Best Centre DArt Contemporain Genève Podcasts (2025)

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S2E17 – Arturo Campagna on history for children 17:45

2+ y ago17:45

17:45

Image: The Rock Nobody Could Lft, etching by Rain Wu (2018)By Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Federico Campagna

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S2E16 – Nicolas Jaar on sound and silence 32:37

2+ y ago32:37

32:37

Image credit: Ceramic figurine from the Moche culture of the north coast of Peru depicting a flute player.By Nicolas Jaar, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Federico Campagna

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S2E15 – ‘The Alexander Romance’ 26:05

2+ y ago26:05

26:05

Image credit: The prophets Elias and Khadir at the fountain of life, late 15th century. Folio from a khamsa (quintet) by Nizami (d. 1209); Timurid period. Opaque watercolor and silver on paper. Herat, Afghanistan.By Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, federico campagna

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S2E14 – Manlio Poltronieri on the Buddhist Dharma and the West 21:22

2+ y ago21:22

21:22

Image credit: Womb Realm (garbhakosa-dhatu or taizōkai) mandala. Shingon tantric buddhist school, Heian period (794-1185), Tō-ji, Kyōto, Japan.By Manlio Poltronieri, Federico Campagna, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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S2E13 – Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, ‘The Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art’ 24:32

2+ y ago24:32

24:32

Image credit: 10th century Chola dynasty bronze sculpture of Shiva, the Lord of the Dance.By Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Federico Campagna, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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S2E12 – Prof. Saul Newman on political theology 29:22

2+ y ago29:22

29:22

Image credit: Detail from the frontispiece of Hobbes’ ‘Leviathan’ by Abraham Bosse,1651By Saul Newman, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Federico Campagna

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S2E11 – Max Stirner, ‘The Ego and Its Own’, Étienne de La Boétie, ‘Discourse on Voluntary Servitude’ 31:35

2+ y ago31:35

31:35

Image credit: Max Stirner in a cartoon by Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)By Federico Campagna, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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S2E10 – Dr. Francesco Strocchi on life in the late Roman republic 28:18

2+ y ago28:18

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Image credit: Roman coin celebrating the assassination of Julius Caesar, issued in 42 BCBy Francesco Strocchi, Federico Campagna, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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S2E9 – Rutilius Namatiuanus, ‘On His Return’, and Paulinus of Pella, ‘Thanksgiving’ 25:00

2+ y ago25:00

25:00

Image credit: Porphyry column decorated with group of two embracing older Tetrarchs. Rome. 293-305.By Paulinus of Pella, Rutilius Namatianus, Federico Campagna, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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S2E8 – Lucia Pietroiusti on analogical thinking 43:40

3y ago43:40

43:40

Image credits: Geometric nest of a pufferfish.By Lucia Pietroiusti, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Federico Campagna

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S2E7 – Ernst Jünger, ‘Approaches’ 33:11

3y ago33:11

33:11

Image credit: Ernst Jünger and Albert Hoffman.By Ernst Jünger, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Federico Campagna

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S2E6 – Prof. Giulio Busi on Jewish mysticism 27:17

3y ago27:17

27:17

Image credit: Cosmic Rose Engraving from Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae by Heinrich Khunrath (1595).By Federico Campagna, Giulio Busi, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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S2E5 – Giulio Busi, ‘Heavenly Palaces in Judaism’, and Abraham Joshua Heschel, ‘The Sabbath’ 23:41

3y ago23:41

23:41

Image credit: Throne AngelsBy Giulio Busi, Federico Campagna

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S2E4 – Huw Lemmey and Isabel Valley on psychiatry and unknown languages 36:03

3y ago36:03

36:03

Image credit: Antidotum tarantulae, a curative musical score from Athanasius Kircher (c. 1660).By Huw Lemmey, Isabel Valley, Federico Campagna

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S2E3 – Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, ‘Shipwrecks’ 20:11

3y ago20:11

20:11

Image credit: Francesco Guardi, Marina in Tempesta, circa 1765/70.By Federico Campagna

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S2E2 – Dr. Beatrice Bottomley on Ibn Arabi 25:04

3y ago25:04

25:04

Image credit: Muhammad Ibn 'Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn 'Arabi (D. 1240 Ad): Fusus Al-Hikam. Mamluk Egypt, dated 19 Dhu'l Hijja Ah 797/4 October 1395 AD.By Federico Campagna, Beatrice Bottomley

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S2E1 – Pico della Mirandola, ‘Heptaplus’ 29:40

3y ago29:40

29:40

Image credit: Portrait of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, by Tobias Stimmer, 1589By Federico Campagna

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S1E18 – Francesco Fusaro on musical cosmologies 1:01:50

4y ago1:01:50

1:01:50

Musicologist and producer Francesco Fusaro discusses world-building music across the centuries. Credit: Francesco Fusaro, Tafelmusik Var. I, 2021. Collage, 65x92. Courtesy of the artist.By Francesco Fusaro, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Federico Campagna

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S1E17 – Arturo Campagna on children's literature 19:47

4y ago19:47

19:47

6-years old Arturo Campagna discusses children’s literature and dispenses advice to writers for children. Image credits: Rain Wu, Arion, 2019. Stoneware clay and glazes, 9x11cm. Courtesy of the artist.By Federico Campagna, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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S1E16 – Elemire Zolla, "Children's Awe" and Cristina Campo, "The Flute and the Rug" 19:35

4y ago19:35

19:35

Federico Campagna presents the philosophical take on children’s world-view and culture in Elemire Zolla’s 1994 “Children’s Awe” and Cristina Campo’s 1971 “The Flute and the Rug”. Image credits: Ivan Bilibin, Stage-set design for Scene Two, Act Four of the opera the "Tale of the Lost City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia" by Rimsky-Korsakov, 1929.…

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S1E15 – Fr. Paul Butler on radical theology 23:56

4y ago23:56

23:56

Liberation theologian Father Paul Butler discusses the radical interpretations of the Christian message. Image credits: The oldest surviving depiction of Saint Francis, Benedictine abbey of Subiaco, painted between March 1228 and March 1229.By Federico Campagna, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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S1E14 – Pavel Florenksy, "Reversed Perspective" 26:44

4+ y ago26:44

26:44

Federico Campagna presents Russian theologian (and mathematician, engineer and philosopher) Pavel Florensky’s 1920 essay “Reversed Perspective” and his interpretation of the language of sacred forms. Image credits: Andrey Rublev, The Trinity or The Hospitality of Abraham, 1411-1427.By Federico Campagna, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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S1E13 – Sarah Shin and Ben Vickers on otherworldly imagination 25:56

4+ y ago25:56

25:56

Ignota publishers Sarah Shin and Ben Vickers discuss their ongoing cultural work on the “techniques of awakening”. Image credits: Hildegard von Bingen, God, Cosmos, and Humanity, 1165.By Federico Campagna, Sarah Shin, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Ben Vickers

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S1E12 – Russel Hoban, "Riddley Walker" 17:36

4+ y ago17:36

17:36

Federico Campagna presents Russel Hoban’s 1980 science-fiction masterpiece “Riddley Walker” and the problem of post-future life and culture. Image credits: Punch with the Judge and the Hangman, 1870. Litograph.By Russel Hoban, Federico Campagna, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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S1E11 – Tom Cheetham on Henry Corbin and James Hillman 26:05

4+ y ago26:05

26:05

American philosopher Tom Cheetham discusses the parallels between Henry Corbin and Jungian psychoanalyst James Hillman, looking in particular at the practice of “Creative Imagination”. Image credits: Elijah and Khidr praying together, XI century. Illuminated manuscript version of Stories of the Prophets.…

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S1E10 – Henry Corbin, "History of Islamic Philosophy" 26:19

4+ y ago26:19

26:19

Federico Campagna presents Henry Corbin’s 1964 “History of Islamic Philosophy” and his esoteric interpretation of philosophy and of religion. Image credits: Sultan Mohammed, The Miraj of the Prophet, 1539-1543. Opaque watercolor and ink on paper.By Federico Campagna, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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S1E9 – Bill Sherman on Frances Yates and Aby Warburg 26:52

4+ y ago26:52

26:52

Bill Sherman, director of the Warburg Institute, discusses the work of Frances Yates and Aby Warburg’s library. Image credits: Aby Warburg, Der Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, 2020. Exhibition view. Courtesy of Silke Briel / HKWBy federico campagna, Bill Sherman

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S1E8 – Frances Yates, "The Art of Memory" 21:50

4+ y ago21:50

21:50

Federico Campagna looks at Frances Yates’ work on the philosophy of mnemotechnics in her 1966 book “The Art of Memory”. Image Credits: Giulio Camillo, Memory Theatre, 1510.By Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, federico campagna

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S1E7 – Stefano Gualeni on how to philosophize with a digital hammer 27:09

4+ y ago27:09

27:09

Stefano Gualeni presents his philosophical take on digital worlds and virtual subjectivity. Image Credits: ‘Here’, video game by Stefano Gualeni. 2018.By stefano gualeni, federico campagna

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S1E6 – Stefano Gualeni, "Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools" 23:14

4+ y ago23:14

23:14

Federico Campagna looks at Stefano Gualeni’s books “Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools” (2015) and “Virtual Existentialism” (2020) and at the cosmogonic function of play. Image credits: The Royal Game of Ur, 2600BC-2400BC. Wood game-board. © The Trustees of the British MuseumBy stefano gualeni, federico campagna

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S1E5 – Julia Gale on Simone Weil’s life and mysticism 18:27

4+ y ago18:27

18:27

Playwright Julia Gale discusses her personal and theatrical interpretation of Simone Weil’s life and thought. Photo: Simone WeilBy Julia Gale, Federico Campagna

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S1E4 – Simone Weil, "The Iliad or the Poem of Force 25:22

4+ y ago25:22

25:22

Federico Campagna presents Simone Weil’s 1939 essay "The Iliad or the Poem of Force" in the context of her mystical existentialist philosophy. Image credits: Virgilius Solis, The Suicide of Ajax , 1563.By Federico Campagna

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S1E3 – Franco Berardi Bifo on the contemporary psychosphere 28:39

4+ y ago28:39

28:39

Franco Berardi Bifo discusses his book “The Third Unconscious” and the state of the contemporary psychosphere. Image credits: Franco Berardi ‘Bifo’, L’apocalisse (quadro primo), 2020. Courtesy of the artist.By Franco Berardi Bifo, Federico Campagna

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S1E2 – Franco Berardi Bifo, "The Third Unconscious" 21:17

4+ y ago21:17

21:17

Federico Campagna presents Bifo’s 2021 book “The Third Unconscious” in the context of the decades-long work of the Italian Autonomist philosopher. Image credit: Jean Frédéric Schnyder, Dritchi IV, 1985. Courtesy de Kunstmuseum Bern, Toni Gerber Collection.By Federico Campagna

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S1E1 – Overmorrow’s Library 18:59

4+ y ago18:59

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Federico Campagna introduces the “Library for the Day After Tomorrow”. A podcast series on worlding, worlds, apocalypses, apocatastases and post-future culture. Image credits: The Gilgamesh Tablet (Library of Ashurbanipal), 7th c. BCE. The British Museum, London. © The Trustees of the British Museum.…

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Centre DArt Contemporain Genève Podcasts

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Overmorrow’s Library

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S2E17 – Arturo Campagna on history for children 17:45

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S2E16 – Nicolas Jaar on sound and silence 32:37

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S2E15 – ‘The Alexander Romance’ 26:05

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S2E14 – Manlio Poltronieri on the Buddhist Dharma and the West 21:22

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S2E13 – Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, ‘The Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art’ 24:32

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S2E12 – Prof. Saul Newman on political theology 29:22

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S2E11 – Max Stirner, ‘The Ego and Its Own’, Étienne de La Boétie, ‘Discourse on Voluntary Servitude’ 31:35

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S2E10 – Dr. Francesco Strocchi on life in the late Roman republic 28:18

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S2E9 – Rutilius Namatiuanus, ‘On His Return’, and Paulinus of Pella, ‘Thanksgiving’ 25:00

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S2E8 – Lucia Pietroiusti on analogical thinking 43:40

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S2E7 – Ernst Jünger, ‘Approaches’ 33:11

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S2E6 – Prof. Giulio Busi on Jewish mysticism 27:17

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S2E5 – Giulio Busi, ‘Heavenly Palaces in Judaism’, and Abraham Joshua Heschel, ‘The Sabbath’ 23:41

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S2E4 – Huw Lemmey and Isabel Valley on psychiatry and unknown languages 36:03

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S2E3 – Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, ‘Shipwrecks’ 20:11

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S2E2 – Dr. Beatrice Bottomley on Ibn Arabi 25:04

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S2E1 – Pico della Mirandola, ‘Heptaplus’ 29:40

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S1E18 – Francesco Fusaro on musical cosmologies 1:01:50

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S1E17 – Arturo Campagna on children's literature 19:47

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S1E16 – Elemire Zolla, "Children's Awe" and Cristina Campo, "The Flute and the Rug" 19:35

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S1E15 – Fr. Paul Butler on radical theology 23:56

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S1E14 – Pavel Florenksy, "Reversed Perspective" 26:44

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S1E13 – Sarah Shin and Ben Vickers on otherworldly imagination 25:56

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S1E12 – Russel Hoban, "Riddley Walker" 17:36

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S1E11 – Tom Cheetham on Henry Corbin and James Hillman 26:05

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S1E10 – Henry Corbin, "History of Islamic Philosophy" 26:19

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S1E9 – Bill Sherman on Frances Yates and Aby Warburg 26:52

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S1E8 – Frances Yates, "The Art of Memory" 21:50

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S1E7 – Stefano Gualeni on how to philosophize with a digital hammer 27:09

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S1E6 – Stefano Gualeni, "Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools" 23:14

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S1E5 – Julia Gale on Simone Weil’s life and mysticism 18:27

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S1E4 – Simone Weil, "The Iliad or the Poem of Force 25:22

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S1E3 – Franco Berardi Bifo on the contemporary psychosphere 28:39

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S1E2 – Franco Berardi Bifo, "The Third Unconscious" 21:17

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S1E1 – Overmorrow’s Library 18:59