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The Avant Garde Diaries: An interview with Ex Machina production manager on Robert Lepage's Ring Cycle at The Metropolitan Opera
THE CYCLE REVEALED Filmmaker Samantha Casolari’s interpretation of Robert Lepage’s production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at The Metropolitan Opera takes us on a kaleidoscopic odyssey.

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The Avant Garde Diaries: An interview with Biosphere 2 scientists Sally Silverstone & Linda Leigh
SALLY SILVERSTONE & LINDA LEIGH
Twenty years ago, a group of scientists and freethinkers built an ark in the desert. Media attention and controversy surrounded it from the beginning. This is the real story.

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 The Avant/Garde Diaries Premieres: The Cycle Revealed. A screening of Samantha Casolari's short film with a live performance by Valentin Stip
The Avant Garde Diaries: An interview with Hawaiian-born artist and designer Jasper Wong
JASPER WONG
The Hawaiian-born artist and designer cuts loose about the island he calls home, the local art scene, and the importance of staying analog.

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 The Avant Garde Diaries: An interview with New York-based architectural historian Barry Lewis
BARRY LEWIS
An architectural historian provides a jaunty lesson about an iconic Greenwich Village building known for its striking red brick.

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 The Avant Garde Diaries: An interview with architect Ole Sondresen
OLE SONDRESEN
The New York architect discusses the virtues of reclaimed materials and his new commission in North Brooklyn.

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 The Avant Garde Diaries: An interview with musician Nicolas Jaar
NICOLAS JAAR
The gifted musician journeys into the abyss to ponder the complexities of making music today.

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 The Avant Garde Diaries: An interview with Berlin based fashion designer Svenja Specht and Yoske Nishiumi
SVENJA SPECHT & YOSKE NISHIUMI
Fashion designer Svenja Specht takes a path less followed and creates garments that accurately reflect our ever-changing lifestyles.

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 The Avant Garde Diaries: An interview with Serbian designer Ana Kras
ANA KRAŠ
The Serbian-born artist and designer reveals the origins of her inspiration and the everyday poetry of a creative life.

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 The Avant Garde Diaries: An interview with performance artists and electronic music artists Trippple Nippples in Tokyo
Trippple Nippples
Performance art is mixed with music (and oodles of weirdness) with this genre-bending Japanese behemoth of a collective.

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 The Avant Garde Diaries: An interview with extreme athlete, base jumper, skydiver, and model Roberta Mancino
ROBERTA MANCINO
The Italian athlete with a predilection for jumping out of planes and off of tall buildings explains her daredevil style of poetry in motion.

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 The Avant Garde Diaries: An interview with Japanese artist Yousuke Fuyama in underground art space SOUP
YOUSUKE FUYAMA & SOUP
The Japanese artist discusses found sound and the possibilities for a more holistic multimedia art landscape.

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 The Avant Garde Diaries: An interview with South African artist and Gazelle musician Xander Ferreira and designers the Inoue Brothers
XANDER FERREIRA & THE INOUE BROTHERS
A South African multimedia artist discovers the avant-garde in his own backyard and shares it with the world.

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 The Avant Garde Diaries: An interview with fine artist Miya Ando
MIYA ANDO
Three seemingly unrelated materials – light, metal, and flowers – come together in the life and work of this fascinating artist.

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 The Avant Garde Diaries: An interview with organ builder Philip Klais in Hamburg, Germany
PHILIP KLAIS
A master organ builder talks about his latest, and biggest, project at the Elbe Philharmonic in Hamburg, Germany.

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The Cycle Revealed

Watch filmmaker Samantha Casolari's ruminative exploration into the latest Ring Cycle at The Metropolitan Opera

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