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As our journey through intimacy draws to a close, it’s time to look inward and reflect on how we can get closer to ourselves. We’re considering ideas of self-knowledge and self-love, alongside what it means to draw on your own life and experiences in a creative practice. What do artists who bring personal and intimate narratives into their work encounter? How can we open up to our vulnerability and decide when to safely share that with others? And could these acts bring us closer together – perhaps helping us build a deeper and more compassionate connection with both self and others? Featuring an interview with Olivia Laing, an original sound work by Axel Kacoutié, audio excerpts from Agnès Varda and Luchita Hurtado from the Serpentine archive, and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Gaylene Gould. Subscribe to Serpentine Podcast now to be the first to hear new Intimacies episodes. You can connect with the series on socials @serpentineuk, and you can find more information and

This episode opens up to consider intimacy with the world around us. Today, many of us feel – and are – disconnected from place, and not everyone feels equally at home in the spaces we move through. Ranging from urban and built environments to social and digital worlds, this episode asks what we need to be able to feel comfortable and intimate with our surroundings. How are artists challenging and working with different forms of space and place? And what happens when we can reconnect with the elements, environments, people, and other beings around us? Featuring an interview with 2023 Serpentine Pavilion architect Lina Gotmeh, an original sound work by Black Power Naps, an audio excerpt from a project by Jakob Kudsk Steensen from the Serpentine archive, and Serpentine curator Kay Watson in conversation with Gaylene Gould. Subscribe to Serpentine Podcast now to be the first to hear new Intimacies episodes. You can connect with the series on socials @serpentineuk, and you can find more information and full desc

We now move from a space of fear into desire – asking how art can be a space to express, explore and experience the supposedly private sphere of sexuality. In our desires, what is the interplay between distance and closeness? How do attraction and obsession intersect with other aspects of our lives? What happens when intimate pleasures and partnerships inform art-making – and when that work is brought before a public? Featuring an original sound work by Pixy Liao, an interview with Tiona Nekkia McClodden, an unpublished sex column reading by Brontez Purnell, and Serpentine curator Hanna Girma in conversation with Gaylene Gould. Subscribe to Serpentine Podcast now to be the first to hear new Intimacies episodes. You can connect with the series on socials @serpentineuk, and you can find more information and full descriptive transcripts at www.serpentinegalleries.org/art-and-ideas/serpentine-podcast-intimacies/. CREDITS Hosted by Gaylene Gould Produced by Katie Callin (Reduced Listening) Production support by N

Sometimes the things we fear live as intimately within us than the things we love. These fears are rarely distant from us: we are sometimes closely implicated in them, and fear is a visceral, personal experience. Fear and anxiety can be irrational, or rooted in realities that threaten us unevenly. When can we transform our phobia into an embrace? How do we find ways to live alongside the threats of the world? And how are artists working closely – and in nuanced ways – with the instinctive feeling of fear? Featuring an interview with Webs of Life artist Tomas Saraceno, an original sound work by Lamin Fofana, a reading by P. Staff from the Serpentine archive, and Serpentine curator Claude Adjil in conversation with Gaylene Gould.  Subscribe to Serpentine Podcast now to be the first to hear new Intimacies episodes. You can connect with the series on socials @serpentineuk, and you can find more information and full descriptive transcripts at www.serpentinegalleries.org/art-and-ideas/serpentine-podcast-intimacie

Following strangers, we turn to the people our lives are first entangled with: our families. Family is a contested and challenging space for some, while being a place where others find sanctuary, safety, and profound relationships. This episode considers different expectations and realities of love, care and identity within biological and chosen families, and asks how we intentionally nurture, negotiate and shift our family relationships. How and why do artists involve their family members and homes in their work – and what do they need to take into consideration when bringing this to an audience? Featuring an original sound work by Angelo Madsen Minax, an interview with Hetain Patel, audio excerpts from projects led by Helen Cammock and Rehana Zaman from the Serpentine archive, and Serpentine curator Lizzie Graham in conversation with Gaylene Gould. Subscribe to Serpentine Podcast now to be the first to hear new Intimacies episodes. You can connect with the series on socials @serpentineuk, and you can find m

We start our journey into intimacy by considering our interactions with strangers. The unexpected crossing of paths between people who have no knowledge of each other can be emotionally impactful, whether these moments leave us unsettled, or uplifted by a sense of hope and connection. What forms of proximity arise between strangers in public spaces? How and why do artists make work which invites new encounters between themselves and audience members? What possibilities and risks emerge when they do?  Featuring a conversation with Adrian Piper, an interview with Scottee, a performance by Cecilia Vicuña from the Serpentine archive, and Serpentine curator Tamsin Hong in conversation with Gaylene Gould. Subscribe to Serpentine Podcast now to be the first to hear new Intimacies episodes. You can connect with the series on socials @serpentineuk, and find more information and full descriptive transcripts at www.serpentinegalleries.org/art-and-ideas/serpentine-podcast-intimacies/.   CREDITS Hosted by Gaylene Gould P

This new series of Serpentine Podcast explores the complexities of closeness. Released weekly from 22 August 2023, Serpentine Podcast: Intimacies asks how we can expand and evolve our intimacy with others, ourselves and the world around us.  Join our host, Gaylene Gould, as she gathers perspectives from artists, designers, writers, thinkers, and more on how we can rekindle trust, and open ourselves up to new possibilities for connection.  Confronting the slippery topics of fear, vulerability, sex, love and loneliness in art and life, the Intimacies series delves into the feelings and experiences which we don’t always voice – from our relationships with family or strangers, to the things we fear most and our deepest desires, to our surroundings and our innermost selves. Each episode combines interviews, original audio works, conversations, and pieces from the Serpentine archive. This series itself is personal, emotional, reflective, and an exploration of vulnerability in many ways.  Subscribe now to be the fi

What changes can we carry forward from our REWORLDING journey – and how has it changed us? In this bonus episode, our host Gaylene Gould shares personal reflections on REWORLDING, connecting the moments that moved her with projects, ideas and understandings that have emerged following the series. This moment to pause and look back is also a chance to look forward, as we reveal exciting news about our next series. ___ You can read more about REWORLDING and access a full transcript of this episode here. ___ Subscribe now to never miss an episode of Serpentine Podcast. Rate and review to share your responses to REWORLDING with us. ___ Credits Serpentine Podcast: REWORLDING is presented by Gaylene Gould. The series was produced by Katie Callin, with production support from Nada Smiljanic at Reduced Listening, and curated by Serpentine’s Editorial team, Hanna Girma and Fiona Glen. Thanks to all members of Serpentine’s Programmes, Communications and Audiences teams for their direction and contribution. S

How are artists actively collaborating with communities to change the conditions of their daily reality? In this episode, we explore how relationships can transform us, and how artists are engaging collective dreaming and challenging their own ways of connecting to others. Featuring Rory Pilgrim, Richard Sennett, Sumayya Vally, Amal Khalaf (Civic Curator, Serpentine), and music, performances and contributions from collaborators on Rory Pilgrim’s concert work, RAFTS Live. These collaborators include Hugh Prior, Carina Murray, Liam O’Connell, Mark Jones, Emily Butterfly Khoury, Catherina Rowland, Rome Martin-Whilby, Declan Rowe John, and Kayden Fearon. You can read more about REWORLDING and access a full transcript of this episode here. Subscribe now to never miss an episode of Serpentine Podcast. Rate and review to share your responses to REWORLDING with us. Credits Serpentine Podcast: REWORLDING is presented by Gaylene Gould. The series was produced by Katie Callin, with production support from Nada Smiljanic

How do we co-create our world with other species, and how are artists working with these beings in response to ecological instability? This episode of REWORLDING reflects on the need for reconnection, healing and regeneration, and showcases art that celebrates our connection to a wider web of life and plays an active role in nurturing other lifeforms. This episode features: Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Kamala Ibrahim Ishag, and Sarah Hamed; audio from Hans Ulrich Obrist & guest fauna; music by Sulafa Elyas; 12 Dreams as Coral Hair, a sound work by Yussef Agbo-Ola; Es Devlin and Apichatpong Weerasethakul reading their contributions to 140 Artists’ Ideas for Planet Earth, and contributions from Yube Huni Kuin and Mashã Huni Kuin, agroforestry agents with AMAAIAC (from Maria Thereza Alves’s Back to Earth project, To See the Forest Standing). You can read more about REWORLDING and access a full transcript of this episode here. Subscribe now to never miss an episode of Serpentine Podcast. Rate and review to sha

How can the way we play change the way we live? How are creativity, collaboration, and change adaptation related, and why do these activities help people to thrive? In the third episode of the REWORLDING series, host Gaylene Gould speaks to artists and architects who are creating new possibilities through play spaces, games, and playable digital realities, and asking what these can teach us about how we will navigate the world to come. This episode features Gabriel Massan, Alvaro Barrington, Assemble, Penny Wilson & Assemble Play attendees, Tamar Clarke-Brown (Curator (Commissions), Arts Technologies, Serpentine), music and reflections from members of Material Institute, and sound created by LYZZA for Gabriel Massan’s upcoming game, Third World: The Bottom Dimension. You can read more about REWORLDING and access a full transcript of this episode here. Subscribe now to never miss an episode of Serpentine Podcast. Rate and review to share your responses to REWORLDING with us. Credits Serpentine Podcast: RE

How can looking back alter what we wish for the future? In this episode, artists and researchers discuss how they question accepted histories, and how reapproaching the past creatively can open up possibilities in the present. This episode features Samson Kambalu, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Zing Tsjeng, Yesomi Umolu, Etel Adnan & Gavin Bryars performing Five Senses for One Death at Serpentine’s Memory Marathon in 2012, and an extract from KMRU’s Temporary Stored.  You can read more about REWORLDING and access a full transcript of this episode here. Subscribe now to never miss an episode of Serpentine Podcast. Rate and review to share your responses to REWORLDING with us. Series Credits Serpentine Podcast: REWORLDING is presented by Gaylene Gould. The series was produced by Katie Callin, with production support from Nada Smiljanic at Reduced Listening, and curated by Serpentine’s Editorial team, Hanna Girma and Fiona Glen. Thanks to all members of Serpentine’s Programmes, Communications and Audiences teams for

Can fiction remake reality? In the first episode of REWORLDING, we hear from artists, musicians and writers who use dreaming and imagination to remake worlds. This episode features Tai Shani, Irenosen Okojie reading 'Black Planetarium', Heavens by Revital Cohen & Tuur van Balen, the Holorama soundscape by Perez & Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster from Alienarium 5, Kostas Stasinopoulos (Associate Curator, Live Programmes, Serpentine), and The Whole Earth Chanting by Libby Heaney & Nabihah Iqbal. You can read more about REWORLDING and access a full transcript of this episode here. Subscribe now to never miss an episode of Serpentine Podcast. Rate and review to share your responses to REWORLDING with us. Series Credits Serpentine Podcast: REWORLDING is presented by Gaylene Gould. The series was produced by Katie Callin, with production support from Nada Smiljanic at Reduced Listening, and curated by Serpentine’s Editorial team, Hanna Girma and Fiona Glen. Thanks to all members of Serpentine’s Programme

What is a world, and how do we begin to reshape it? Introducing REWORLDING – a new Serpentine Podcast series, hosted by Gaylene Gould. The podcast features international artists, thinkers, writers, designers, and other practitioners who are dreaming of a shift in our reality. Contributors include Tai Shani, Etel Adnan, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Es Devlin, Gabriel Massan, Dr Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and many more. Launching Wednesday 18 January 2023 on all podcast platforms, with a new episode released weekly for 5 weeks. Subscribe now to never miss an episode of Serpentine Podcast. Rate and review to share your responses to REWORLDING with us. Credits:  Serpentine Podcast: REWORLDING is presented by Gaylene Gould. The series was produced by Katie Callin, with production support from Nada Smiljanic at Reduced Listening, and curated by Serpentine’s Editorial team, Hanna Girma and Fiona Glen. Thanks to all members of Serpentine’s Programmes, Communications and Audiences teams for their direction

In Jay Bernard's Crystals of this Social Substance, we hear eight young people from South London discuss money in a conversation that circulates around class, economics and inequality. This audio commission is part of Sound Gallery, a series that invites us to listen actively. 

Reflecting on Brixton's sites of community care and resistance, Ain Bailey's Atlantic Railton brings together a series of intimate conversations and sonic resonances. This audio commission is part of Sound Gallery, a series that invites us to listen actively. 

Sound Gallery is a series of artist's audio commissions that invite us to listen actively. Rooted in thinking about the landscape around Serpentine, Brian Eno's IN A GARDEN creates a generative space through layered sound.

Sound Gallery is a series of artist's audio commissions that invite us to listen actively. In this work by Torkwase Dyson, we hear an impactful collage of sound that embodies breathing in relation to the politics of space, the environment, and the rights of Black bodies.

Moss Matters is a sound work devised by students of the Royal College of Art’s School of Architecture studio ADS3, on the occasion of Serpentine's Back to Earth project. Moss Matters, explores the urban ecology of London’s moss species, revealing what these resilient organisms can teach us about the life of the city. Listen from anywhere, or download the map and follow the audio walk along the Regent's Canal, London, at mossmatters.org. For more information on moss and how to get involved, please visit the British Bryological Society. For more information on Moss Matters and the ongoing collaboration with ADS3, visit the Serpentine website. Moss Matters was conceived and produced by ADS3 2020-2021: Andrea Chan, Leen Ajlan, Michelle Sin, Andrew Reynolds, Nien-Hsun Huang, Wilza Silva Mendes, Nadia Lesniarek-Hamid, Cristina de Loya, Henna Patel, Daniel Innes, Sooyeon Jeong and Henry Valori. ADS3: Refuse Trespassing Our Bodies was led in 2020-21 by Daniel Fernández Pascual & Alon Schwabe.

How can gaming and virtual world-building help us design better cultural architecture and infrastructures? What does the metaverse show us about community building and the co-creation of experience? And what do ‘antecedent’ technologies have to show us about creating ethical frameworks? Taking an intergenerational view, we join Native American artist and technologist Amelia Winger-Bearskin and Andie Nordgren, of popular MMORPG Eve Online and Director of Live Platforms for Unity to find ways through the hidden architectures and decentralised ethics of the metaverse and its precedents. Playtesting is presented by Tamar Clarke-Brown, Serpentine Arts Technologies and produced in collaboration with Sasha Eyde-Lindner from Reduced Listening. Additional sound design by Alx Suutoo Dabo.