Living X Podcast

LIVING X

Episode Summary

The Living X podcast is hosted by Ryan Myers-Johnson, executive director of Sidewalk Detroit, and edited/mixed by Wayne Ramocan of Red Carpet Lounge. This episode features music by Pamela Wise. The Living X podcast is a product of rootoftwo and made possible with support from The Kresge Foundation.

Episode Notes

We welcome you to listen to the Living X podcast. In this trailer we provide an overview of what you can expect as you listen in to the stories of Detroit-based artists sharing what it means to live and work in times of great transformation. 

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Episode Transcription

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Welcome to the Living X podcast playlist, where you'll hear from artists that are critically and creatively responding to the changing landscape of Detroit and America. Over eight episodes, the Living X podcast focuses on the voices of Detroit based artist and culture keepers, reflecting on their Art X Detroit projects. We uncover how they are shaping a more equitable future for themselves and Detroit, through community connections and stories place. 

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Each episode is hosted by Ryan Myers-Johnson, an artist and curator of place-based performances and installation works. Ryan is also executive director of Sidewalk Detroit beginning in the summer of 2019. AXD was a year long multidisciplinary series featuring 22 newly commissioned exhibitions, performances and events immersed throughout Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland park. Living X explores what it means to live and create an uncertain and undefined times. You'll hear from artists as they navigate the richness and complexity of the city. At this moment, focused on stories that are uniquely born of Detroit's people and neighborhoods. Visit artxdetroit.com and listen on Spotify, Apple podcasts, or wherever you subscribe to podcast. AXD Living X podcast is a production of rootoftwoand made possible with support from the Kresge Foundation.