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Bar Talk: a collection of unscripted conversations from all walks of life

What are the people saying tonight? Sit down with a new pair New Yorkers each week as they catch up at a local watering hole. Frustrations, dreams, conspiratorial musings … the night is young and at The Richardson bar, the world is bigger than ever.

The Idea

Andrew Mullen and I were seated at a bar one night when the idea came to us. As usual, we were discussing literature. The buzz kicked in. We began talking about Literature with a capital L, leaving behind the particulars of our work. We were dreaming, we were philosophizing, we were rambling. Then we abandoned literature altogether and made sure our souls were spent by the end of the night. When we asked for the check, we realized that we were curious about what kind of conversations other people might have once they reached that tipping point. People completely different from us. Would they conform to our stereotypes? Or would the universality of the human condition take over after three drinks? We set out to snatch those conversations and make a collection out of them. One that could come to represent New York City in 2022 and become an anthropological record to be consumed as both entertainment and future reference.

 

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Episodes

Bar Talk Ep. 40: Mother & Son Talk Art as Propaganda, Keith Haring, Getting Banned from the Whitney
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Bar Talk Ep. 40: Mother & Son Talk Art as Propaganda, Keith Haring, Getting Banned from the Whitney

What do you have to do to get kicked out of a museum, like, forever ever? Meet Ki Smith, a gallery owner and NYC lifer who was slapped with a lifetime ban from the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2016. Along with his brother Sei and their art collective Base 12, Ki coordinated a guerrilla exhibition in the Whitney. The paintings hung in the museum stairwell, flanked by sweeping views of the Hudson River, for nearly an hour. The heist made the brothers cult celebrities overnight. In the Smith family, art is a way of life. Ki's mom, Sono Kuwayama, is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose career has spanned animation, painting, and film. In the same way Ki breaks down artistic spaces to make them more inclusive and accessible, Sono eschews conventional materials and sources the components of her art exclusively by hand, whether that's spinning yarn or foraging for berries or tracing the lineage of the sheep who bore wool to the Himalayas. Folks, tear up the rule book, the dance floor, the entry tickets, it's episode 40! Sono Kuwayama, whose works include installation, painting, sculpture, video and writing, lives and works in New York City. She is increasingly interested in interdisciplinary work and while traveling globally for her work, has looked towards “language” to inform her art. In some cases this has been an exploration of indigenous languages and their relationships to place or the language of objects in a given location, the language of the landscape as well as internal and external landscapes. Ki Smith is a native New Yorker and the owner/founder of Ki Smith Gallery in the Lower East Side. He began working in local art galleries at the age of 16 and, at 21, co-founded Apostrophe NYC, which gained recognition for its innovative pop-up exhibitions at venues such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA PS1, and NYC subway stations. Filmed at Juneshine's lovely kombucha taproom in downtown Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Kick it at the bar and take on the incoming summer heat with a yummy fermented beverage! Instagram & TikTok: @bartalkseries https://www.patreon.com/bartalkseries/ You can find Sono @sonokuwayama You can find Ki @kismithgallery 00:00 Teaser 00:14 Intro 00:28 Galleries in the Pandemic 03:23 The Story of Art Without Men 04:37 Creating Space for Artists 08:30 The Myth of the "Body of Work" 10:17 How Do You Show Art Without Space? 12:14 Feedback for Mom 13:25 Luke Ivy Price 15:43 Sono's Journey 19:31 Art as Propaganda 24:36 From the First Cave Painting 28:47 The Three Careers 33:00 En Route to India 35:56 The West Elm Dumpster 38:33 Shout-Outs Intro Song: "Brooklyn" by Glass Vaults
Bar Talk Ep. 38: Two MMA Fighters Talk Butterfly Knives, Crocs, Underground Fight Clubs
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Bar Talk Ep. 38: Two MMA Fighters Talk Butterfly Knives, Crocs, Underground Fight Clubs

What’s it like to bring your fists to a knife fight? Meet Ro and Clint, two mixed martial arts experts who make their living teaching others how to master their fear and step into the ring. That is, when they’re not putting ‘em up themselves. Clint hasn’t lost a fight in ten years. But it’s not all blood and uppercuts. Both Ro and Clint understand, on a very personal level, that at the heart of self-defense lies de-escalation. Last summer, when he saw a man inexplicably attack an elderly construction worker on SoHo’s Prince Street, Ro leapt into action. Using Jiu Jitsu’s Seatbelt maneuver, he safely pinned down the assailant—who wasn’t harmed—until police arrived. He quickly became a neighborhood hero. Clint, for his part, got his start tumbling in bars during his time in the US Air Force, where he served as an airplane mechanic. When his friend cajoled him into signing up for an official MMA match in Oregon, he nearly walked out the exit before stepping into the cage. Since those first butterflies fifteen years ago, Clint has gone pro. But you’ll still find him in his trusty Crocs, kicking a$$ and taking names in the back of 18-wheelers in the Bronx’s underground fight scene. Ro Malabanan is an actor, boxing coach, martial arts trainer, and Jiu Jitsu black belt under the legend Marcelo Garcia. Clint Patterson is a pro MMA fighter and martial arts instructor. He grew up wrestling and moving timber in the lumberyards of Oregon, and went on to serve in the US Air Force. Filmed at the rustic Tasting Room of Van Brunt Stillhouse, a "Farm Distillery" in the heart of Red Hook Brooklyn. They pride themselves in sourcing organically grown corn, wheat and rye from a single farm near Ithaca. https://www.vanbruntstillhouse.com/ Instagram & TikTok: @bartalkseries https://www.patreon.com/bartalkseries/ You can follow Ro @rotheshow You can follow Clint @ninja.clint 00:00 Teaser 00:09 Intro 00:24 From Bar Fights to Pro Fighting 04:29 First MMA Fight, So Nervous 07:23 Cotton Mouth 08:00 Learning to Fight 10:00 I Used To Get My Ass Kicked There, Too 10:45 Getting Slashed in the Faced 11:16 Buck-Fifty 18:01 Maybe We Can Be Friends? 18:55 My Father and the Balisong 20:00 Ro Saves the Day on Prince & Broadway 26:50 Dress to Impress 28:37 Talking Sh*t & Making Money 30:42 Kicking with Crocs 31:35 Clint & The Ninja Turtles 32:25 Rumble in the Bronx 35:23 Fighting in the Back of a Semi 38:17 "He Can't Keep That Up!" Intro Song: "Brooklyn" by Glass Vaults #mma #barfight #knifefight #selfdefense #jiujitsu #blackbelt #mmafighters #mmalifestyle #fightvideos #boxcutter #youshouldseetheotherguy #150ed #streetfight #rumbleinthebronx #fcff #conormcgregor #crocs #crocssportsmode #sportsmode #ninjaturtles #bartalk
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