Summer’s almost over, but the “Art Pop” continues. In Part 2 of the aP21 summer special, Professor Sarah Perks reflects on her collaborations, including the exhibition La Movida about Spain's countercultural movement. Here, Professor Perks and Dr. O explore the contours of political correctness, alongside perceptions of race, gender, and class. It all ends with a karaoke breakdown, and the return of a summer anthem that never was!

It’s the summer, baby! Well, at least it feels like it somewhere. In Part 1 of this summer special, Dr. O meets up with Professor Sarah Perks—one of the youngest female-identifying professors and art leaders in the UK, to discuss her beginnings in a call centre, working at Cornerhouse and the life of the Manchester art scene. They close out with intellectual natter about Imitation of Life: Melodrama and Race in the 21st Century from 2016. All set a global suite of pop anthem-mania!

It all begins with an idea.

In the Pilot episode of artPost21’s flagship podcast, Kholeif invites Turner-Prize winning artist and Private Ear, Lawrence Abu Hamdan to think back to the Pre-Borat mankini days, when Spandex was still considered fashionable attire for a rock-star to be.