Audio Interference: Season 1

“So much of the dominant mainstream society at that point was so odious that it felt like a desperate need to find a place that was different and alternative.” —Josh MacPhee 

Greg Mihalko interviews Josh MacPhee, co-founder of Interference Archive, about his collection of hardcore punk flyers and ephemera.  

Music includes: "Guilty" by Spewing Cum and "While You're Waiting for the Revolution" by Action Will Be Taken, courtesy of the Free Music Archive.

Produced by Interference Archive.

Audio Interference 01: Josh MacPhee

“Communities have given up our power to police and institutions, and we have to take it back.” —Laura Whitehorn

Laura Whitehorn is a lifelong organizer and activist whose work spans anti-war, AIDS, anti-capitalist, anti-racist, and prison abolition movements.  Laura was interviewed by Lani Hanna about her work, including the recent Interference Archive exhibition, Self-Determination Inside Out.  

Music: "Improvisation in D" by Tate Peterson, courtesy of the Free Music Archive.  

For more information about Laura's work, visit thejerichoproject.com or rappcampaign.com. 

Produced by Interference Archive. 

Audio Interference 02: Laura Whitehorn

“I knew there was this punk rock stuff, I didn’t know anything about it, I just went to a show, and it was like, this is really weird and I kinda like it.” —Dread Scott

Dread Scott, artist and friend of Interference Archive, speaks with Vero Ordaz about his art, life, and connections to the Chicago punk scene--including memories prompted by his recent donation of posters to the archive.  Image: Burning the US Constitution, documentation of a 2011 performance by Dread Scott (www.dreadscott.net).  Music: "Sick of You" by the Britemores, performed live on WFMU's Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock.

Produced by Interference Archive.

Audio Interference 04: Dread Scott

“In retrospect, we tend to create these seamless histories to tell a particular kind of story, but Greenham--it was messy. It was a messy occupation.” —Susan Jahoda

Susan Jahoda is an artist, educator, and organizer whose work includes video, photography, text, performance, installation, and research-based collaborative projects. Charlie Morgan speaks with Susan about her experiences organizing the September 2014 exhibition at Interference Archive about the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp, a 19-year anti-nuclear protest and encampment at a U.S. Military Base in Berkshire, England.  

This podcast contains music as sung by the women of Greenham Common.


Audio Interference 03: Susan Jahoda

“It’s not about the things, it’s about the people: who made it, who saw it, who was influenced by it.” -Lincoln Cushing

Lincoln Cushing is an artist, author, and archivist from the Bay Area, who worked with Interference Archive on our recent exhibition on the Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (OSPAAAL), Armed by Design.  Lani Hanna interviewed Lincoln about movement archives,  large institutions vs. community-based organizations, and the importance of accurately documenting the past.

A selection of OSPAAAL posters can be seen in Lincoln’s book, "Revolución!: Cuban Poster Art."  You can also visit his website, docspopuli.org, for more information.

Music: "Mid-Day Blues" by Tate Peterson, courtesy of the Free Music Archive.

Produced by Interference Archive.


Audio Interference 05: Lincoln Cushing

"Before we ask questions, we find out more about the problems that are happening.  And sometimes we even go out and ask the people around us: what is something that you don't feel comfortable with?  Where do you feel disconnected?...I think that's the way that we actually find political issues to do art with."  - Stephanie Roman

Mobile Print Power is a multigenerational collective based out of Immigrant Movement International in Corona, Queens, who use silkscreen printmaking to engage communities and explore social and cultural situations.  Mobile Print Power's history of collaborative work is the subject of Interference Archive's upcoming exhibition, Soñamos Sentirnos Libres / Under Construction, opening May 1.  In this episode of Audio Interference, Charlie Morgan and Lani Hanna talk to collective members Marissa Campiz, Brandon Castillo, Jennifer Muñoz, Stephanie Roman, and Patrick Rowe.

Produced by Interference Archive.

Audio Interference 13: Mobile Print Power

Interference Archive is a social space, exhibition venue, and open stacks archive of movement culture, based in Brooklyn. 