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As a major component of the exhibition Stories of Resistance at the Contemporary Art Museum Art St. Louis, Radio Resistance is a limited audio series that assembles the voices of intersecting local and global agents of change. Artists featured in the exhibition are paired with figures from the past, present, and future of St. Louis, coming together to transmit messages of dissent. Eleven episodes were released over the course of the exhibition, amplifying shared struggles, collective dreams, and models of individual and group action. Using a historically rebellious medium, Radio Resistance broadcasts social narratives of defiance and hope.
Selections of Radio Resistance were broadcast on St. Louis on the Air, the noontime talk program hosted by Sarah Fenske on St. Louis Public Radio. Full episodes were released biweekly in this gallery and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher. A publication celebrating
Stories of Resistance featuring episode highlights was released in 2021.
Episodes
/ Organizing Rebellion: Dread Scott and Walter Johnson
/ Perseverance and Participation: Wendy Red Star and De Nichols
/ Leveling the Field: Glenn Kaino, Tommie Smith, and Dr. Harry Edwards
/ Public Platforms: Marina Peng & Shannon Levin (PSA:) and Cleo Barnett
/ Insisting on Our Humanity: Hank Willis Thomas (Wide Awakes) and Congresswoman Cori Bush
/ Collective Healing: Guadalupe Maravilla and Dr. LJ Punch
/ Women as Activists: Jen Liu and Candace Borders
/ Forms of Liberation: Torkwase Dyson and Geoff Ward
/ Ancestors and Testimonies: Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn and Gwen Moore
/ Defiant Writing: Banu Cennetoğlu and Treasure Shields Redmond
Radio Resistance was co-produced by Michelle Dezember, Director of Learning and Engagement, Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Chief Curator, and Misa Jeffereis, Assistant Curator. Sound design and editing by Sean Pierce. Design: Visitor Assembly.