Unencumbered Voices in Curated Spaces : Hauser & Wirth x Shade with Guest Silas Munro

<p><strong>SILVER AWARD WINNER 'BEST ARTS &amp; CULTURE' PODCAST - BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2021</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Unencumbered Voices in Curated Spaces: Inspired by the life &amp; work of </strong><a href="https://www.hauserwirth.com/hauser-wirth-exhibitions/31600-frank-bowling-london-new-york" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Sir Frank Bowling </strong></a><strong>- a three-part summer podcast series, investigating freedom of expression today and throughout art history.</strong></p><p>This first episode in a special series of conversations from Shade, supported by Hauser &amp; Wirth, is with <a href="https://twitter.com/siborg81?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Silas Munro</a>—LA-based critic, writer and partner of graphic design studio<a href="https://www.polymode.studio/practical/?tx_post_tag=website" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Polymode.</a></p><p>Silas&nbsp;Munro’s past&nbsp;collaborations include the City of LA Mayor’s Office, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, Mark Bradford at the Venice Biennale, and MoMA. Munro’s writing appears in the book, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/W-Boiss-Data-Portraits-Visualizing-ebook/dp/B07JQ2LWVB" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘W. E. B. Du&nbsp;Bois’s&nbsp;Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America’ </a>published by Princeton Architectural Press. He has been a visiting critic at MICA, RISD, and Yale. Munro is Founding Faculty and Chair Emeritus at Vermont College of Fine Arts.&nbsp;</p><p>Founded in 2014,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.polymode.studio/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Polymode</a>&nbsp;is a studio that leads the edge of contemporary graphic design through poetic research, learning experiences, and making cool shit for clients in the cultural sphere, innovative businesses, and community-based organizations.</p><p><a href="https://www.vip-hauserwirth.com/gallery-exhibitions/frank-bowling-london-new-york/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Frank Bowling. London /