CrazyBird Podcast

18/09/2022

In episode 5 of season 3 of CrazyBird Podcast , Wioleta talks to Carla Diana, a designer, author, and educator who explores the impact of future technologies through hands-on experiments in product design and tangible interaction. Carla shares her thoughts on the role of human aspects in design and explains what 4D design is. She also talks about the 4D Design program she created at the Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Link to episode 5: http://crazybirdpodcast.com/podcast/episode-5-on-future-technologies-not-limiting-the-potential-and-the-role-of-human-aspects-in-design/

11/04/2022

Episode 4 of season 3 of CrazyBird Podcast is out! In this episode, Wioleta talks to Arie van’t Riet X-rays of Nature, an artist and former medical physicist about his love for nature and how he is trying to capture and share its beauty through X-ray images. Make sure to tune in and learn more about Arie's exquisite work!

13/02/2022

In episode 3 season 3 of CrazyBird Podcast Wioleta Kaminska talks to Minga Opazo, a Los Angeles-based and fourth-generation Chilean textile crafter about the relationship between climate change, contemporary textile production, and Chilean textile history and design. Minga also shares her experience and thoughts on how to stay motivated and keep your art practice going and on how artist residencies can help artists in shaping their careers.

Make sure to tune in to episode 3!

27/01/2022

Episode 2 of CrazyBird Podacst season 3 is out! In this episode, Wioleta Kaminska talks to public interaction designer and educator Maria Mortati about the importance of empathy, understanding other realms and having healthy dose of curiosity. Wioleta also got to talk to Maria about her latest project that involves using scents in interactives to give delight to residents with dementia. Make sure to tune in to episode 2:)

03/01/2022

Episode 1 of CrazyBird Podcast Season 3 is coming out tomorrow! I am very excited to share that my first guest of Season 3 is Professor Margaret Noodin. Not only I got to talk to Professor Noodin about her writing and art, but I also got to talk to her about lingusitics and languages. What a treat! I hope you will enjoy our conversation, as much as I did:)

Professor Margaret Noodin received an MFA in Creative Writing and a PhD in English and Linguistics from the University of Minnesota. She is Professor of English and American Indian studies at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where she also serves as the Associate Dean of the Humanities and Director of the Electa Quinney Institute for American Indian Education. She is the author of Bawaajimo: A Dialect of Dreams in Anishinaabe Language and Literature, Weweni and What the Chickadee Knows (Wayne State University Press) which are both bilingual collections of poetry in Anishinaabemowin and English. To hear her work, visit www.ojibwe.net.

03/01/2022

Happy New Year 2022! New Year and a new season of CrazyBird Podcast is out! Tomorrow episode 1 of Season 3 will be released. Stay tuned! There are a lot of fascinating conversations to be revealed soon🤩

07/11/2021

Today 4 PM(Pacific Time) World Premiere of New Arts Collaboration - experience a live piano performance with interactive media, multimedia and electronics.
Free live streaming and in person ticket: https://www.oldfirstconcerts.org/performance/ting-luo-sunday-november-7-at-4-pm/
Stay Tune in..

Still from MARS by video artist Jo Ho in collaboration with composer Jean Ahn.

01/11/2021

31/10/2021

New Arts Collaboration 2021 - Le Nuove Forme - Announcing NAC Composer x Visual Artist: VALERIO SANNICANDRO and WIOLETA KAMINSKA
More soon!

Event Link: https://www.oldfirstconcerts.org/performance/ting-luo-sunday-november-7-at-4-pm/
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29/10/2021

26/09/2021

In episode 8 of CrazyBird Podcast, Wioleta talks to music composer Valerio Sannicandro about music, deconstructing the experience of listening and multiplying possibilities and paths of listening. Valerio also shares his thoughts on using image to help the listener to connect and access a musical composition. Make sure to tune in!

http://crazybirdpodcast.com/podcast/episode-8-on-music-composing-and-the-experience-of-listening/

03/09/2021

Our next guest on CrazyBird Podcast will be Italian composer Valerio Sannicandro. Before you get to enjoy his episode, take a look at and listen to one of his latest compositions, Sea Forms. Wioleta Kaminska did visuals for Valerio's oustanding music.

SEA FORMS (2021), Composition for 9 instruments by Valerio Sannicandro

Performed by Ensemble l’instant donné
(Recording at Radio France Paris, Festival Présences 2021)

Edited by Edizioni Suvini-Zerboni (Milano)

Visuals by Wioleta Kaminska

https://vimeo.com/597278445

SEA FORMS (2021),  Composition by Valerio Sannicandro for 9 instruments Performed by Ensemble l’instant donné (Recording at Radio France Paris,…

16/08/2021

Tune in to Episode 7 with award-winning experience designer and CCA professor Graham Plumb! In this episode Wioleta Kaminska talks to Graham about digital experiences that go beyond screen-based interfaces, how humor can be a great gateway to art and how "happy accidents" can enrich the process of making art and designed objects:)

http://crazybirdpodcast.com/podcast/episode-7-on-interaction-design-and-digital-experiences-that-go-beyond-screen-based-interfaces/

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15/08/2021

Tune in to episode 7 with award-winning experience designer, artist and educator Graham Plumb this coming Monday, August 16! In this episode Wioleta Kaminska talks to Graham about his passion for digital experiences that go beyond screen-based interfaces, "happy accidents" in the process of making art and designed objects, humor as a gateway into art and even .... Chaucer and Canterbury Tales :)

13/08/2021

Time flies. CrazyBird Podcast is one year old today😊

01/07/2021

In Episode 6 of Season 2 of CrazyBird Podcast I talk to Savannah-based painter, maker and SCAD professor Todd Schroeder about his creative process, organic approach to painting and focusing in and building on ideas. Make sure to tune in to episode 6! http://crazybirdpodcast.com/podcast/episode-6-on-organic-approach-to-painting-and-focusing-in-and-building-on-ideas/

17/06/2021

Episode 5 is out and about :) In Episode 5 Wioleta Kaminska talks to supervising animator at Dreamworks Animation and filmmaker Rani Naamani about his passion for both film and animation. Wioleta and Rani chat about what it takes to create captivating and award-winning animated films. Rani also reminds us of how team sprit, collaboration and supportive and nurturing environment are crucial to unifying an idea and bringing a masterpiece to life. Rani is a great storyteller, so make sure to tune in to Episode 5:)

http://crazybirdpodcast.com/podcast/episode-5-on-filmmaking-and-animating-collaborating-and-the-importance-of-nurturing-a-positive-workplace-culture/

10/06/2021

Episode 4 of CrazyBird Podcast Season 2 is out! In this episode, Wioleta talks to painter, designer and educator Mimi Sheiner about adjusting our perspective, relying on memory and finding forgiveness from one’s own judgement. Besides being a very talented artist and designer, Mimi is also Wioleta's dear friend, former colleague, occasional lunch partner at SFMOMA, one of those people who never seem to have a bad day and never run out of kind words and are always ready to help others. Wioleta's chat with Mimi in episode 4 is very much like one of those they would have over their lunch at SFMOMA. Make sure to tune in to Episode 4:)
http://crazybirdpodcast.com/podcast/episode-4-on-adjusting-ones-perspective-relying-on-memory-and-finding-forgiveness-from-ones-own-judgement/

01/06/2021

Make sure to tune in to Episode 3 of Season 2! In this episode, Wioleta talks to designer, artist and educator Martin Venezkyabout the importance of staying observant, challenging yourself, experimenting and dipping into a new territory. Martin shares his thoughts on creative process and developing one’s own unique methods and techniques of making and designing and how slowing down can enhance that process.

http://crazybirdpodcast.com/podcast/episode-3-on-staying-observant-challenging-yourself-experimenting-and-dipping-into-a-new-territory/

24/05/2021

Episode 2 is out!
On Shakespeare, finding inspiration on Edgelands and relying on intuition. In this episode In this episode, Wioleta talks to painter and educator Craig Drennen about his latest show at Laney Contemporary Gallery in Savannah, GA and how Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens has served as a source of inspiration since 2008 and led to a distinct body of work. Craig explains how the concept of “edgeland” as articulated by the Lettrist and Situationist groups relates to his work and why it is important to rely on intuition. Make sure to tune in :)
http://crazybirdpodcast.com/episodes/

17/05/2021

CrazyBird is chirping again! Season 2 begins. In Episode 1 of Season 2 Wioleta talks to writer and editorial director Herbert Lui about getting lost to find your way, dealing with creative blocks and no right or wrong way to do this. Make sure to tune in :)
http://crazybirdpodcast.com/episodes/

12/04/2021

We are chirping again! Season 2 starts on May 3. Tune in for new episodes with talented guests and exciting conversations and stories!

25/10/2020

Season 1 of the CrazyBird Podcast has been completed. Now, it is time to look back, reflect and plan Season 2. I would like to say a big thank you to Matt Van Rys for helping me bring my CrazyBird idea to life and for co-hosting and editing the first three episodes. Thank you very much to all the wonderful guests and the CrazyBird listeners. Thank you for your support, feedback, words of encouragement and also for that one word that has stood out throughout Season 1: "INSPIRING". It was my very goal to create a platform and build a community that would be inspiring. I would like to finish Season 1 with Elle Luna's words (episode 9) or rather pose a question to all of us: "What is each of our unique roles within society?" Stay tuned for Season 2!

19/10/2020

In Episode 10 we are talking to artist Katie Glusica about weaving, time passing, structure, networks, chaos and order and a bit more:)

12/10/2020

Episode 9 is out! I hope you will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed chatting with Elle Luna :)

Episode 9: On designing your life, discovering your Must and finding time Post author By CrazyBird Post date October 12, 2020 Episode 9: On designing your life, discovering your Must and finding time     00:00 / 44:14   1X   Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 44:14 | Recorded on Sept...

11/10/2020

This coming Monday in Episode 9 we are talking to Elle Luna about the Crossroads of Should and Must, designing life and finding time to follow your passion. Make sure to tune in:)

04/10/2020

This coming Monday tune in to Episode 8 with Skidaway Island State Park naturalist Molly Canady. Molly will explain to us the relationship between the Moon and tides. She will also share with us her passion for nature and will tell us what wonders and surprises Skidaway Island State Park has to offer to its visitors.

28/09/2020

Episode 7 with Sophie Cunningham is here! Make sure to listen to this exquisite Australian author, publisher, editor, professor, Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her contributions to literature to chat with us on birds, trees and her gardening experience in Alcatraz. Sophie will also share with us excerpts from her essay, Escape to Alcatraz (Alcatraz - City of Trees).

26/09/2020

This coming Monday tune in to Episode 7 with Australian author, publisher, editor, professor, Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her contributions to literature Sophie Cunningham. We will chat with Sophie about birds, trees and gardening in Alcatraz. Sophie will also share with us excerpts from her essay, Alcatraz - City of Trees.

22/09/2020

In Episode 6 we chat with Félix Blume on sharing the listening experience.

20/09/2020

This coming Monday, The CrazyBird Podcast will host sound artist and sound engineer, Félix Blume. Tune in for an exquisite conversation about sound, working with communities and the art of listening and sharing that experience with others.

15/09/2020

In episode 5, Agnieszka Kowalik tells us about Olivier Messiaen's love and appreciation for birds. "Birds are the opposite of time. They are our desire for light, stars, rainbows and joyful songs." - Olivier Messiaen.

13/09/2020

This coming Monday in Episode 5, we talk to Polish musician, composer, and conductor Agnieszka Kowalik about French composer Olivier Messiaen and his fascination with birds. Agnieszka will also share with us her passion for nature and how it inspires her own work.

11/09/2020

Thank you to our listeners for their kind words. We are glad we can provide you in these difficult times with a bit of inspiration and opportunity to slow down, reflect and laugh too. Thank you for being part of the CrazyBird Podcast family and its creative community 🙂🐦

10/09/2020

Talk about timing... In Episode 4 we talk with visual artist Yunqian (Q) Lin about nature, its power and personality. Something that nature is definitely expressing right now across Western states. We think of our friends, both human and wildlife, in California and Oregon and we wish them blue skies and happy birds’ singing.

08/09/2020

Thank you Rob Walker for a great chat and sharing with us and our listeners fun ways to spark creativity and engage with our surroundings. And thank you for mentioning us in your newsletter too:)

Plus: Something To Notice; CrazyBird Podcast; A New Icebreaker; and more

07/09/2020

Episode 4 is out! We chat with visual artist Yunqian (Q) Lin, about her creative process and how she utilizes forces of nature as an artistic medium in order to express her deep personal connection and appreciation for the undeveloped landscape.

07/09/2020

Tune in to Episode 4. We’ll be chatting with a visual artist, Yunqian (Q) Lin, about her collaboration with Nature. 🌿🐦

03/09/2020

Wioleta and the Consultant's brainstorming session has been caught on camera. 🐦

02/09/2020

Listen to what our guest, Rob Walker, has to say about paying attention and finding moments of Zen and joy in the Everyday. 🐦