{"podcast":{"title":"The Installation Art Podcast","slug":"the-installation-art-podcast-6681769","podcast_index_feed_id":6681769,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/installationartpodcast/","website_url":"https://installationartpodcast.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/d4a6a3df-6d42-4184-847d-b9cd82674a4f/-Ir6wAtQl1TvNDVmbojQMjj_.jpg","author":"Anastasia Parmson","episode_count":47,"summary":"A new resource for all things installation art is here! Join host Anastasia Parmson – an artist herself — as she uncovers stories, challenges, and lessons from behind the scenes. The show brings you in-depth conversations with internationally renowned artists and arts professionals who have exhibited installation art on the global stage. In each episode, you will hear about the creative process and the personal journeys of these exceptional artists. We will gain insights into the unique joys and challenges; as well as the logistical and financial aspects of working with installation art. Join us every fortnight as we shine a light on this underserved field, helping artists feel less alone in their studios and providing a platform for community building and knowledge sharing. Subscribe to The Installation Art Podcast on your favourite podcast app and follow us on Instagram @installationartpodcast to stay updated and connect with fellow enthusiasts. Website: https://installationartpodcast.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/installationartpodcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/installationartsociety/","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T12:20:21.292006+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-installation-art-podcast-6681769"},"episode":{"title":"Architectural Installation Pioneer: Donna Dennis on Scale, Space & Feminism","slug":"architectural-installation-pioneer-donna-dennis-on-scale-space-feminism","published_at":"2026-05-26T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-installation-art-podcast-6681769/architectural-installation-pioneer-donna-dennis-on-scale-space-feminism","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-installation-art-podcast-6681769","url":"https://orchid-bat-732353.hostingersite.com/blog/donna-dennis-043","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/op3.dev/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/adeb8015-a74f-4dec-9816-50ef7ba44659.mp3","summary":"I made a 3-minute listener survey to help shape the podcast's future. Your feedback genuinely matters. Fill out here: https://forms.gle/qqHJrMXpsC9UYu2m7 Leave a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/installationartpodcast Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/installationartpodcast Donna Dennis is one of the contemporary art pioneers who pushed sculpture toward the domain of architecture in the early 1970s. Her complex sculptural installations draw from overlooked fragments of American vernacular architecture. This conversation dives into five decades of art-making in New York's evolving art world. We discuss how she taught herself carpentry, pipe bending and electrical work to build pieces based on her body's scale. How Virginia Woolf's \"Shakespeare's sister\" gave her the drive to make work even if no one ever saw it. How feminism shaped her False Front Hotels as self-portraits when she decided \"women's lives were worthy of study.\" And why she refuses to use the word \"practice\" to describe her work. Donna's work is held in collections including Brooklyn Museum, the Walker Art Center, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Key moments from this episode: • From failing at abstract painting in Paris to her first steps toward installation • SoHo in the 1970s: how big raw loft spaces made it possible for artists to think big The Holly Solomon Gallery story: from studio visit (\"we're buying a country house\") to \"I'm starting a gallery and I want you to be in it\"—then Whitney Biennial within two years Venice Biennale 1982: realizing in April the show is in June, not 1984—quit your job, six assistants, work doubling in size • A car roll into the river in slow motion, with Donna’s belongings inside – and how that inspired a public artwork that also suffered a tragic…","meta_description":"I made a 3-minute listener survey to help shape the podcast's future. Your feedback genuinely matters. 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