Deli Radio Presents: Top Rank Podcast + DJ Marcelline Mandeng Nken

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Top Rank is a process-oriented research platform that highlights people whose work is challenging and shaping our perception.

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<a href="https://www.recessart.org/projects/254-deli-radio" title="https://www.recessart.org/projects/254-deli-radio" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Deli Radio</a> aims to foster connection and shared experiences at a time when communal spaces feel essential. Over the course of two months, Deli Radio will host live recording sessions and broadcast a series of programs most Thursdays-Saturdays that vary from podcasts, live music and dj sessions, to intimate interviews with artists and activists.Check out <a href="https://deliradio.nyc/" title="https://deliradio.nyc/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Deli Radio website </a>for updated programming, to listen to live radio transmissions or archived programs, and to submit your programming proposal to record in studio! Today Deli Radio invites Isabel Flower and Marcel Rosa-Salas who will re-launch their podcast, <a href="https://rosasalasflower.com/podcast" title="https://rosasalasflower.com/podcast" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Top Rank</a>, which has been on a two year hiatus while they were both on maternity leave. Top Rank is a process-oriented research platform founded in 2015 that highlights people whose work is challenging and shaping our perceptions of contemporary culture. With the relaunch, they are especially interested in experiences pertaining to motherhood, creative practices, and the politics of living through/in the pandemic. The first episode will feature artist and Deli Radio founder June Canedo de Souza. @toprankpodcastFor the DJ Set immediately following, Marcelline Mandeng Nken will be blending sounds from all over the world including Zouk love, R&amp;B, Club music and Gqom, fusing tropical elements of the music she grew up listening to with the repetitive pacing of electronic dance music that roots her in the present moment. About the Presenters​​Marcel Rosa-Salas is a cultural anthropologist, documentarian, and speaker from Brooklyn, New York. She is cohost of the Top Rank podcast, coauthor of The Nameplate: Jewelry, Culture and Identity (Penguin Random House, 2023), and author of Total Market American: Race, Data and Advertising (forthcoming, Duke University Press).Isabel Attyah Flower is an editor and writer living in New York City. She is executive editor of Deem Journal, public discourse manager at re:arc institute, and editorial director of Foundwork. She is cohost of the Top Rank podcast and coauthor of The Nameplate: Jewelry, Culture, and Identity (Penguin Random House, 2023).<a href="https://junecanedodesouza.com/" title="https://junecanedodesouza.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">June Canedo de Souza </a>works with painting, sculpture, and performance. She received an MFA from The Milton Avery School of the Arts at Bard College and is an alumni of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Recent projects and exhibitions include The Geffen at MOCA, Los Angeles, On View at The Kitchen, New York, and MIMO Gallery, New York. Her books have been acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, New York University, Harvard University, the Getty Institute, and more. In 2022 she was a finalist for the Foundwork Artist Prize. She is currently a 2024-25 session artist at Recess, New York, and a 2024-26 Hamiltonian Fellow, Washington D.C. @junecanedodesouza<a href="https://www.mandengarchives.com/about" title="https://www.mandengarchives.com/about" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Marcelline Mandeng Nken</a> (b. in Yaoundé, Cameroon) combines video, sculpture, sound, and biomatter into installations that double as modular open stages for performative inquiry and non linear/parallel storytelling. In the spring, she received an MFA from Yale School of Art and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She is currently a dance research fellow at New York Public Library's Jerome Robbins Division. @marcellinemandeng About Deli RadioThe experience begins at the deli located in the lobby of Recess, where visitors can peruse and purchase a curated selection of goods from small-scale producers such as Live Loud Foods, East Branch Farms, Gus &amp; Grey, Canaan, and Root Elixir. As visitors enter the listening/recording room located within the main Session space, they are immersed in a sonic environment designed by Daniel Santos, featuring sound from Booker Mitchell of <a href="https://bridgestreetsound.com/" title="https://bridgestreetsound.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bridge Street Sound</a>. The spatial and acoustic design encourages thoughtful listening, creating an experience that invites a deep engagement with the present moment. Check out <a href="https://deliradio.nyc/" title="https://deliradio.nyc/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Deli Radio website </a>for updated programming, to listen to the radio live, and to submit your programming proposal to record in studio!

Deli Radio Presents: Top Rank Podcast + DJ Marcelline Mandeng Nken

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