WexCast

For this episode, we hear from Hope Ginsburg, who conceived and directed the spring 2023 Wex exhibition Meditation Ocean, and some of her collaborators within the Meditation Ocean Constellation, Sara Smith and Gina...

Intro provides an entry point to the work of artists or works that aren’t household names. In this case, it’s Serbian documentary filmmaker Zelimir Zilnik, the subject of an October 2023 retrospective that will dovetail...

For this episode, we revisit an engaging conversation between central Ohio-based composer and sound artist Brian Harnetty and Elaine McMillion Sheldon, a former Wex Film/Video Studio resident and the director of the...

UMM / AL ATLAL is a collaborative sound piece composed by Esra Canoğulları and Lara Sarkissian. This hour-long piece deconstructs and abstracts a live performance of Umm Kulthum's song Al Atlal. Umm Kultum was known for...

For this episode, we’re happy to present an introduction to the wild Dario Argento film from 1985, Phenomena, done by Columbus writer and arts presenter Scott Woods. Phenomena is part of a summer '23 salute to the films...

This episode continues our series sharing words from the artists whose work has been presented as part of the Wex’s winter-spring exhibitions. Based out of Colorado, Anna Tsouhlarakis aims to create dialogue and break...

For this episode, we're happy to present a recent public conversation between Sa'dia Rehman and their sister, Bushra Rehman. Sa'dia's work has been featured in the Wex's winter-spring exhibitions via the solo show "the...

2023 Ohio Shorts juror Colin West is a Columbus native and a graduate of Ohio State and the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. He’s directed numerous shorts along with three feature-length films...

For this episode, we sit down with April Sunami and Aimee Wissman, two highly respected Columbus based artists who've been working with Wex Art & Resilience Director Tracie McCambridge and the leadership and staff of...

For this episode, we share thoughts on the fall 2022 exhibition Sharing Circles: Carol Newhouse and the WomanShare Collective from artist and activist Carol Newhouse and the two curators who worked with her on her first...

For this episode, we have a conversation with Sam Green, the subject of a monthlong retrospective at the Wex beginning September 28 and featuring the Ohio premiere of his immersive new documentary, 32 Sounds, September...

Syllabus for Black Love is the lush multichannel installation by jaamil olawale kosoko, a recipient of a Wexner Center Artist Residency Award who worked with numerous Wex staffers over a three year period. For this...

For this episode, Film/Video Director Dave Filipi offers a brief intro to Federico Fellini, the legendary Italian filmmaker behind such classics as La Strada, 8 1/2, and La Dolce Vita. All of those films and more will...

For this Wexcast, we’re excited to share a micro-essay you won’t find anywhere else, read by its author, MacArthur Genius grant recipient and Columbus native Hanif Abdurraqib. Invited by Wex Film/Video curators to...

For this episode, we share a conversation between Film/Video Director David Filipi and filmmaker Bill Morrison, who received a Wex Artist Residency Award for his latest project, The Village Detective: a song cycle, a...