The Farmhouse Podcast: Michael Darling

This edition of the Farmhouse Podcast has Department of Design head Alisa Wolfson guest hosting for resident emcee Paul Earle in a rousing chat about the intersection of art and innovation. Michael Darling (chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago) is the man responsible for bringing the first American iteration of "David Bowie Is" to the states – an exhibit, opening today, that stuns with its interactive and highly visual retrospective of the British icon. Here, Darling talks candidly about his mission to push the MCA in to the future, from innovations in ticketing to geo-locating headphones to building a transparent relationship with its patrons. Listen to get an insider’s take on the exhibit’s ability to merge pop appeal with more complex and socially relevant ideas (gender, identity), and how the life of a curator is heavily dependent on communicating strategically with museum-goers of all walks of life.