Interview with Walter Mignolo, Radio Papesse (2015)

Professor Walter Mignolo stands in the front of a dim library room with two others.

Radio Papesse talks to Walter D. Mignolo, professor at Duke University, USA. Twenty years after his publication The Darker Side of the Renaissance, he held the Key Lecture at the symposium Unmapping the Renaissance (12 – 15 March 2015, Villa Romana in cooperation with the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut). Click here to access the audio. First published in: Unmapping the Renaissance, ed. Angelika Stepken, Eva-Maria Troelenberg, Mariechen Danz, published by Villa Romana, Florence, and Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut Verlag für Modern Kunst, Nürnberg 2015.

Dimly lit room filled with audience members listening to the speaker.

Radio Papesse, an independent online radio station focusing on contemporary art, has been running for several years from its offices at Villa Romana. It accompanies the programme of exhibitions and events with interviews, live streaming and debates.