Episode 1 – The Love of Gardens with Kirsty Wark and Monty Don
samedi 10 mai 2025 • Durée 36:32
Join Monty Don and Kirsty Wark as they discuss hereditary habits, life changing moments and the ways a garden, a place where nature meets design, can shape our lives.
We also hear from Branklyn Garden’s Kate White, a National Trust For Scotland garden, on how Dorothy & John Renton’s fascination with rare and exotic plants led to a lifelong commitment along the River Tay.
This podcast series is part of the exhibition public programme for Garden Futures: Designing with Nature, which is open from the 17 May 2025 until 26 January 2026.
To book tickets, or for more information, please visit our website: vam.ac.uk/dundee
Episode Three - Stories of Stewardship
mercredi 16 avril 2025 • Durée 40:19
In this third episode, we are joined by artists Hamshya Rajkumar and Mairi Mcfadyen to discuss their works across Ravenscraig and Abriachan Forest.
Exploring themes of land stewardship, restoration and community, the conversation highlights the importance of cultural and ecological balance, the role of language in understanding landscapes, and the potential of art to foster deeper connections with nature.
Hosted by Svetlana Panova, assistant curator at V&A Dundee. Produced by Troy Nelson and Svetlana Panova in collaboration with A Fragile Correspondence as part of our public programme.
On display until 25 May 2025, you can find out more about the exhibition here: https://www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whatson/exhibitions/scotland-venice-a-fragile-correspondence
Episode Two - Fragile Ecosystems
mercredi 19 février 2025 • Durée 38:57
Hear from the artists, designers, architects, writers and curators behind A Fragile Correspondence.
In our second episode, Aaron McCarthy, Frank McElhinney, Becky Little & Tom Morton discuss their work on how environments adapt and show resilience in the face of environmental, social and economic change.
Hosted by Svetlana Panova, assistant curator at V&A Dundee. Produced by Troy Nelson and Svetlana Panova in collaboration with A Fragile Correspondence as part of our public programme.
On display until 25 May 2025, you can find out more about the exhibition here: https://www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whatson/exhibitions/scotland-venice-a-fragile-correspondence
Episode One - Making of A Fragile Correspondence
mercredi 29 janvier 2025 • Durée 43:29
Hear from the artists, designers, architects, writers and curators behind A Fragile Correspondence.
In this first episode, we have gathered just some of the creative team who have been with the project since its very beginning. They will walk us through that journey from Venice to Dundee, sharing the lessons learned when group curating and discuss what they hope the visitor will meet in the gallery.
From Architecture Fringe, -ism Architectural Magazine and /other we have Andy Summers, Neil McGuire, Alissar Riachi, Kristina (Kicki) Enberg, Alyesha Choudhury and Carl Jonsson.
Hosted by Svetlana Panova, assistant curator at V&A Dundee. Produced by Troy Nelson and Svetlana Panova in collaboration with A Fragile Correspondence as part of our public programme.
On display until 25 May 2025, you can find out more about the exhibition here: https://www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whatson/exhibitions/scotland-venice-a-fragile-correspondence
Young People's Collective Podcast: What the Hat?!
lundi 27 janvier 2025 • Durée 50:02
The Young People's Collective presents What the Hat?!, a podcast where invited guests share their tactics, strategies, hopes, and dreams while reflecting on the many hats we choose to wear—and those we must—as creatives navigating overlapping political, social, economic, and climate crises. These conversations explore the approaches most essential for sustaining artistic and cultural practices in response to the urgent challenges of our time.
In the pilot episode, co-programmed by a committee of young people at V&A Dundee, invite Dundee grassroots heavyweights Volk Gallery and City Flower Garden Studio together, to share practical strategies, demystify creative practices and careers, and envision bold, alternative models for the creative sector’s future.
Future episodes will spotlight Dundee’s dynamic community of emerging designers, artists, curators, activists, and organisers who sustain and champion the city’s grassroots cultural ecosystem.
Hosted Bethan Ferrie & Leyla Hussain
Produced by Tana Pennock, Isla McConnachie and Mehr Un Nisa Syed
Art work by Leyla Hussain
Music by Meg Jenkins
Supported by Ryan Mcleod
Edited by Callum Mackie
Design in the Diaspora: Ewa Effiom and Leo Robinson
mercredi 28 juin 2023 • Durée 28:17
Design in the Diaspora is developed in partnership with We Are Here Scotland and New Architecture Writers, join us to explore the work of contemporary designers and creatives from diasporic communities across Scotland.
This series brings you a new guest, selected by We Are Here Scotland, paired with a host from New Architecture Writers. Together, they will explore creative practice and career journeys – amplifying and celebrating diverse identities, cultures, and heritages across the creative industries. In January 2023, we were joined by architect and writer Ewa Effiom and multidisciplinary artist Leo Robinson.
Talking Tartan with Alan Cumming and Simon Sladen
mercredi 21 juin 2023 • Durée 01:06:27
Join world-renowned Scottish actor Alan Cumming and Simon Sladen, V&A South Kensington's Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Theatre and Performance, as they talk about all things tartan and the ways that tartan has influenced Alan's life and career while delving into tartan on screen, in performance, as costume and more.
This was a live event recorded at V&A Dundee in May 2023.
Creative Programmer: Nichol Keene
Design in the Diaspora: Hannah Sabapathy and Nana Biamah-Ofosu
vendredi 12 mai 2023 • Durée 23:54
Design in the Diaspora is developed in partnership with We Are Here Scotland and New Architecture Writers, join us to explore the work of contemporary designers and creatives from diasporic communities across Scotland.
This series brings you a new guest, selected by We Are Here Scotland, paired with a host from New Architecture Writers. Together, they will explore creative practice and career journeys – amplifying and celebrating diverse identities, cultures, and heritages across the creative industries. In February 2023, Nana Biamah-Ofosu interviewed textile designer Hannah Sabapathy.
Valentines: Women in the Workforce - Ishbel McLean
vendredi 8 juillet 2022 • Durée 09:18
Sincerely, Valentines – From Postcards to Greetings Cards is the latest exhibition in our Michelin Design Gallery.
It tells the story of Scotland’s most pioneering and successful commercial photographers, best known for popularising the holiday postcard on a global scale.
Hear from Ishbel McLeane, a former employee as she shares her memories working at Valentines.
Ian Schrager, interviewed by Benji B
jeudi 19 août 2021 • Durée 01:19:53
Ian Schrager is the legendary co-creator of the world’s most famous nightclub: Studio 54, and since then has revolutionised the entertainment, residential and hospitality industries. He has created spectacular experiences where design, technology and music meet.
Joining Ian Schrager is Benji B, a Radio 1 DJ, music director of Louis Vuitton menswear, and founder of the Deviation club nights and record label.
Their conversation explores their lives in and around clubs and club culture, spanning five decades.
Welcome by Joanna Mawdsley, Head of Learning, V&A Dundee
Moderated by Nichol Keene, Creative Programmer, V&A Dundee
Find out more about Night Fever and our upcoming programme here: https://www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whatson
Follow Ian Schrager and Benji B on Instagram @ianschrager and @BenjiB.
Find out more at https://www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/articles/ian-schrager-interviewed-by-benji-b
Find more podcasts from V&A Dundee at https://www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/series/podcasts
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