Celebrating one year of recording the Quarantine Tapes, episode 180 of the Quarantine Tapes is part one of a two part special video presentation of a conversation featuring the first Quarantine Tapes guest, Henry Rollins.
In this episode, Henry Rollins engages in a lively, socially distant, conversation, about the importance of art and culture, with Onassis LA Executive Director Paul Holdengräber, dublab co-founder Mark ‘Frosty’ McNeill, and dublab Executive Director Alejandro Cohen.
On March 7th, 2020, just days before the pandemic lockdown, OLA and dublab recorded a live interview with Paul Holdengräber at the OLA house as part of dublab’s annual Creative Cultivation Salon. At that moment, Henry spoke about the necessity of preserving and supporting independent creative communities, a discussion that feels more relevant than ever, as we look back at the reorientation of the next wave of expression during the quarantine era. That moment heralds as the beginning of the Quarantine Tapes.
Filmed at Onassis LA, this Anniversary episode continues the conversation, exploring the essential role artists play in all cultures. Through the magic of radio, and particularly in these times of isolation, artists serve as a beacon, and shine like a light in the dark, for everyone.
"When you lose art and culture in a society you lose the society itself; and when a society becomes more coarse, when museums and galleries close, when there's less opportunity to hear any kind of music, less opportunity to dance, to paint, to express yourself, what you get in that vacuum, is ignorance, bigotry, and brutality. When art gets pushed to the side what comes in its place you don't want any part of it -- you will not like what comes in its place."
- Henry Rollins, in conversation on March 7th, 2020, Onassis LA.
Credits:
Paul Holdengraber - Co-Creator, Host, OLA Director
Anthony Audi - Co-Creator, Researcher, OLA Director
Alejandro Cohen - Co-Creator, Producer, Composer
Christian Pitt - Production Coordinator
Erin Cooney - Copy, Production
Dublab Team
