“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.” -Frank Herbert

Time rolls on, regardless of what we do or make of it. Each of us exists within and throughout it, but when our place is vacated, time carries on. It moves forward without stopping, allowing us to spend a while in its realm before rolling on as we remain behind. Time dictates our days, our years, our very existence and yet we barely give it a thought. We simply live beside it, within it, never much considering that we are the briefly stopping guests in a seemingly endless house.

David Claerbout spoke to us from Hoboken, a district of the city of Antwerp, Belgium. There he has two studios, both of which have somewhat impractical dimensions. He is currently preparing two new works, one depicting the life of a tree as it grows backwards, starting large and getting smaller until one day, 12 years from now, it is dug out of the ground. The other piece he is currently at work on is currently titled The Exploding Birdcage and it explores the phenomenon of birds exploding in their cages when the houses in which they live explode during wildfires. To hear more about these works and other aspects of David Claerbout’s career, listen to the complete interview.

Chris Regner joined us from Milwaulkee. He has a show coming up in June at Kravets Wehby Gallery, where he completed his debut solo show in 2021. The previous exhibition explored the idea of the father figure, and this upcoming show explores other masculine tropes through the examination of Greek mythology and the portrayal of Greek gods. This work stems from Regner’s own upbringing during which he did not have a discernable father figure and allows him to explore how is own father-son relationship might look now. To hear more about the work, the upcoming exhibition and more, listen to the complete interview.