Surprise! We perform a switcheroo with Willow a.k.a. indexthumb landing in the hot seat this episode, as longtime collaborator Freddy Avis/Arswain takes the interviewing reins. In this one-off episode, Willow reveals their journey from narrative filmmaking to video installation and movement performance, following a pivotal MA degree in Artist Film and Moving Image at Goldsmiths University in 2024. Starting with their initial inspirations of slapstick comedy, Willow recounts their first ...

Art curation is changing. Today, we are joined by Soft Shock, a new London-based curating collective, who share how emerging curators are approaching this traditionally elite practice of culture-gathering in more public, relational and sustainable ways. It's a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain of one of the most critical pivot points in the artist to gallery pipeline, as well as an inspiring conversation that challenges us to think critically about what it truly means to make work that i...

We're off to tread the boards with actor Sanee Raval! In a sensitive and thought-provoking conversation, Sanee reflects on tuning the actor's sense of intuition to guide their practice, and heeding the creative call to pursue a career in acting. We touch on their new short film Kiln, and their experience of both directing and performing in their own production. Sanee provides valuable insight into the various pathways through which to approach a career as an actor, alongside some beautiful an...

We kick Season 2 off with Emelie Victoria, a photographer and visual anthropologist investigating human and non-human relationships in Swedish forests. Emelie leads us through the ethical woods of working with different communities and introduces us to the term correspondence. Developed by anthropologist Tim Ingold from his work with the indigenous Sámi people, correspondence refers broadly to the idea of reciprocity and shared exchange within any sort of relationship: I give, you give, we ch...

Episode 5: Writing & Producing Music. Today we speak with the other mind behind In Process: Freddy Avis, a sharp, futuristic musician for the 21st Century. Based in Highland Park, Los Angeles, Freddy got his start working under acclaimed composer James S. Levine (Glee, American Horror Story, Bloodline, Nip Tuck, The Last Ship) for two years at Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Productions in Santa Monica, CA. Since then Freddy holds music credits on hit shows including Major Crimes, Instinct, ...

Episode 4: The Writing Life. Welcome to a very cozy episode of In Process, as we settle down with Patty Kim Hamilton, and venture into the uncertain limbos -- as wells as the heavens -- of poetry and playwriting. A playwright, director-dramaturg, pisces and performance-maker, Patty is currently completing her masters in Playwriting at the University of the Arts, Berlin. She received her Bachelors with Honors from Stanford University, where she was the recipient of the Sherifa Omade Edoga Priz...

Episode 2: Digital Dances. Start touching those toes, because we are in the dance studio today with Carly Lave, an American choreographer and dancer based in Berlin. Her work seeks to question the self and personal subjectivity through movement, specifically in a female body, pulling on aesthetics of contemporary ballet. She holds a BA in American Studies and Dance from Stanford University where she trained with Alex Ketley, Robert Moses, Bobbi Jene Smith, Diane Frank and Muriel Maffre among ...

Episode 3: Engineering The Sonic Zone. We're off to the ears today with Anna Tskhovrebov, an experimental musician among other things such as audio engineer at Ableton, live visuals programmer, and avid bird-listener. Anna graduated from Stanford in 2018 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and an M.A. in Music, Science, and Technology. She moved continents to Berlin, to work alongside Robert Henke on designing the graphics for his retro-futuristic audiovisual show, CBM 8032 AV, before sett...

Episode 1: Independent Filmmaking. Welcome to In Process! A series of intimate, long-form conversations with emerging Stanford artists. For our inaugural episode, we meet Diante Singley, who was raised in Los Angeles and graduated from Stanford University in 2014. Already a young veteran of the L.A. media scene, he has worked variously as an assistant cameraman, a production designer and most recently as the personal assistant for directors Eli Roth and Michael Dougherty. As a filmmaker, Si...