A place to explore, reimagine and exchange ideas about culture through conversations.
We invite artists, cultural practitioners and other thinkers to discuss themes connected to the Roberts Institute of Art (previously DRAF) programme and works in the David and Indrė Roberts Collection. Through dialogue, research and personal stories this podcast series dives into those elements that shape contemporary culture and the ways we see the world.
Nicoletta Lambertucci's career so far has been a story of beginnings. Firstly, working as a Curator at DRAF, she joined the team in 2012 just after the Foundation moved to its previous site, which wa…
How do bodies excavate movements, and do we archive movement?
SERAFINE1369 and Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome discuss how their approaches to these questions, what role translation plays in dance, and how to …
Sound is a portal. It can shape how we perceive our environment, call our attention or create cognitive dissonance. Artists Anne Hardy and Aura Satz are particularly attuned to the workings of sound …
DRAF Broadcasts: Live with Shezad Dawood and Professor Madeleine van Oppen
Professor van Oppen's work finding ways to enable coral reefs to adapt better to rapid changes in ocean conditions and her ap…
DRAF Broadcasts: Podcast with Laura Smith
Having worked as a Curator at Tate St Ives for many years before moving to Whitechapel Gallery, Laura Smith has a good understanding of the benefits of buildi…
DRAF Broadcasts: Podcast with Joe Hill
What does it mean to have a "living collection", or use stories from an art collection to form societies that are forward-looking? These are the types of questio…
DRAF Broadcasts: Podcast with Lina Lapelytė
Lina Lapelytė and Ned McConnell were supposed to meet for an Artist Talk at DRAF on 18 March 2020, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Followi…