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# Artists Share Their Studio Playlists
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/artists-share-their-studio-playlists-discussion-chimento-contemporary/
- Published: 2018-04-04T16:03:40.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:25:18.000Z
- Description: Chimento Contemporary hosts a live recording of artist Pia Pack's podcast What Artists Listen To, with Zeal Harris, Alexandra Grant, Shizu Saldamando, and Cole James.
- Author: Matt Stromberg
- Tags: Art, Events, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-18 14:37 (2018)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/04/walt.jpg)

Clockwise from top left: Zeal Harris, Pia Pack, Alexandra Grant, Shizu Saldamando, Cole James (photos courtesy Zeal Harris, Tindra Hillestad-Pack, Nathalie Malric, Shizu Saldamando, and Madin Lopez)

Art-making can often be a solitary process, with hours spent toiling away without any human interaction. But the one companion that many artists have throughout their workday is music, and a constant stream of soul, punk, hip-hop, or cumbia can fill a lonely studio with voices and vitality.

![(image courtesy What Artists Listen To)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/04/what-artists-listen-to-logo.jpg)

(image courtesy What Artists Listen To)

This is the premise behind the podcast and archival project [*What Artists Listen To*](https://www.whatartistslistento.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com), created by artist [Pia Pack](http://www.piapack.co.uk/?ref=hyperallergic.com). The [weekly podcast](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/what-artists-listen-to/id1361443778?ref=hyperallergic.com) features interviews with female artists discussing their creative soundtracks — punctuated with musical excerpts — and how their choices of tunes impact their artistic processes and their lives outside the studio. A Spotify playlist accompanies each podcast. Pasts guests have included [Alison Saar](https://www.whatartistslistento.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com#/alison-saar/), [Kim Schoenstadt](https://www.whatartistslistento.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com#/23rd-march-kim-schoenstadt/), and [Maysha Mohamedi](https://www.whatartistslistento.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com#/9th-march-maysha-mohamedi/). This Saturday, Pack will host a live podcast taping at [Chimento Contemporary](http://www.chimentocontemporary.net/?ref=hyperallergic.com) featuring [Zeal Harris](http://www.zealsart.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com), [Alexandra Grant](https://alexandragrant.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com), [Shizu Saldamando](https://roski.usc.edu/community/faculty/shizu-saldamando?ref=hyperallergic.com), and [Cole James](http://www.colejamesart.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com).

**When:** Saturday, April 7, 3–5pm  
**Where:** Chimento Contemporary (622 South Anderson Street, Space 105, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles)

*More info at* [*Eventbrite*](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-artists-listen-tolive-with-alexandra-grant-zeal-harris-cole-james-shizu-saldamando-tickets-44526357534?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*