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James McAnally

James McAnally

Executive and Artistic Director of Counterpublic, a St. Louis triennial civic exhibition. Also co-founder of The Luminary and executive editor of MARCH: a journal of art & strategy.

Aug 7, 2026

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cool WIP episode 37: coolin with James McAnally

Aug 7 · 1h 35m

Marina Mae SchleicherHOST
21:26
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this idea is coming from the city and like the places like fully integrated into the places and starting from the need and then like reverse engineering backwards.
James McAnally
James McAnallyGUEST
21:42
Yeah, I mean, when we look at it, so a triennial happens every three years.
James McAnally
James McAnallyGUEST
21:47
So Counterpublic is three months every three years.
James McAnally
James McAnallyGUEST
21:50
Just keep it memorable.
James McAnally
James McAnallyGUEST
21:53
But when we were thinking about it, like that process I was just describing, it was kind of like, I feel like the thing I make usually is organizations or like institutions.
James McAnally
James McAnallyGUEST
22:02
Like that's, somebody asked me, what's my creative practice? Like in a lot of ways that is at core.
James McAnally
James McAnallyGUEST
22:07
Like I like making platforms for other people to thrive.

51 MINS LATER

Marina Mae SchleicherHOST
72:46
Wasn't a job.

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