Core member of Arcade Fire, Richard Reed Parry, visual artist and two-time Sobey Award-nominee Diane Borsato and choreographer Christopher House discuss the relationship between artistic practice and slowing down in an accelerated world. Moderated by Dominic Girard. #banffcentretalks

Banff Centre Talks

Richard Reed Parry, Diane Borsato, Christopher House on Slowing Down in an Accelerated World (Panel)

We live in a world of constant motion: individual and collective relocation and dislocation, changing political movements, and the acceleration of information and data in a digital age. Join international bestselling author and essayist, and TED Talks alumnus, Pico Iyer, for an onstage conversation on "the art of stillness" and what value we can gain in slowing down. Interviewed by Laurie Brown (CBC Radio's The Signal). #banffcentretalks

Stillness Residency: Pico Iyer in Conversation

On this episode Sue Bell Yank talks to artist Christopher Robbins about his decade with the public art and activism collective Ghana ThinkTank. The group blends art with international development to challenge the dynamic between the "first" and "third" worlds. #banffcentretalks

Ep 16: Ghana ThinkTank

Authors Michael Robotham and Louise Welsh discuss crime writing with Mojo Anderson. #banffcentretalks

Ep 15: Michael Robotham and Louise Welsh on Crime Writing

Warning: This episode contains some strong language. In this episode, a conversation with Canadian singer/songwriter Tom Wilson. Speaking with host Allison Brock, Wilson discusses his work with such venerable outfits as Junkhouse and Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, his success as a visual artist and the family revelations he discovered late in life. #banffcentretalks

Ep 14: Tom Wilson

Canadian filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has spent four decades and 50 films exploring Indigenous culture and history. Her best known documentary, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, garnered 18 international awards, telling the story of the Mohawk uprising in Oka. In this episode she discusses the power of documentary film to incite change, the art of listening and her definition of success. #banffcentretalks

Ep 13: Alanis Obomsawin

In his first public appearance after winning the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize for Fifteen Dogs, author André Alexis sits down with Mojo Anderson to talk about his influences, some formative canine experiences and why he writes. #banffcentretalks

Ep 12: André Alexis

(Explicit language warning) Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Suketu Mehta of Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found and John Freeman, former editor of Granta, discuss the writing life and how we write 'home' in a world of migration and immigration. #banffcentretalks

Ep 11: Suketu Mehta and John Freeman

Singer-songwriter Alex Cuba discusses growing up in Cuba in a prominent musical family, his move to Canada, and music collaboration in the digital age. Hear the Juno and Latin Grammy Award winner in a conversation recorded in front of a live studio audience. #banffcentretalks

Ep 10: Alex Cuba

Hear American choreographer and dancer Mark Morris in conversation with critic John Rockwell. #banffcentretalks

Ep 09: Choreographer and dancer Mark Morris

A career-spanning conversation between filmmaker Oliver Stone and journalist Ian Brown, shortly after the release of his film about George Bush. An Edwards Family Legendary Leaders Event, recorded at the Banff Centre in March 2013. #banffcentretalks

Ep 08: Filmmaker Oliver Stone

From her days singing backup for Joe Cocker, to breaking out on her own with a hit single, and even recording the theme for the James Bond movie "Octopussy," Rita Coolidge has had a full and musical life. In this intimate and revealing interview, The Delta Lady herself opens up in public for the first time about the death of her sister and how her family influenced her decades-spanning career. #banffcentretalks

Ep 07: The Delta Lady, Rita Coolidge

Writer Shelley Youngblut interviews Canadian actor and comedian Bruce McCulloch about making comedy for a living, and the bizarre process of pitching television executives. #banffcentretalks

Ep 06: Bruce McCulloch

Sir Salman Rushdie is one of modern literature's most celebrated authors. He was at The Banff Centre in September 2015. Hear him in conversation with the CBC's Eleanor Wachtel, discussing his new book, the fatwa that took over his life, and why he's so fascinated by genies. #banffcentretalks

Ep 05: Salman Rushdie

Legendary music producer and musician Daniel Lanois in conversation with Banff Centre Radio's Dominic Girard. #banffcentretalks

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