#26 Heartland Pocast: Kim Gordon & Nadya Tolokonnikova
This episode of Heartland Podcast is a conversation between legendary Sonic Youth musician Kim Gordon and activist and musician Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot.In front of a live audience on last year’s Heartland Festival the two participants talk about art and pop culture and the potential of making a difference through art, music, literature etc. Amongst other things they discuss what happens when more mainstream artists like Beyoncé and Childish Gambino start participating in the political discussions. And has the time come for pop culture to be taking more serious compared to the more experimental art forms?The conversation is moderated by Danish author and radio host Torben Sangild. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Om Podcasten
The Heartland podcast primarily features live conversations from the festival’s talks program and is an initiative created to focus on the future that we already live in. Heartland’s ambition is to engage its guests in the world by creating a contemporary cultural platform where people can gain new perspectives on the transformation and development of our world.Heartland’s talks program has established itself as one of the most esteemed stages for live conversations in Northern Europe and has hosted some of the world’s greatest minds and artists since its start in 2016. Among others, Sir Salman Rushdie, Angela Davis, Marina Abramović, Brian Eno, Margaret Atwood, Slavoj Žižek, Werner Herzog, PJ Harvey, Michael Stipe, Tracey Emin, Jonathan Franzen, Vivienne Westwood, Judith Butler, Douglas Coupland, David Shrigley, Kim Gordon, Joshua Oppenheimer, Bjarke Ingels, and Olafur Eliasson have been a part of the talks program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.