Ep. 3: Are We Performing Everyday Life? Images of Protest and Performance in the Digital Age—with Stanya Kahn, Fritjof Mangerich, and Mona Varichon

This episode of UNBOUND explores the intersections of protest, performance, and digital culture with Los Angeles-based artist and filmmaker Stanya Kahn. We focus on her decade-spanning video work Stand in the Stream (2011-2017), an “ambient digital film” that fuses personal and political narratives. Centering her unique approach to performance and filmmaking, this episode not only highlights Kahn’s artistic practice but also raises broader questions about art’s role in responding to personal, societal, and political moments of rupture. The generational transmission of artistic and political struggles, a central issue in Kahn’s work, is also present in this episode through the comments of two younger artists, Fritjof Mangerich and Mona Varichon, who each give us their take on Stand in the Stream.  

Speakers: Stanya Kahn, Fritjof Mangerich, Mona Varichon

Hosts: Line Ajan and Lisa Long