Category Archives: Creative arts & design

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Anthony McCall | Exploring SOLID-LIGHT

 Neil Koenig, ideaXme Board Advisor and former Senior BBC Series Producer interviews Artist, Anthony McCall. Neil comments: In the face of today’s flood of information from the internet and social media, it can sometimes take courage to retain belief in the strength of self-generated ideas. But for some, it can pay off. As the […]

Sarah Maria Nordt, Founder SANOGE in the ideaXme studio Credit: SANOGE.

FUTURE OF FASHION | LESS WASTE. MORE LUXURY | SANOGE

Neil Koenig, ideaXme board advisor interviews Sarah Maria Nordt, Founder of SANOGE. The Planetary Cost of the Fashion Industry Neil comments: The fashion industry might be glamorous, but its allure comes at a cost, since it is widely regarded as being one of the world’s biggest sources of pollution. One entrepreneur who is trying to […]

NOW (2023) by Shahzia Sikander on the Courthouse of the Appellate Division, Appellate Division, First Department of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Photo credit: Yasunori Matsui

Shahzia Sikander | Havah…To Breathe. Air. Life | Madison Square Park

Neil Koenig, former BBC Producer/Director and now ideaXme board advisor interviews artist Shahzia Sikander. Neil Koenig comments: One aim of the ideaXme platform is to Move the human story forward™. Is that something that art can help with? The artist Shahzia Sikander believes it can: “art is something that we learn to tell stories with. […]

Dr Sam Illingworth with his poem Decline of Animal Rights

Dr Sam Illingworth’s Poem | Decline of Animal Rights

Dr Sam Illingworth reads his poem The Decline of Animal Rights. Poem 12. This collaboration is the first in a series of ideaXme collaborations with scientists, innovators and artists who move the human story forward. Watch the video here. The ideaXme creator series is found here: https://radioideaxme.com/creator-series/ Sam Illingworth Dr. Sam Illingworth, PhD. Atmospheric Physics, […]

Mohammed Afkhami

Rebel Jester Mystic Poet | Contemporary Persians | The Mohammed Afkhami Collection

Neil Koenig, ex BBC producer and current ideaXme board advisor and guest interviewer, interviews Mohammed Afkhami, philanthropist and art collector. If asked to name a country associated with modern art, few people today might think of Iran. The collector Mohammed Afkhami is working hard to change that perception. In recent years he has amassed a […]

Marcello Dantas, Director SFER IK

ALIVE Art | Marcello Dantas

Neil Koenig, ex BBC producer and current ideaXme board advisor and guest interviewer, interviews curator Marcello Dantas. ALIVE Art | Making Art Relevant To Wide Audiences Are humans the only creatures who can appreciate art? Perhaps not, says Marcello Dantas. His latest project aims to create “art that’s meaningful to other species”, such as birds, […]

Daniel Birnbaum, Artistic Director, Acute Art

Art’s New Frontier: ACUTE ART

Neil Koenig, former Senior BBC producer and current ideaXme board advisor and guest interviewer, interviews Daniel Birnbaum, artistic director Acute Art. Art’s New Frontier The pandemic has had an impact on most aspects of our lives, and the art world is no exception. With many galleries and museums closed, there’s an urgent need for new […]

Rachel Goslins, Director AIB at the Smithsonian Institution, hosting the FUTURES Show.

Smithsonian FUTURES Show: Invites Everyone to Imagine the Future

Neil Koenig, ideaXme interviewer, senior television producer and journalist, interviews Rachel Goslins, Director of the Arts and Industries Building, at the Smithsonian Institution. What does the Future Mean to You? What does the future mean to you? A forthcoming exhibition in America’s capital city will attempt to help visitors to answer this question. The Arts […]

Adam Rogers, WIRED magazine. Credit: Photo by Jenna Garrett.

Adam Rogers, WIRED magazine: How The Science Of Color Made Us Modern

 Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme interviews Adam Rogers, who is Senior Correspondent at WIRED magazine and a New York Times best-selling author. They talk of Adam’s new book: Full Spectrum: How The Science Of Color Made Us Modern. “To the extent this book has a single take away, I hope that colour is more widely recognised as this […]