conscient podcast
conscient.bsky.social
conscient podcast
@conscient.bsky.social
FIFTEENS : 15 minute conversations with artists and cultural workers exploring the theme of ‘arts and culture in times of crisis, collapse, renewal’ and some ROUNDTABLES : long duration, informal banter with friends and colleagues about their passions.
This is my narration of ‘my arcanum’ a calm presence Substack.

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My learning and unlearning journey with conscient podcast and balado conscient has come full circle and it is time to let all that knowing settle, consolidate and metabolize.
October 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
é170 chantal dumas - une certaine douceur

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Ma conversation avec l’artiste sonore Chantal Dumas à propos de sa création électroacoustique, Oscillations planétaires, une évocation géologique qui explore les mouvements ondulatoires de la terre.
October 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
é169 joan sullivan et robin servant voie de disparition

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Joan Sullivan et @robinservant.bsky.social sur leur installation participative, La voix des glaces, qui vise à nous immerger au cœur des enjeux écologiques par la vue, l’ouïe et le toucher.
September 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
se recroqueviller

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à l’écoute de David Suzuki, Seth Klein, Joanna Macy et Thich Nhat Hanh

Remarque : la version écrite de cet article se trouve sur le Substack a calm presence.
September 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
hunkering down is inspired by interviews with and writings by David Suzuki, Seth Klein, Joanna Macy and Thich Nhat Hanh.

You can find the written version on my a calm presence Substack: acalmpresence.substack.com/p/hunkering-....
September 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
e241 roundtable – everyday habits for transforming systems

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My second conversation with Adam Kahane (also see e219) and an engaged audience at the Ottawa launch of Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems about what it all means.
August 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
e240 claudia salguero – community, beauty, nature

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My conversation with Claudia Salguero, a Colombian Canadian community engaged artist based in Ottawa about The Wisdom Mural inspired by the teachings of Ottawa based knowledge keepers.
August 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
e239 roundtable – imagining in public e2 - artist perspectives on social impact

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This roundtable is presented by the Public Imagination Network about how artists contribute to social change and how the evaluation of art can shape public life.
August 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
e238 roundtable – sonic research group - low tech

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Featuring Sonic Research Group members Aaron Lui-Rosenbaum, Barry Truax, Jacek Smolicki, Kathy Kennedy, Lindsey French, Natalie Dusek, Sabine Breitsameter, Vincent Andrisani and myself.
August 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
e237 helen yung – art as refuge

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My conversation with interdisciplinary artist, researcher, consultant Helen Yung who leads the Laboratory for Artistic Intelligence, a research group that specializes in reimagining how things work in the world.
August 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
e236 keiko torigoe – the power of listening

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Hear Japanese musicologist and soundscape researcher Keiko Torigoe talk about soundscape culture in Japan and improving relations between human and more-than-humans. Voice over by Sabrina Mathews.
August 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
e235 lallan – art from the soil

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Imagine an artist who champions rural wisdom, bridging ancient traditions with contemporary art to spark cultural and ecological movements. Discover how Lallan is building vibrant arts ecosystems in India.
August 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
é168 emily séguin – dénoncer les injustices

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Ma conversation avec Emily Marie Séguin, artiste interdisciplinaire bispirituelle d'origine française et Anishinaabeg sur Éclore et son projet G’zaagiin maleńki – je te promets une forêt.
August 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
e234 emily séguin – a sense of community

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Emily Marie Séguin, a 2-spirited performer, musician, theatre and visual artist of French and Anishinaabeg descent, talks about Éclore and her work as an indigenous artist. Aussi voir é168.
August 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
e233 andrew freiband – care as artistic practice

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My conversation director of the Artists’ Literacies Institute, Andrew Freiband about his Systems Thinking for Socially Engaged Artists project and more.
August 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
e232 meghan moe beitiks - angles of consequence

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My conversation with Meghan Moe Beitiks about the Angles of Consequence project created with reflected sunlight in key sites of climate advocacy and destruction.
August 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
e231 kelly wilhelm – what can we contribute?

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My conversation with consultant and strategist in public policy, arts, culture and creative industries, Kelly Wilhelm, about leadership, equity, institutions and the resilience of the arts sector.
August 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Thx @robcruickshank.bsky.social for sharing this conversation that was recorded at your house in Tkaronto for conscient podcast. It’s a good example of #sciArt but also #bees culture.
Interview with my partner Sarah on Claude Schryer's podcast, talking about sound and art and ecology!
#sciArt 🐡
e230 sarah peebles – how can we reciprocate?

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My conversation with Sarah Peebles a Toronto-based installation artist, composer and music improvisor about digitally manipulated found sounds and unconventional methods of amplification.
August 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
e230 sarah peebles – how can we reciprocate?

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My conversation with Sarah Peebles a Toronto-based installation artist, composer and music improvisor about digitally manipulated found sounds and unconventional methods of amplification.
August 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
e229 don hill – amplifying voices

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My conversation with sound designer, immersive & multimedia artist, science journalist, broadcaster & public speaker Don Hill about technology, spirituality, listening, hope and how to amplify underheard voices.
August 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
e228 rafael zen – artists as dreamers

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My conversation with Rafael Zen, a Vancouver based queer Latinx video and sound artist and performer, Vancouver about their work in new media, performance art, dreaming and decolonial resistance.
July 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
e227 judith marcuse – spiritual strengthening

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My second conversation with arts producer, choreographer, teacher and mentor Judith Marcuse about energy, imagination, spiritual strengthening and courage.
July 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
e226 roundtable - listening in relation

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Featuring Lara Felsing, Adrian Avendaño, Hildegard Westerkamp, Toni-Leah C. Yake as part of the Listening in Relation at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
July 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
e225 hildegard westerkamp – when we were young
 
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My 2nd conversation with composer and acoustic ecologist Hildegard Westerkamp about her childhood in post war Germany, how her upbringing affected her work as an artist and listener.
July 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM