SOUND MADE PUBLIC
The interview affords us a moment in time with another human to share their stories, reflections, pains, and find the revelations within; it is the core of much of what we do, incredibly simple at its heart and yet, like much of life, incredibly nuanced and full of opportunity.
Sat cross-legged with the Dalai Lama as he chuckles, listening to Vivienne Westwood tell of waiting late into the night for Malcolm McLaren to come home, or stood outside of Marin County Courthouse with Angela Davis as she tells the story of her incarceration and the community support that rallied.
For over two decades we've been talking with artists, curators, designers, activists and cultural figures, discovering their motivations, processes and how it is to be in the world. Our approach is interview-based, believing that the intimate conversation of humans elicits insights and connections that are foundational to connecting with ideas and art.
We’ve interviewed people from all corners of the globe, sat down with the famous, the spiritual, the resolute, and the circumspect. Thousands of voices, all having shared something and helped us and our audiences understand ourselves and the world just a little better.
Client
SOUND MADE PUBLIC
Project
Interviews
Services
Research - Production - Interviews - Sound Design - Post Production - Distribution Strategy
Voices
Vivienne Westwood, Mark Morris, Anne Carson, Angélique Kidjo, Raoul Peck, James Turrell, Julia Scher, John Ashbery, Matt Mullican, Yo La Tengo, Dennis Crompton, Laura Poitras, Rob Epstein, Stefan Ruzowitzky, John Waters, Parvez Sharma, Lera Boroditsky, David Maisel, Bill Fontana, Anna Halprin, Lena Dunham, Steve Buscemi, Larry Clark, Luc Tuymans, Ryan McGinley, Larry Sultan, Charlie Kaufman, Eugene Jarecki, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Cat Power, Dr. Paul Ekman, Wayne Shorter, William Pope.L, Joan Rivers, Frederick Wiseman, Atom Egoyan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Wim Wenders, Russell Banks, Steven Soderbergh, Christian McBride, Julian Temple, John Baldessari, Sylvie Blocher, Barry Jenkins, Carrie Mae Weems, Ari Folman, Wayne Wang, Ross Gay, Jenny Odell, Fatimah Asghar, Eve Ekman, Gaetano Pesce, Erik Spiekermann, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Edward Burtynsky, Pico Iyer, Mike Judge, Alice Sebold, Laurent Cantet, Jennie Jones, Paola Antonelli, Tobi Wong, Trevor Paglen, Paul McCarthy, Ricki Lake, Stanley Nelson, Wavy Gravy, Stefan Sagmeister, Ram Dass, Stephen Burks, James Franco, Lone Scherfig, Davis Guggenheim, Ben Niles, Jennifer Fox, Raymond Nasher, Wash Westmoreland, Matthew Higgs, Ralph Rugoff, Jonathan Caouette, T. Cooper, Roxy Paine, James Longley, Kim Stanley Robinson, Michelle Tea, Sharon Salzberg, Eric Drooker, Anika Nailah, Amy Bloom, George Beylerian, Angela Davis, Christophe Pillet, Humberto Campana, Giulio Cappellini, Ingo Maurer, Hella Jongerius, Jay Osgerby, John Maeda, Konstantin Grcic, Maira Kalman, Matteo Thun, Martino Gamper, Mario Bellini, Nacho Carbonell, Michael Anastassiades, Max Lamb, Naoto Fukasawa, Patricia Urquiola, Ross Lovegrove, Sam Hecht, Tom Dixon, Rene De Guzman, Tim Burgard, Henry Urbach, Raimonds Staprans, Tracey Snelling, Thomas Hirschhorn, Daniel Libeskind, Jan De Baut, Daria Martin, Don Bachardy, Katy Grannan, Larry Rinder, Randy Colosky, Ocean Vuong, Isabella Rossellini, Annabella Pitkin, Sonya Renee Taylor, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Alex Grey, Kiese Laymon, Chella Man, Haley Nahman, Nigel Poor, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, Laurie Anderson, Dr. BJ Miller, Eve Ensler, Peggy Orenstein, Tarana Burke, Dr. Kay Tye, Kellie Jones, Glenn Ligon, Bill T. Jones, Adam Weinberg, Lucy Sante, Betsy Sussler, Jonathan Weinberg, Florent Morellet, Alan Michelson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bobby Cannavale, Jeremy Pope
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Our Process
A day, a life, a conversation.
Opportunity
For us, the interview is always full of opportunity; each meeting, each guest is a new conversation and exercise in trust, candor, and illumination.
Insight
You never know what might happen in an interview or whether the chemistry is there; so many different factors affect the moment. It's always a rich experience and one that can not only provide insight into the interviewee but also into ourselves.
Outcome
How many more times will we circle the sun? How many more curious and fantastic humans will we sit down with and converse with? Too few, for sure, but for now this is the best of things: to meet others and have the honor of sharing their stories.
