Category Archives: The Arts

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 […]

Architect Dr Samer El Sayary, Assistant Professor, Beirut Arab University. Credit: Dr Samer El Sayary.

Architecture for Outer Space

 Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme interviews Dr. Samer El Sayary multi-award winning architect and Assistant Professor, Architecture Beirut Arab University. What Sort of Habitats Are We Going To Design To Survive On Mars And The Moon? Andrea Macdonald, founder, ideaXme: [00:00:17] It’s just a matter of time before humans inhabit the Moon and Mars. […]

Xie Rong performance artist and ideaXme Eco ambassador

ECO-echo by Xie Rong launches on ideaXme

Xie Rong, performance artist joins ideaXme as Eco Art ambassador. Subscribe to her ECO-echo interview series. ideaXme playlist: ECO-echo is an interview series that is rooted in socially engaged ecological art. ideaXme invites you to join well known Chinese performance artist Xie Rong’s memory branch. Her objective in conducting this series of ideaXme interviews is […]

Amanda and Astronauts at the Constellation Gala

The Moons Symphony: A Symphony to Change the World!

Composer Amanda Lee Falkenberg talks with Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme about her unique journey to compose The Moons Symphony as well as the collaborative nature of the project. The Moon Landing’s 50th Anniversary On Saturday, 20 July 2019, the world witnessed the 50th Anniversary of the first humans landing on The Moon. A huge […]

Francesca Cavallo co founder of Timbuktu Labs and co author of Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls

Rebel Girl: Francesca Cavallo Talks of Empowering Rebel Girls Across the World

Rebel Girl: Empowers girls to be rebels Hollie Fraser, ideaXme literature reading and writing ambassador interviews Francesca Cavallo, co-author of Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls and co-founder of Timbuktu Labs. This is an incredible human story, moreover, it’s a “how to” case study of powerful methodology and strategy used to launch a successful global […]

Charlotte

Be Heard, Make a Film!

Filmmaker and activist offers free filmmaking for people to voice their opinions Stephen Spender, ideaXme arts ambassador interviews factual filmmaker Charlotte Knowles. Charlotte Knowles is in love with film. She is a film collaboration advocate. She is an activist. Her objective, to help minority groups to “be heard”. How does she do this? Free filmmaking […]

Catching Fire and then I just couldn't stop!

Catching Fire and Then I Just Couldn’t Stop!

Hollie Fraser, ideaXme literature reading and writing ambassador interviews Uli Beutter Cohen, creator of Subway Book Review. Below, Uli Beutter Cohen explains how she became hooked on talking to strangers on the subway. She talks of how this process has become central to a huge social movement which is expected to become the subject of […]

An award winning filmmaking career begins with compulsion to tell story of a man who stops people from committing suicide!

An Award-Winning Filmmaking Career Begins With a Compulsion to the Tell Story of a Man Who Stops People From Committing Suicide!

Stephen Spender, ideaXme arts ambassador interviews filmmaker Jordan Horowitz. Stephen: Today, we are talking with a multi award-winning filmmaker. Hello! Thanks so much for doing this! So, who are you? Jordan Horowitz: My name is Jordan Horowitz. I’m a filmmaker. I write, direct and produce movies. I have two feature films at the moment, one […]

ideaXme Logo Cropped

The Movie Maker and the Sculptor

  Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme, interviews Elliot Grove, founder of the annual Raindance Film Festival (20 September – 1 October 2017, Leicester Square, London), Raindance Film school and the British Independent Film Awards. “Our movies will take you to other cultures. You need to love entertaining movies.” Elliot Grove. Worth a listen if you’re […]