TBA:20 INSTITUTE

SUNDAY MORNING WORKSHOP: Tin Can Phone with Artist Michael Bernard Stevenson Jr., Armon Poostpasand, Queaz Otti, Joseph Rosenberger 

Date

September 27, 10:00 AM PDT | CLOSED CAPTIONING | TICKETS/WATCH

Description

Tin Can Phone is a radio-based project that originated inside the Columbia River Correctional Institution and is being supported by KBOO Community Radio in Portland, Oregon. The initial collaboration took place over the course of a few months in which Armon Poostpasand, Queaz Otti, and Joseph Rosenberger (all inmates at the same time) worked with Artist Michael Bernard Stevenson Jr. to interview their peers inside the prison. Starting this summer, all members of the project have since been released and are actively recording the podcast for release on KBOO this fall. As part of PICA's TBA Institute, the Tin Can Phone team will meet online to record an episode of Tin Can Phone live with an opportunity for participants to have questions answered as part of the show. 

TBA:20 Institute

Connecting audiences with festival artists and their ideas - the aesthetics, politics, critical concepts, and cultural contexts that inform their work - has always been a highlight of TBA. Sustaining the discursive and participatory spirit of past festivals, this year's TBA Institute includes a mix of reading groups, discussions, artist conversations, workshops, and post-show Q&A's, all presented virtually. We will miss bringing together large groups in person for deep dialogue, but we are pleased to make the Institute program available online, with audiences, artists, and guest moderators from across time zones. 

Please note that some online Institute events have limited capacity and require registration, while others are publicly accessible. Please visit pica.org/TBA to learn more about this year's TBA Institute and how to engage.