Art(s) on the Air with the Nomadic Photo Ark

<p>Join Tamara for an interview with Monica Jane Frisell and Adam Scher, who have been on the road since July 2021, working from their Nomadic Photo Ark - a converted cargo trailer equipped with a full black & white darkroom and photo editing space. Together they're creating A Portrait of US, "photographically exploring and recording audio of the divisions and similarities in ideologies within our current American culture as we emerge from the pandemic." </p> <p>Monica & Adam are documenting the U.S. one community at a time, one person at a time, one story at a time, and have been working here in Savannah since early March. They have an <a href='https://artssoutheast.org/portraitofus'>exhibition up at Sulfur Studios</a>, with a closing reception this Friday, April 7. </p> <p>Check out the Nomadic Photo Ark project and follow them here:</p> <p><a href='https://portraitofus.substack.com/'>https://portraitofus.substack.com/</a> <a href='https://www.instagram.com/nomadicphotoark/'>https://www.instagram.com/nomadicphotoark/</a> <a href='https://www.nomadicphotoark.com/'>https://www.nomadicphotoark.com/</a> </p> <p> Topics in their chat include:</p> How this project perfectly combines Monica's training in analog photography, plus Adam's experience of traveling and working in audio recording and editing; what is the first radio station that ever played Lady Gaga?; Monica's 1800's-type steel camera that was built in the 1940s; the process of shedding your worldly goods to live on the road; how this long exhibition at Sulfur Studios has allowed them to analyze their how they pair art & sound for display; how they made a typical "rookie mistake" with their trailer early on in their project; how they juggle the administrative tasks involved in their work, such as constantly booking artist residencies; and how Adam edits peoples' response down to 5 minutes.   <p>Tune in and get all the details!</p>