Vision of Sound: Conversations at the crossroads where music & art meet.
Vision of Sound is a new fortnightly podcast series by photographer & artist Georgina Cook that celebrates creative people making work about or inspired by music.
Each episode features up to two guest artists, drawn from a variety of backgrounds including Fine Art, film, photography, publishing and design.
Things we talk about include: Making work about music; being part of a creative community, music venues, representation and identity, creative processes and which music each guest is currently feeling.
The aim is to share some love for the dedicated people repping music in all its wonderful forms and inspire others along the way!
Created, produced, hosted & edited by:
Georgina Cook
www.georginacook.net
Soundtrack & additional editing by:
Francis Redman
www.francisredman.com
Recording by:
Ian P, Francis Redman, and Frank Merritt.
Additional creative consultation and writing:
Clare Considine
Intro / Outro Music:
Voodoo Ray by The William Fairey Brass Band
EPISODE 8: GEORGINA COOK & FRANCIS REDMAN'S VISION OF VISION OF SOUND
The final episode in the first series of Vision of Sound sees host Georgina Cook in conversation with the show's sound-designer Francis Redman.
In this special episode, we go deeper into the ideas behind Vision of Sound, what we've learnt, our highlights of each episode and some of our favourite featured tracks.
You'll also hear a little about what to expect from series 2 in Spring 2021.
8 Oct 2020
EPISODE 7: PHOTOGRAPHER B+'s VISION OF SOUND
EPISODE 7: B+'s VISION OF SOUND x THE CARVERY STUDIO
For nearly 30 years, photographer B+'s camera has captured artists like Snoop Dogg, Biggy, Erykah Badu, Fugees, Quantic, and Damien Marley. Many of the artists he’s portrayed were in the early days of their career in New York & L.A, where B now resides.
He’s the author of two books, including the brilliant Ghostnotes: Music of the Unplayed, and is a professor at the University of California, San Diego.
Along with Eric Coleman, B is the founder of Mochilla, a company making brand campaigns, mix CDs, documentaries like Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop, and over a hundred record sleeves.
In this special Vision of Sound & The Carvery Studio podcast; B shares some stories about the making of some of his photos & record sleeves including Blazing Arrow by Blackalicious and Company Flow’s Little Johnny from the Hospitul: Breaks & Instrumentals Vol.1
A photographer driven by the connections between things, people, and places; B+ is an incredibly inspiring artist and thinker and I’m super excited to be sharing our conversation with you today.
Check out thecarverystudio.com for a written article by me about B+ alongside some of his amazing images and @thevisionofsound on Instagram.
This episode was recorded remotely in JUNE 2020.
23 Sept 2020
EPISODE 6: RENDEZVOUS PROJECTS VISION OF SOUND
Katherine Green of Rendezvous Projects speaks to us about their most recent work- Sweet Harmony: Radio, Rave & Waltham Forest, 1989-1994.
A zine, archive, and collection of oral histories from people like DJ Rap and Gordon Mac of Kiss FM; Sweet Harmony documents and presents the dance music culture of Waltham Forest during an important time in rave’s history.
A perfect example of how one small part of the world can Katherine Green of Rendezvous Projects speaks to Georgina about Rendezvous’ most recent work- Sweet Harmony: Radio, Rave & Waltham Forest, 1989-1994.
A zine, archive, and collection of oral histories from people like DJ Rap and Gordon Mac of Kiss FM; Sweet Harmony documents and presents the dance music culture of Waltham Forest during an important time in rave’s history.
A perfect example of how one small part of the world can have such a big impact on art and culture, Katherine shares some insights into just what it is about Waltham Forest that makes it so rich in heritage and reflects on the importance of youth culture and community.
8 Sept 2020
EPISODE 5: SEANA GAVIN'S VISION OF SOUND
Seana Gavin is a photographer and artist creating photographs of underground music, community and culture and intricate collages of imaginary worlds.
Her recent book “Spiralled,” published by IDEA presents Seana’s photos of the free party community including the Spiral Tribe soundsystem most active in the 90s.
Juxtaposed with diary entries written by Seana as they travelled through Europe, Spiralled is both a record of a seminal moment in the Free party scene and an emotive glimpse at Seana’s unique teenage life.
We hear from Seana about her experience of travelling from “party to party,” with a close-knit community and a camera and the links between her photography and collage.
25 Aug 2020
EPISODE 4: ALI GRAHAM'S VISION OF SOUND AND HIP-HOP
Prolific illustrator, animator and designer Ali Graham shares insight into making work all about American Hip-Hop and it’s luminaries.
10 Aug 2020
EPISODE 3: EMMA WARREN'S VISION OF SOUND
VISION OF SOUND with EMMA WARREN.
The brilliant writer & now publisher Emma Warren talks to Georgina about a lifetime of telling stories about music and culture. Hear her talk about the importance of friendly club door policies, community, getting to know what you're repping and documenting your culture.
This episode was recorded in December 2019.
10 Aug 2020
EPISODE 2: GEORGE NINDI & WUMZUM'S VISION OF SOUND + STEAMDOWN
Listen to George Nindi & Wumzum chat to Georgina Cook about their work with South London's amazing Steamdown collective, Unit 31 and other creative communities.
As well as their inspirations and motivations for getting involved with Steamdown, we hear about collaborating, what it's like to be part of a creative community, that freelance life and finding your tribe.
10 Aug 2020
EPISODE 1: JEREMY DELLER'S VISION OF SOUND
Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller chats to Georgina Cook about his lengthy artistic career that has been inspired by music since the very beginning .
We explore his first musical loves; how he started making work about music, avoiding nostalgia and who he's currently listening to and working with. We also hear some of the music Jeremy talks about.
6 Aug 2020
TRAILER: INTRODUCING VISION OF SOUND
This is The Vision of Sound podcast - conversations at the crossroads where music and art meet.
My name's Georgina Cook - I'm a photographer, artist and passionate music lover whose camera has portrayed everything from punk gigs to Glastonbury, sweaty Drum n Bass raves and the dark dance floors of early Dubstep.
Vision of Sound is my chance to celebrate other creative people making work about or inspired by music. I’m really excited to be chatting to photographers and artists, publishers, designers and film-makers about their perspectives of the sounds they love.
We’ll be talking about their creative processes, how they came to make work about music an d what they’re currently listening to. My hope is to share some love for the dedicated people repping music in all its wonderful forms and inspire you along the way.
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