Tai Shani's guest appearances

Tai Shani

Suite (212)

A Matchesfashion Podcast

Talk Art

The MIT Press Podcast

The White Pube

Writing now: collective conversations 

Zadie Xa

Joe Lycett

Laurie Anderson

Gavin Turk

London Hughes

Louisa Buck

Michael Craig-Martin

Luke Evans

Helen Cammock

David Dawson

Lucian Freud

David Shrigley

Johanna Hedva

Nathalie Olah

Mark Neville

OwlTail

This conversation explores human bodies, bodies of land, systems, and structures. Hosted by Tai Shani, with new readings by Nina Hanz, Rosie Higham-Stainton, and Harri Welch, a discussion around the politicised body within personal and universal experiences is shaped and reconsidered. 

This conversation explores human bodies, bodies of land, systems, and structures. Hosted by Tai Shani, with new readings by Nina Hanz, Rosie Higham-Stainton, and Harri Welch, a discussion around the politicised body within personal and universal experiences is shaped and reconsidered.

Writing the Body: a conversation with Tai Shani

In the wake of the coronavirus epidemic and shutting down of much of the UK's cultural life, we have decided to bring you a series of interviews with contemporary artists, writers, filmmakers and other cultural figures, conducted via Skype (so apologies for the diminished audio quality), about their practices, the political issues that inspire them and the socio-economic conditions that have shaped their work.In the fourth of these Sessions, Juliet talks to artist and teacher Tai Shani, born in London to Israeli parents and now based in the city. They discuss the recent UCU strikes; Tai's route into art after a youth in Tel Aviv, Brussels and Goa, without formal art schooling; her installation and performance project DC: Semiralis, based on Christine de Pizan's Book of the City of Ladies (1405); her decision to share the Turner Prize in 2019 after that project was nominated; her relationship with the art world and the UK's mainstream media. A full list of references for the programme can be found via our Patreon at www.patreon.com/suite212, and are available to $3 subscribers.

In the wake of the coronavirus epidemic and shutting down of much of the UK's cultural life, we have decided to bring you a series of interviews with contemporary artists, writers, filmmakers and other cultural figures, conducted via Skype (so apologies for the diminished audio quality), about their practices, the political issues that inspire them and the socio-economic conditions that have shaped their work. In the fourth of these Sessions, Juliet talks to artist and teacher Tai Shani, born in London to Israeli parents and now based in the city. They discuss the recent UCU strikes; Tai's route into art after a youth in Tel Aviv, Brussels and Goa, without formal art schooling; her installation and performance project DC: Semiralis, based on Christine de Pizan's Book of the City of Ladies (1405); her decision to share the Turner Prize in 2019 after that project was nominated; her relationship with the art world and the UK's mainstream media. A full list of references for the programme can be found via our Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/suite212" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/suite212</a>, and are available to $3 subscribers.

The Suite (212) Sessions, no. 4 - Tai Shani

Russell &amp; Robert meet Tai Shani, multidisciplinary British artist and joint-winner of the Turner Prize 2019. Shani’s practice encompasses performance, film, photography and sculptural installations, frequently structured around experimental texts. She is currently a Tutor in Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art.Taking inspiration from disparate histories, narratives and characters mined from forgotten sources, Shani creates dark, fantastical worlds, brimming with utopian potential. These deeply affective works often combine rich and complex monologues with arresting, saturated installations, manifesting equally disturbing and divine images in the mind of the viewer. We discuss her on-going "DC: projects", developed by the artist over a four-year period and culminating in her Turner Prize nomination. The work is made up of multiple characters which explore mythical and real women in an expanded adaptation of Christine de Pizan's 1405 pioneering proto-feminist book, The Book of the City of Ladies. Shani uses the structure of an allegorical city of women to explore ‘feminine’ subjectivity and experience, through a gothic/science-fiction lens. Adopting Pizans’ medieval conception of history, where historical events, fictions and myths are entwined, "DC: projects" draws upon a host of references, tropes and characters from disparate sources, creating an elaborate world, outside of time and beyond patriarchal limits. Follow @TaiShani on Instagram or visit www.TaiShani.com and for details of Tai's installation at Turner Prize 2019 visit @TurnerContemporary or @The_Tetley for Tai's earlier exhibition mentioned in this episode. If you've enjoyed this episode, be sure to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or email talkartpodcast@gmail.com as we love hearing your feedback! @talkart Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russell &amp; Robert meet Tai Shani, multidisciplinary British artist and joint-winner of the Turner Prize 2019. Shani’s practice encompasses performance, film, photography and sculptural installations, frequently structured around experimental texts. She is currently a Tutor in Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art.Taking inspiration from disparate histories, narratives and characters mined from forgotten sources, Shani creates dark, fantastical worlds, brimming with utopian potential. These deeply affective works often combine rich and complex monologues with arresting, saturated installations, manifesting equally disturbing and divine images in the mind of the viewer. We discuss her on-going "DC: projects", developed by the artist over a four-year period and culminating in her Turner Prize nomination. The work is made up of multiple characters which explore mythical and real women in an expanded adaptation of Christine de Pizan's 1405 pioneering proto-feminist book, The Book of the City of Ladies. Shani uses the structure of an allegorical city of women to explore ‘feminine’ subjectivity and experience, through a gothic/science-fiction lens. Adopting Pizans’ medieval conception of history, where historical events, fictions and myths are entwined, "DC: projects" draws upon a host of references, tropes and characters from disparate sources, creating an elaborate world, outside of time and beyond patriarchal limits. Follow @TaiShani on Instagram or visit <a href="http://www.TaiShani.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.TaiShani.com</a> and for details of Tai's installation at Turner Prize 2019 visit @TurnerContemporary or @The_Tetley for Tai's earlier exhibition mentioned in this episode. If you've enjoyed this episode, be sure to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or email talkartpodcast@gmail.com as we love hearing your feedback! @talkart Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.