Inequalities: Art Activist Liezel Strauss

Beatie Wolfe interviews Art Girl Rising and Subject Matter founder Liezel Strauss about her work which addresses the widespread under-representation of women artists throughout the art world and her vision for creating fair representation while also empowering artists and making art accessible. Listen to this show that kicks off with Beatie and Liezel reflecting on how they first met when the UN Women invited them both to be 1 of 9 innovation role models for its ‘Impossible to Ignore’ global media campaign. 

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe [[www.beatiewolfe.com]] explores the power of music across Space, Science, Art, Health, Film & Technology by talking to the leading luminaries in each field from Nobel Prize winners to multi-platinum producers and hearing the music that has most impacted them, their “Orange Juice for the Ears”. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN Women role model for innovation, and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

Liezel Strauss’ Orange Juice for the Ears

  • First song that imprinted? “I’m Walking” by Fats Domino 

  • First album that shaped who you are? “Just What I Needed” by The Cars - from album same name

  • The music you would send into Space? “Little Moth” by Beatie Wolfe

  • The song you would have at your memorial? “Human” by The Killers 

  • The album you would pass onto the next generation? “Beautiful Baby” by William Onyeabor - from Atomic Bomb

Beatie and Liezel reflecting on how they first met when the UN Women invited them both to be 1 of 9 innovation role models for its ‘Impossible to Ignore’ global media campaign.

Beatie and Liezel reflecting on how they first met when the UN Women invited them both to be 1 of 9 innovation role models for its ‘Impossible to Ignore’ global media campaign.

This episode of Orange Juice for the Ears first aired live on LA’s dublab radio but is also available as a podcast. This show was Mastered by Dean Hovey. For rights reasons, the music in this podcast version is shorter than in the original broadcast.

Liezel Strauss and Beatie Wolfe for UN Women Impossible To Ignore at the World Trade Centre
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