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The Short Fuse podcasts are conversations with artists, writers, musicians, poets, curators, playwrights, and others whose work and advocacy reveal our communities through their lens and stir us to seek change.
After a memorial service for the Reverend Desmond Tutu, we were in conversation with South African photojournalists Eric Miller and Sumaya Hisham when their work was on view at the South African Cultural Center in the exhibition Desmond Tutu: Then and Now. Eric’s striking black and white images of Rev. Tutu were taken during the period of apartheid. Samaya’s color photographs portray Rev. Tutu after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, the release of Nelson from prison and the end of apartheid.
We were in conversation with Massimiliano Gioni, the Edlis Neeson Artistic Director of the New Museum, to talk about the exhibition Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning. The exhibition was conceived of and influenced by the late Okwui Enweza, before his death. Enweza’s influence continues.
We traveled to Louisville, Kentucky for a conversation with Stephen Reily, the director of the Speed Museum. He spent an afternoon guiding us through the exhibition Promise, Witness, Remembrance, which reflected on and celebrated the life of Breonna Taylor.
We asked Kyle Dacuyan, who writes poems, makes performances, and is the executive director of the Poetry Project at St. Marks in the Bowery Church, “what is poetry” and “who is a poet?
The Short Fuse is hosted and produced by Elizabeth Howard, who has never observed barriers between her life, work, art, and writing. She is an explorer and writer, searching for connections between journalism, the visual arts, music, and dance, and their intersection with our world.
Alex Waters is the technical producer for the Short Fuse Podcast. Alex has written and produced music edited for podcasts. He is studying at the Berklee College of Music and lives in Brooklyn.
The Arts Fuse was established in June 2007 as a curated, independent online arts magazine dedicated to publishing in-depth criticism, along with high-quality previews, interviews, and commentaries. The publication’s critics cover dance, film, literature, music, television, theater, video games, and visual arts. There is a robust readership for arts coverage that believes that culture matters.
The Short Fuse Podcast
Elizabeth Howard, host