heliumTALK - das Kunstgespräch Archiv
102 Episoden
50 Minuten
Die zweite Ausgabe des neuen heliumTALK-Formats - einem offenen Gespräch zwischen Jörg Heikhaus (aka Alex Diamond, 54) und Melvin Heikhaus (24), zwischen Künstler und Galerist, zwischen Vater und Sohn. Wir reden über unsere Einschätzung der Bedeutung von Online-Verkäufen in der Kunst, über Platformen wie Artsy und Co und beurteilen das Ganze mal nach 2 Jahren Corona. Hat sich das Verhalten der Kunden verändert? Im zweiten Teil gibt es dann ein Interview mit Jens Rausch, der am Freitag den 8. April seine vierte Einzelausstellung bei heliumcowboy eröffnet. Es ist auch Melvin's erste Vernissage in diesem Jahr. Diesmal sassen wir nicht gemeinsam im Studio in Hamburg, sondern 150 km voneinander getrennt - Jörg war zur Aufnahme im Atelier auf dem Land und da dann auch noch in Quarantäne. Verrückte Zeiten.
45 Minuten
Okay. Der Titel dieser Episode des heliumTALK könnte leicht irreführend sein. Aber - es gibt ein neues Konzept, eine erweiterte Besetzung und veränderte Inhalte in diesem Relaunch des Podcasts, der - zunächst als TV-Format - immerhin schon seit 2016 existiert, zuletzt aber etwas stiller geworden ist. Im Jahr 2022 wird der heliumTALK zu einem offenen Gespräch zwischen Jörg Heikhaus (aka Alex Diamond, 54) und Melvin Heikhaus (24), zwischen Künstler und Galerist, zwischen Vater und Sohn. Thema bleibt natürlich die Kunst. Aber hört doch einfach mal rein in diese erste Episode, wir erklären das alles und geben auch schonmal einen Einblick in das aktuelle Ausstellungsjahr, das gleichzeitig das 20jährige Jubiläum von heliumcowboy markiert. Es gibt einges zu feiern ... Und gebt wie immer gerne Feedback, und bewertet uns, schreibt uns mails und Kommentare. Links in den Shownotes.
48 Minuten
For the new episode of my podcast #heliumTALK I spoke with the Georgian painter Rusudan Khizanishvili. In a world full of new painters rising up constantly (it seems), her colorful, intense and beautiful work stands out for quite some time now. Only recently Rusudan had a large exhibition in Berlin’s 68projects / Kornfeld Galerie (curated by Nina Mdivani), where her stunning figurative paintings caught my attention … well, as almost everybody else, I just saw it on the web, but I was super curious so I got in touch with her and we had this very enjoyable conversation for heliumTALK number 84.
53 Minuten
A new heliumTALK episode! For show number 83 I spoke with Benjamin Murphy, visual artist, writer, curator and lecturer and co-founder of the nomadic Delphian Gallery. After a pretty long break for all those many reasons I have been talking about in the introductions to the previous episodes, I decided to get back into the podcast game, there are simply too many people still that I am so curious about that I tweaked the format of heliumTALK a bit so it doesn’t take a whole day in postproduction etc. I won’t bore you with the details, but production wise these are a lot easier to make for me now, one big chunk I got rid of are the intros for example, I go right into the interview, etc…. But it’s still what to expect from a good heliumTALK-show. So. I do hope you continue to enjoy them. If you are new - there are over 80 episodes already, so have a listen if you find anything interesting in the back catalogue. New shows are already planned and scheduled, but I do them when I do them and they come out, when they come out, so just check back here or at heliumTALK.com.
1 Stunde 2 Minuten
I had the pleasure of talking to the wonderful Isabel Croxatto from Chile. We have been trying to connect for some time and it finally worked out, she is usually ultra busy with her gallery, which has been growing large over the past decade. Isabel is coming from a very creative background, she has been a choreographer, and she speaks from the heart about her very personal artistic view on what art means for her and does for people who are willing to open up to it. Isabel usually travels a lot for her gallery and takes part in very prestigious art fairs around the world. Right now of course she works from home too but she and her team have built a fantastic online gallery where she can continue to do amazing shows with amazing artists. One of them we share, his name is Victor Castillo and I am sure you all know him by now ;) .
1 Stunde 14 Minuten
Not only has it been a while since my last podcast but this one has also been a while in the making. I wanted to speak with Ken Harman Hashimoto already in April, but we only recently managed to get together online, you can guess that it has been and still is a busy time for people running any kind of art business these days, and Ken not only owns three gallery spaces - Spoke Art in New York and San Francisco and Hashimoto Contemporary, also in San Francisco - but Recess, The People’s Print Shop and Paragon Books as well. I very much love that we talked about really burning issues too, I am very thankful to Ken for being honest and open about everything.
44 Minuten
Ist nen bisschen her, aber ich dachte ich schiebe mal einen kleinen Podcast dazwischen. Ich kehre immer noch nicht zur Regelmässigkeit zurück, ihr kennt die Gründe - es ist einfach zuviel zu tun immer und alle Zeit und ich muss mal einfach mal an ein paar Ecken reduzieren. Aber es ist natürlich nicht das Ende vom heliumTALK, auf gar keinen Fall: ich nehme mir nur die Freiheit heraus, vor allem im Sommer das Tempo zu drosseln. Für diese Episode sprach ich mit Jörn Wiemann-Huschi über die Viva con Agua arts-Auktion und die Millerntor Gallery, die wie so viele andere im Corona-Sommer alternative Wege finden mussten.
57 Minuten
Der erste Podcast mit Gast aus meinem Tonstudio (aka die Galerie) seit "dem Ausbruch"! Ich sprach mit Rene Spiegelberger aus sicherem Abstand (mindestens 1.60 m), aber immerhin von Angesicht zu Angesicht. Rene gründete 2007 die Spiegelberger Stiftung, die sich die Förderung von junger Kunst zum Ziel gesetzt hat, zum Beispiel durch Stipendien, die Unterstützung von Ausstellungen oder Publikationen, aber auch durch Unterrichtsbegleitung, Seminare und das Bereitstellen von kostenlosem Unterrichtsmaterial an Schulen. Rene und sein Team veröffentlichen darüber hinaus auch noch regelmässig eine wunderschöne Reihe von Stiftungsmonographien mit jungen Künstlern unter dem Titel „Unikat“. Jetzt in der aktuellen Situation hat die Spiegelberger-Stiftung aber noch eine ganz neue Form der Förderung ins Leben gerufen - "PArt" nennt sich die Initiative, die Künstler in diesen harten Tagen helfen soll, durch Online-Präsenz und einen Soforthilfe-Fond. Kreatives Krisenmanagement nennen das die Initiatoren, und im Podcast erklärt Rene ausführlich, wie das funktionieren kann.
![#77 [english]: Corona-Isolation special with Yasha Young (New York / Berlin)](https://cdn.podcastcms.de/images/shows/175/702662/s/623199746/77-english-corona-isolation-special-with-yasha-young-new-york-berlin.png)
1 Stunde 23 Minuten
Yasha Young has been in the art business for a long time, she had her own gallery Strychnin in three major cities, she was the director of the Bloom Art Fair in Cologne, she was in charge for the creation and Realisation of the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin until last year and is working on several huge projects since. Including another museum. A true global citizen she was in her apartment in New York when the pandemic started and has made her way to Berlin only recently, where I spoke with her, from a distance of roughly 300 Kilometers, of course. With this series of special editions of heliumTALK I am trying to find out how the art community around the world is doing, so I am checking in with artists, gallerists, collectors, journalists and so on to hear how they are dealing with being locked down and what their ideas are to make the best of this.
![#76 [english]: Corona-Isolation special with the artist David Shillinglaw in England](https://cdn.podcastcms.de/images/shows/175/702662/s/623199756/76-english-corona-isolation-special-with-the-artist-david-shillinglaw-in-england.png)
1 Stunde 6 Minuten
With this series of special editions of heliumTALK I am trying to find out how the art community around the world is doing, so I am checking in with artists, gallerists, collectors, journalists and so on to hear how they are dealing with being locked down and what their ideas are to make the best of this. For this special show I spoke with David Shillinglaw, who was on my regular podcast over a year ago (heliumTALK #31), visiting me in person in my studio in Hamburg. Here we go, two people who love to talk, please enjoy an hour of David & Jörg.
![#75 [english]: Corona-Isolation special with the artist duo Low Bros from Hamburg](https://cdn.podcastcms.de/images/shows/175/702662/s/623199767/75-english-corona-isolation-special-with-the-artist-duo-low-bros-from-hamburg.png)
42 Minuten
My guests today is the artists duo Low Bros - Chris and Florin Schmidt, brothers from Hamburg, Germany. I reached them in their Studio. For these special shows of my podcast I talk with people from the art world about the current situation we’re all facing these days. I just want to know how artists and gallerists from different countries are dealing with being locked down. ⠀ Note to german listeners: Es gibt auch einen deutschen Podcast mit Chris und Florin, den haben wir erst im Februar aufgenommen (heliumTALK Episode #68). Noch vor dem ganzen Wahnsinn.
![#74 [english]: Corona-Isolation special with Evan Pricco, Editor in Chef of Juxtapoz Magazine](https://cdn.podcastcms.de/images/shows/175/702662/s/623199782/74-english-corona-isolation-special-with-evan-pricco-editor-in-chef-of-juxtapoz-magazine.png)
1 Stunde 3 Minuten
My guest of this episode is Evan Pricco, Editor in Chief of Juxtapoz magazine, one of the leading independent art magazines of the world, and one of the most important voices in New Contemporary Art today. For these special shows of my podcast I talk with people from the art world about the current situation we’re all facing these days. I just want to know how artists and gallerists from different countries are dealing with being locked down. ⠀
![#73 [english]: Corona-Isolation special with Rachael McCully & Jordy Kerwick, two Australian artists currently in France](https://cdn.podcastcms.de/images/shows/175/702662/s/623199792/73-english-corona-isolation-special-with-rachael-mccully-jordy-kerwick-two-australian-artists-currently-in-france.png)
56 Minuten
My guests of this episode are Rachael McCully and Jordy Kerwick, two Australian artists who are currently living in the South of France. For these special shows of my podcast I talk with people from the art world about the current situation we’re all facing these days. I just want to know how artists and gallerists from different countries are dealing with being locked down. ⠀
![#72 [english]: Corona-Isolation special with Ben Venom in San Francisco](https://cdn.podcastcms.de/images/shows/175/702662/s/623199803/72-english-corona-isolation-special-with-ben-venom-in-san-francisco.png)
52 Minuten
My guest of this episode is the artist Ben Venom. Ben lives in San Francsico and is currently in lockdown with his wife and kid at home, which also serves him as a studio. For these special shows of my podcast I talk with people from the art world about the current situation we’re all facing these days. I just want to know how artists and gallerists from different countries are dealing with being locked down. ⠀
![#71 [english]: Corona-Isolation special with Jonathan LeVine in New Jersey](https://cdn.podcastcms.de/images/shows/175/702662/s/623199818/71-english-corona-isolation-special-with-jonathan-levine-in-new-jersey.png)
57 Minuten
The third heliumTALK special „The Isolation Episodes“ is online. In this show I spoke with Jonathan LeVine from the Jonathan LeVine Projects in New Jersey. This is not one of our usual Off the record episodes, we’ll record one of those again soon, but of course there is a lot of talk about potential changes for the art business in this one. For these special shows of my podcast I talk with people from the art world about the current situation we’re all facing these days. I just want to know how artists and gallerists from different countries are dealing with being locked down. ⠀
heliumTALK - das Kunstgespräch
For „heliumTALK – Das Kunstgespräch“ Jörg & Melvin Heikhaus meet with interesting people from the art world. Conversations are in English or German.