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Context Is The New Content

Progress comes from those who push against convention. Poet Kenneth Goldsmith has disrupted his field by rejecting the very notion of originality.
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Home and Away
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Season 9 Episode 9
Home and Away
Aoife O’Donovan and Sara Zewde have developed creative practices that blend cultures.
Crossing Cultures
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Season 9 Episode 8
Crossing Cultures
Time for Three and Akram Khan have drawn from disparate cultures to create original work.
Conscientious Evolution
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Season 9 Episode 7
Conscientious Evolution
Singer-songwriter Ben Folds and architect Jeanne Gang have thrived apart from trends.
The Insatiables
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Season 9 Episode 6
The Insatiables
Composer Stephen Schwartz and writer Susan Orlean have relentlessly inquiring minds.
Long and Winding Roads
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Season 9 Episode 5
Long and Winding Roads
For composer Anaïs Mitchell & writer Douglas Stuart, triumphs can be years in the making.
By Their Stars
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Season 9 Episode 4
By Their Stars
Rock band The Killers, choreographer Mark Morris, and violinist Augustin Hadelich.
Fearless Pursuits
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Season 9 Episode 3
Fearless Pursuits
Michael Cunningham and Joan Kane didn’t let obstacles stand in the way of potential.
Unremitting
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Season 9 Episode 2
Unremitting
Writer Kate DiCamillo and theater artist Ping Chong have navigated winding paths.
From Prodigies to Paragons
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Season 9 Episode 1
From Prodigies to Paragons
Recognized early for their gifts, Yaa Gyasi and Sarah Jarosz are now becoming role models.
What Might Be
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Season 8 Episode 13
What Might Be
Samuel R. Delany and Orkan Telhan interrogate the present to glimpse the future.
Reflexive Cognition
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Season 8 Episode 12
Reflexive Cognition
Observation is vivid in the works of Paul Muldoon and Daniel Arsham.
Virtuous Reality
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Season 8 Episode 11
Virtuous Reality
Yusef Komunyakaa and Jennifer Weiner know that honest work can reveal new truths.
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