Podcast

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech discuss what makes our homes homey, the overwhelming sameness of airbnbs and other urban spaces, and how the pandemic is affecting our view of home life.

Christopher Blay and Christina Rees talk about the events of the last few weeks, and whether black artists are holding out hope that this moment will move the needle on racial violence and injustice.

Brandon Zech and Christina Rees talk about their visit to the newly reopened Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Brandon Zech and Christina Rees talk about Marina Abramović, the Kennedy assassination, and why conspiracy theories and art tend not to mix. 

For the final installment of the series, Lucas and Flash give us a double dose of musical medicine with mixes made especially for Glasstire by prominent Houston DJs Gracie Chavez and DJ Sun.

Brandon Zech and Christina Rees take an optimistic view of a more collaborative future for Texas art, artists, and institutions, and more appreciative audiences.

Flash Gordon Parks draws from his deep collection of Houston soul records of the 1960s and '70s.

This Mixtape is a special edition from Lucas' secret “Echoplex” series of collaged and heavily echoed music and sound mixes.

Brandon Zech and Christina Rees discuss how artists and arts workers will adapt to and navigate our new landscape.

"The early '80s was a time when Charles Bush’s labels were releasing music that was slap-bass heavy and really made you want to move.”

Brandon Zech and Christina Rees discuss the hurdles faced by museums and nonprofits, the government stimulus bill, and the possible closure of art schools as a result of the pandemic.

"These are made at home, and then listened to at home. And like old-style gifted mixtapes, we hope that people will take a chance and listen to them in full, enjoy a bit of surprise with them, and listen to their favorites multiple times."

"I was feeling like abstraction had really dried up, that it had really come to the end of the line. And then I found Mark Bradford. And I thought, ‘Ah ha, here’s another rabbit hole that we can really go down.’"

"I’m most afraid for mid-tier galleries and mid-tier nonprofits."

"It's interesting to be in a museum space and have all of the exhibitions have to do with touch. It's an interesting feeling, almost like you’re doing something you shouldn’t be doing."

"You don’t see Jeff Koons writing a review about an exhibition for Artforum."

"I have a real fondness for the brains of artists. People laugh about artists not being good communicators, and I think that’s a load of crap."

"The best films of global cinema are better than any TV show that’s ever been made … and that really comes through when you see the films in a movie theater." 

"I want a residency to change my perspective — you want to make something new and to be affected by the space, the place, and the people."

Brandon Zech and Christina Rees discuss what to expect from art in Texas over the next decade.