Banks Violette Interview MP3

Among the individuals responsible for bringing drones into the modern museum, one key one is Banks Violette, who has collaborated with black metal musicians from Scandinavia and with the band Sunn O))’s Stephen O’Malley in the construction of installations that combine painting, sculpture and sound. The PS1 podcast series, broadcast from the Queens-based arts center, has an old interview with him in which he discusses how the audio complements his physical structures, how MFA programs prepare (for better and worse) students for the art world, and how youthful indiscretion may be the most potent cultural detritus of all (MP3).