Art Rocks!: Dr. Hye Yeon Nam

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Dr. Hye Yeon Nam

Friday, September 27 at 8:30 pm and Saturday, September 28 at 5:30 pm on Art Rocks! (episode #702), meet Baton Rouge artist Dr. Hye Yeon Nam, who creates interactive and kinetic art with environmental and social inferences. The South Korean native combines three-dimensional cityscapes with digital technology to reveal the threat rising sea levels pose to coastal cities. Dr. Nam and collaborator, Dr. Brendan Harmon, talk about their latest work. In Saint Paul, Minnesota, artist Lisa Friedrich uses smoke and flames to create representations of her surroundings. Plus,Michigan-based singer-songwriter Olivia Millerschin blends genres from yesteryear to present day.

Hosted by James Fox-Smith of Country Roads Magazine, Art Rocks! is LPB’s weekly series that spotlights artists, performance, culture, literature, history and the impact of art in our world. It features Louisiana stories, as well as segments from across the country. Current and past episodes are here: www.lpb.org/artrocks.