ACCA Podcast

The Lonely Archive: Patrick Pound and Kayla Mattes in Conversation with Myles Russell-Cook

ACCA Podcast

Show Notes

Join artists Patrick Pound and Kayla Mattes, in conversation with ACCA Artistic Director and CEO Myles Russell-Cook, as they discuss their new commissions for the show.

Collecting and working with digital and physical materials, respectively, the artists share their unique approaches to making new work out of archives.

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