Special series gtalks! at NEW INC brings together the diasporic approach of gtalks! radio and the experimental ethos of NEW INC, the first museum-led incubator for art, design, and technology founded by the New Museum in 2014.

Each episode is a peek into the practice of storytellers through different mediums. Curating advice and visibility for communities navigating the emerging landscape of art, technology, and entrepreneurship. Between conversations, featured guests share a playlist of their most played recent tunes, as a sonic backdrop to their creative process.

The show is recorded in the NEW INC office, reimagined as a vessel for dissecting the intersectionality of art, design, and technology through individual conversations.

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elekhlekha อีเหละเขละขละ is a collaborative research-based group consisting of Thai diaspora, Bangkok-born, Brooklyn-based artists, Nitcha Fame Tothong & Kengchakaj. We delve into subversive storytelling by exploring non-hegemonic sounds and visual archives, historical research–decoding, and unlearning biases. Our works span performing documents, multimedia, and technology centers to interrogate, experiment, explore, and define decolonized possibilities.

elekhlekha อีเหละเขละขละ is a Thai word that means chaos, dispersedness, entropy, and non-direction to break free our practices from being labeled through a Western lens.

+ Elekhlekha – website & IG
+ Keng – website & IG
+ Fame – website & IG

Photo Credit: geoff robertson

The series’ jingle is the work of composer and sound artist Etienne Mason, known professionally as MAYSUN. MAYSUN, recognized for his unique fusion of drumming and immersive soundscapes, has crafted a piece that features a sampled string riff from the Uyghur Sataer, ساتار. This riff was recorded by Gulnihal during her recent visit to Kashgar, China.