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episode 163: Would you spend the night in a coffin … for art?
Want to know what it’s like to spend the night in a coffin? Culture critic Thu-Huong Ha joins us to discuss her night in avant garde artist Marina Abramovic’s Dream House in central Japan and the conversation meanders into dreams and the Gwangju Biennale before winding up on AI-generated media.
Hosted by Shaun McKenna and produced by Dave Cortez.
On this episode:
Shaun McKenna: Articles | Twitter | Instagram
Thu-Huong Ha: Articles | Twitter | Instagram
Read/Listen more:
- Sixteen hours in Marina Abramovic’s nightmare hotel (Thu-Huong Ha, The Japan Times)
- Losing and finding my cool in Gwangju (Thu-Huong Ha, The Japan Times)
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Photo: The beds in Marina Abramovic's Dream House in Niigata Prefecture look a lot like coffins. | ANDREA JUNG-AN LIU