{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Truth In This Art","title":"#30 – How Do You Blend Archive and Activism in Your Art? | Isaiah Winters","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4224,"description":"You know those moments when a photograph or film clip feels like it’s speaking hidden truths? New School professor and interdisciplinary artist Isaiah Winters returns to share how rigorous archival research fuels his photography, film, and mixed-media practice. From earning his MFA at Parsons to documenting pro-Palestinian campus protests and exposing housing inequities, Isaiah shows how historical fragments—old photographs, 16 mm and 35 mm film, collages—become living narratives that confront nationalism, indexicality, and structural racism.\nMFA to professor: completing his Parsons MFA and stepping into a full-time teaching role in The New School’s photo department\nArchival layering: fusing historical photographs, film, and collage to interrogate narratives of nationalism and memory\n“This Land Is Your Land” revisited: investigating segregation, Indigenous displacement, and public memory in national parks\nUnpacking housing myths: exposing GI Bill disparities, postwar suburbanization, and systemic racism in American housing\nOn-campus documentation: capturing student-led pro-Palestinian encampments and the resurgence of fascist undercurrents\nAnalog expansion: why he embraces 35 mm and experimental video to turn archives into urgent calls for change\nCatch Isaiah Winters’s first conversation here: \nWhether you’re an educator, activist, or lover of visual storytelling, Isaiah’s approach will open new pathways for seeing archives as living tools—and may inspire your next creative act. \nPhotograph by Isaiah Winters","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JOa6JbGOYOtDQMaChk3GEjdMaqieN4aTVZIMSZjm84c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85Y2U0/ZjJkMjUzNTFiYjlh/NTNkMDAxNzg0Y2Iy/ZWI5My5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}