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Late Night in the Bedroom
“Late Night in the Bedroom” is a brand new late night live audience talk show, featuring Toronto’s freshest local artists, musicians and cultural players. The show takes place monthly with the aim of expanding public dialogue around the art we see, hear, and create, as well as supporting the ongoing development of our creative community. Late Night in the Bedroom is shot in front of a live audience at special alternative arts venues across Toronto. All episodes of the a show can be viewed online at www.latenightinthebedroom.com
Joshua Barndt is currently the acting Producer for Late Night in the Bedroom
Episode 6
2010 is upon us, and what a better way to bring in the New Year then to check out Episode 6 of Late Night in the Bedroom. Filmed in front of a live audience in the heart of Toronto’s China Town district, the show features 5 creative gems you will not want to miss. This episode starts on the roof with musical guest Jonas Bonnetta of Evening Hymns, who played a song from his newly released album “Spirit Guides”. Next Alistair Newton, founder and director of the Ecce Homo theater company, spoke to us about his controversial play “The Pastor Phelps Project: A Fundamentalist Cabaret”. Photographer Laurie Kang also joined us live, and gave a detailed and candid low down on her highly personal staged images. This episode also features two off site segments profiling visual artist Amanda Nedham at her recent exhibition “Tapping the Admiral” at Le Gallery, as well as gallerist Meghan Bradley of Push Gallery, who spoke to us at the Toronto International Art Fair. Finally Evening Hymns ended off the night with a spellbinding live set.
LNB Episode 6 from Late Night in the Bedroom on Vimeo.
Episode 5
Things got freaky in the Bedroom for Late Night’s special Halloween edition, which featured urban explorer Sean Galbraith, who took us on a tour of the Pork Factory as well as joining us for a live interview, Nik Dudokovic, who spoke about his newest exhibition The Secret Museum of Mankind, and Ken Farrell of local band Gravity Wave. Gravity Wave also played a phenomenal set. We also had the pleasure of debuting Boys Who Say No’s newest Halloween themed music video for their song No I Won’t.
LNB - Episode 5 from Late Night in the Bedroom on Vimeo.
Episode 4
Late Night in the Bedroom is comin’ atcha straight from the grimy streets of Toronto for the city’s annual all night art extravaganza, Nuit Blanche. Careful to avoid the splatters of vomit garnishing the sidewalk, and the drunk teenagers from whose bellies more impending vomit was stewing, we got up close and personal with Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan of Finger in the Dyke Productions and spoke to them about their Bay Street spectacle “Wild Night”. Artist Katie Bethune-Leamen artfully orchestrated a group of costumed crooners in “Ghost Chorus: Dirge for Dead Slang”, an all-night performance that took over Larry Sefton Park. We also checked out curator Devon Ostrom at the AGO and spoke to him about the amazing Beautiful City Billboard Fee Campaign. Finally musical guest Alpha Bot wigs out in a good way.
LNB - Episode 4 (Nuit Blanche Special) from Late Night in the Bedroom on Vimeo.
Episode 3
This very special edition of Late Night in the Bedroom was filmed off-site at the Manifesto Gallery at 52 McCaul Street. The interviews and musical performance took place in an installation put together by artists Joshua Barndt, Piotr Adas and Adrian DiLena. Piot Adas speaks about the installation as well as his own practice. Graffiti artist and illustrator Elicser, whose work is also displayed in the venue, is profiled, as well as Steve Ferrara and Lisa Martin, otherwise known as Well and Good, who were instrumental in the creation of the recently unveiled Paint Your Faith mural at the Metropolitan United Church on Church St. and Shuter St. Street artist Roadsworth, whose signature stencils adorned the asphalt surrounding the building, is also featured. Audience members were treated to a private, intimate set by Tim Moxam and his acoustic guitar.
LNB - Episode 3 from Late Night in the Bedroom on Vimeo.
Episode 2
Late Night in the Bedroom, Toronto’s freshest arts and culture talk show, is back! Profiled in our second episode, shot on September 7th in front of an even larger and more enthusiastic live audience than before, are a diverse range of artists and performers. The show’s live guests included Toronto based performance artist Zeesy Powers, and musical guest Whale Tooth with their unique brand of hyper-energetic indie pop. This show also includes an intimate interview with actor Charlotte Sullivan and writer/director Peter Stebbings who recently premiered their new feature film Defendor at the Toronto International Film Festival, + a feature on Bite Your Tongue, the newest event put on by Extermination Music.
LNB - EPISODE 2 from Late Night in the Bedroom on Vimeo.
Episode 1
On August 26th, Late Night in the Bedroom, Toronto’s brand-spanking new arts and culture talk show premiered in front of a live audience with a wildly exciting lineup of guests. The show’s guests included the extremely prolific hip-hop photographer Che Kothari, who talked about his work as well as Toronto’s Manifesto Festival, which he helped found and currently directs. Guerilla gardeners Sean Martindale and Eric Cheung, otherwise known as the “Poster Pocket Plant Guys”, discussed their delightful street interventions. Finally, musical guest Boys Who Say No, graced Late Night in the Bedroom’s apartment studio with a set of their quirky and unpredictable indie pop rock.