the pandemic. A listener is very tired of looking at contemporary art and wonders what to do. Perhaps they should spend their time looking at something else, as Kaspars suggests. Addoley prefers getting inspiration from things other than art in the world. Anna thinks spending longer stretches of time, even with bad art, can help. Anna brings up (again) the question of how to have meaningful conversations with artists without ego driving it. When Addoley and Anna have Airi on, they tackle two of many workplace-related problems submitted by listeners. Airi draws on her own experience of working with art workers' rights. What do you do when you have a solo show at an institution but they refuse to pay you an artist fee? Or how can you follow up after taking all the steps in filing a complaint regarding sexual misconduct at your workplace? Mentioned in the episode: www.wageforwork.com Kaspars Groševs: www.kasprsg.com www.fourtoseven.info Airi Triisberg: www.art-workers.org Season 4: A Different World by Ask Addoley + Anna is part of “A Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances" (ASEFCC) curated by Maija Rudovska (Blind Carbon Copy), in close partnership with Amy Mackie (PARSE NOLA) and Tina Rigby Hanssen (Vestfold Art Center), and brings together artists from the United States, Latvia, and Norway. www.asefcc.org
Transcribe →Episode 2 Season 4
Dec 8, 202100:33:10Tap to summarizeFor the second episode of Season 4, "A Different World," Addoley and Anna have New Orleans-based artists Cristina Molina and Dave Greber help out as guest advisors. Both artists are part of the project, "A Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances," along with Ask Addoley + Anna. Cristina and Dave bring up how Hurricane Ida, as well as the pandemic, has brought about changes in life and work. Cristina and Dave give advice on time management and how to prioritize. Another question regarding what an artist can offer as a partner amplifies the different cultural contexts in the conversation—as hurricanes and healthcare may play a big part in how to address the question. When a listener asks how to smoothly leave a project, Cristina offers up the best sentences to memorize. Learn more about our guests at: www.cristinamolina.com and www.thesculpted.com Follow us on Instagram: @askaddoleyandanna Season 4: A Different World by Ask Addoley + Anna is part of “A Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances" (ASEFCC) curated by Maija Rudovska (Blind Carbon Copy), in close partnership with Amy Mackie (PARSE NOLA) and Tina Rigby Hanssen (Vestfold Art Center), and brings together artists from the United States, Latvia, and Norway. www.asefcc.org
Transcribe →Episode 1 Season 4
Dec 8, 202101:10:58Tap to summarizeIn the first episode of Season 4, "A Different World," Addoley and Anna are back after one and a half years, recording from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Stavanger, Norway. Addoley and Anna tally things that have changed for them during the pandemic: Addoley learning Spanish and Anna becoming a mother. David Ashley Kerr is the first guest of the season. David is a curator and artist, who lives and works in Riga. Latvia. He helps Addoley and Anna give advice on how to stay out of the grind, how to avoid the "how's your project going" conversation, as well as what one can offer as an artist to a partner. In the other half of the episode, Addoley and Anna bring in Inga Meldere, an artist from Latvia who lives in Helsinki. The questions that Inga chose to help Addoley and Anna's listeners with are connected to parenting. How to be an artist and mother when your partner has other expectations in life? What to do if your child is an extrovert and you're an introvert? Learn more about our guests at: www.david-ashleykerr.com and www.meldere.com Follow us on Instagram: @askaddoleyandanna Season 4: A Different World by Ask Addoley + Anna is part of “A Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances" (ASEFCC) curated by Maija Rudovska (Blind Carbon Copy), in close partnership with Amy Mackie (PARSE NOLA) and Tina Rigby Hanssen (Vestfold Art Center), and brings together artists from the United States, Latvia, and Norway. www.asefcc.org
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