Artist Wu Tsang goes deep on Moby Dick — literally and figuratively — with an immersive film installation that takes viewers into the depths of the ocean from the whale’s perspective. Entitled "Of Whales," on view at the ICA starting Feb. 15, it’s part of Wu Tsang’s Moby Dick trilogy, which premiered at the Venice Biennale two years ago. Today on The Culture Show, Tsang joins host and GBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen to talk about her process, grappling with climate change, and how Shakespeare's "The Tempest" ties into it all.
From there, it's part two of an ongoing conversation about preserving art amid wartime. Today, a focus on Ukraine: UNESCO’s latest reporting finds that as of last month, 340 sites have been damaged since February 2022. This includes museums, monuments, libraries and religious sites. Oleksandra Kovalchuck is working to save the art and history of her homeland. She is the deputy director of development at the Odessa Fine Arts Museum and the co-founder of Museum for Change, a coalition formed to protect museums in wartime. She and her family left Ukraine after Russia invaded it. She now lives here in Massachusetts, and she joins the show to talk about the important work her team is doing.
And finally, it’s New England on the biggest screen. Director Daniel Ferguson joins The Culture Show about his documentary, "The Heart of New England," now on view at the Museum of Science’s Mugar Omni Theater.
