Embodied Creativity

Sara Hendren: Embodiment and the Designed World

Artist, design researcher, and writer Sara Hendren sits down with host Ilya Vidrin to discuss embodiment and the designed world. 
 
Sara Hendren is an Associate Professor in Art + Design with a joint appointment in the School of Architecture at Northeastern University. Her book What Can A Body Do? How We Meet the Built World (Riverhead/Penguin Random House, 2020) explores the places where disability shows up in design at all scales: assistive technology, furniture, architecture, urban planning, and more. It was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by NPR, a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award, and won the 2021 Science in Society Journalism book prize.

Lindsay Brainard: What Does it Mean to be Creative?

Dr. Lindsay Brainard, philosopher of creativity, sits down with host Ilya Vidrin to discuss what creativity is and why it matters. Dr. Lindsay Brainard is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. Her work spans several philosophical areas, including the philosophy of science, the philosophy of artificial intelligence, epistemology, and aesthetics. You can find out more online at www.lindsaybrainard.com.

Liz Lerman (Pt. 2): On Shape, Momentum, and Choreographic Wisdom

Liz shares her philosophy on the relationship between shape and momentum, in and beyond dance.
Lerman has spent the past four decades making her artistic research personal, funny, and intellectually vivid. A key aspect of her artistry is opening her process to everyone from shipbuilders to physicists, construction workers to ballerinas, resulting in experiences that are urgent and relevant.
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Liz Lerman (Pt. 1): Our Capacity to Dream

Liz Lerman, MacArthur Genius and Guggenheim Fellow, sits down with Ilya Vidrin to discuss dance and our capacity to dream.
Lerman has spent the past four decades making her artistic research personal, funny, and intellectually vivid. A key aspect of her artistry is opening her process to everyone from shipbuilders to physicists, construction workers to ballerinas, resulting in experiences that are urgent and relevant.
www.partneringlab.com/podcast

Introducing Embodied Creativity

The Partnering Lab presents Embodied Creativity: a podcast focused on surfacing the methods of creative practitioners. Join our host, Ilya Vidrin, alongside a series of guests, as we explore the relationship between bodies and creativity.