Heartland Podcast: Douglas Coupland & Michael Stipe
This episode of Heartland Podcast features artist and writer Douglas Coupland & artist, activist and musician Michael Stipe. It is a live talk that took place during Heartland Festival in June 2017 and is about ego. Amongst other things the two artists talk about the sociology behind selfies while looking at a series of photos that Michael Stipe took of himself. They also talk about social media, tv-created presidents and reflect on how modern technology can and will be used in the future. 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.