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Program 06-03-19-B Listen!

What do you do if you're a struggling artist in search of recognition? Well, if you're Lynn Hershman Leeson, you write reviews of your work under pseudonyms and get them published in local newspapers. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll find out how Hershman Leeson uses her art to explore the idea of identity. Also...Jorge Drexler, the first person from Uruguay to win an Academy Award. And the world of multiplayer online role-playing games...where you can take on any identity that you can imagine.

 

SEGMENT 1:

Jorge Drexler is the first person from Uruguay to win an Academy Award. Drexler won the Oscar for composing the song "Al Otro Lado del Rio," which is featured in the film, "The Motorcycle Diaries." Drexler talks to Steve Paulson about his Oscar-winning song and his identity as an immigrant. We hear samples of Drexler's music.

SEGMENT 2:

Lynn Hershman Leeson is a pioneering artist and film-maker. Her art is chronicled in a new book, "The Art and Films of Lynn Hershman Leeson: Secret Agents, Private I." Hershman Leeson talks to Anne Strainchamps about how she explores the theme of identity in her art. And we hear
a few clips from her work. Edward Castronova is the author of "Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games." Castronova talks to Jim Fleming about M.M.O.R.P.G.'s, "Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games.

SEGMENT 3:

Robbie Fulks is one of the most critically-acclaimed singer/songwriters working these days. Fulks talks to To The Best Of Our Knowledge producer Doug Gordon about his latest album, "Georgia Hard," and his former identity
as a staff songwriter for a Nashville music publisher. We also hear samples of Fulks' music.

CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 06-03-19-B.

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Books:

  • Meredith Tromble, ed, Foreword by Robin Held, The Art and Films of Lynn Hershman Leeson: Secret Agents, Private I; with a DVD edited by Kyle Stephan (University of California Press/Henry Art Gallery/University of Washington)
  • Edward Castronova, Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games (Chicago)

Websites:

Clips:

  • -- "Confessions of a Chameleon" (from the video
    series, "The Electronic Diaries")/Lynn Hershman Leeson
    from the DVD which accompanies the book, "The Art
    and Films of Lynn Hershman Leeson: Secret Agents,
    Private I" Edited by Meredith Tromble, Foreword by
    Robin Held
    DVD edited by Kyle Stephan (University of California
    Press/Henry Art Gallery/University of Washington)
  • -- Clip from "Teknolust" DVD
    (Velocity Home Entertainment)
    http://www.teknolustthemovie.com/
    http://www.velocityhomeentertainment.com/
  • -- DiNA clip
    from video demonstration of DiNA
    (under "Net Works" section)
    http://www.lynnhershman.com/

Music:

Distribution dates:

week of 04/08/2007 - hour 2
week of 03/19/2006 - hour 2 		Listen!


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