What’s My Thesis?

123. How Colors Make Us Think and Feel - Danielle Winger

Artist and poet painter Danielle Winger talks about the importance of how colors make us think and feel in the context of art making and critical media literacy.

 

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122. Coincidence, Serendipity, and Fate - Debra Broz

Artist Debra Broz and I think about coincidence, serendipity and fate as we explore her practice of thrifting for ceramic animal figurine , breaking them apart, and using restoration techniques to combine these fragments into seamless new adorably unholy creatures.

121. Financial Strategy for Artists - Chris Adler

Artist Chris Adler stops by to talk financial strategies to keep visual artists from becoming starving artists.

120. Italian Horror Films - Dakota Noot

Visual Artist Dakota Noot talks about Giallo Movies, which are a genre of Italian horror Films pioneered by Dario Argento. we get into camp and gore, Hellraiser, Freddy, Jason, as well as more upsetting offerings by Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition) and Park Chan-wook (Sympathy for mister Vengence)

119. Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind - Jamie Hamilton

Aliens! Artist Jamie Hamilton and I discuss Steven Greer's claim that through meditation people are able to summon Alien Beings and have UFO (UAP) encounters. It gets wild

118. Unmixed Paint - Phillip J. Mellen

Artist Phillip J. Mellen talks about his approach to painting with color.

117. Law Vs Morality - Molly Parmer

Criminal Defense Attorney Molly Parmer describes growing up the daughter of artist Skip Williamson during the Chicago 7 trial. Skip Williamson was influential in the Underground Comix movement, and did the art for Abby Hoffman's Steal This Book. Williamson was not one of the seven but was closely affiliated and active during the trial. Molly shares how her relationship to these events made her want to fight to protect people from a flawed system today, rather than work to reform it in the future. 

116. Generational Labor - Melissa Loney

115. Kitsch - Anna Breininger

 Artist Anna Breininger and I try to pin down what kitsch even means in an art world where hierarchy’s are actively being dismantled.

114. Fighting Gentrifiers in 2021 - Lincoln Heights Intel

Five LH Intel members stop by to talk their experiences running for Neighborhood Council. We talk about Los Angeles history, the brewery Arts Complex, gentrification, gerrymandering, voter suppression, homelessness, smear pieces, and Luxury apartments built on toxic superfund sight.

113. Landscapes of the Post-Industrial Midwest - Kale

Artist Kale talks about the political context of midwestern landscapes, and how they represent an late stage capitalist aesthetic, before we get into a thoughtful discussion about the challenges of being both anti racist and advocating for class solidarity.

112. Treasure Hunt For Ordinary Things - Deirdre Colgan Jones

What's my Thesis? is a visual art podcast.

Artist Deidre Colgan Jones talks about living in different American cities as an Irish woman from Dublin, before we discuss the decision making process I went though collecting items for the treasure hunt she sent me on.

111. Still Life - Annie Compean

Artist Annie Compean talks about her obsession with collecting and arranging objects to paint, while taking us on a visual tour of her practice, from influences, to current work

110. When Stuffed Animals Attack - Adrienne Sacks

Artist Adrienne Sacks talks about cuteness as a capitalist aesthetic, and worries she is the only one seeing it everywhere she goes.

109. The Biden Years

This week I break down the first months of the Biden Era. It's not off to a great start.

108. Island of Banished Daughters - Elin Karlsson

Drawing inspiration from Pandataria, an island where Roman Emperors banished their daughters, artist Elin Karlsson describes how she writes fiction to support her visual art practice, and get a deeper understanding of the philosophical questions about sexuality she explores.

107. Latinx Futurism - Michael Anthony Garcia

Artist, and co host of El Puente Podcast Michael, Anthony Garcia talks about the influence science fiction has on his art practice, and the importance of making a conscious effort to envision positive outcomes for marginalized people.

106. Rooted in Horticulture - Surge Witrön

Artist Surge Witrön and I go on a range of side tangents as we discuss his early interest in horticulture.

105. The Fight Against Gentrification - Lincoln Heights Intel

An Anonymous representative of Lincoln Heights Intel details the fight against USC, the City of Los Angeles, and luxury apartments built on Toxic super fund sights. 

104. Painting Bad - Sofia Heftersmith

Artist Sofia Heftersmith talks about the freedom she feels when she sets out with the intention of making a bad painting.

103. Mad Science - Michelle L Morby

Artist Michelle Morby talks about her interest in setting up interactions, the roll science plays in her practice and how she started a zoo to connect with people during covid quarantine. We then debate Trumps social media ban for the second hour.

102. Flag Design - Cristina Victor

Artist Cristina Victor talks about her experiences in the world of vexillology (flag design) as the vibe gets super cuban. Scarface, Communism, Spies, and Republicans, we get into what it's like to be exiles of El Exilio Cubano.

101. Hair - Chelsea Flowers

Artist Chelsea Flowers does her hair while we talk.

100. Metal Leaf - Dawn Okoro

Artist Dawn Okoro breaks down her use of metal leafs, like gold and copper, in her painting, and how she uses it to elevate and obscure her subject matter.

99. Canadian Covid - Alex Noel

98. The Role Imagination Plays in Building Identities and Traditions - Tsz Kam

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97. Genealogical Disclosure - Ana Iwataki

96. Kidnapping Artisans - EJ Son

Artist EJ Son and I compare the Australian and American government's response to covid 19 before getting into the complicated relationship between Japanese and Korean culture, and her quest to make a peppermint sword.  

95. Neo-Liberal Fascists

Que pasa, USA?

94. The 5th Dimension - Roberto Jackson Harrington

93. The Commercialization of Apathy - Matt Miranda

92. Decolonizing the Self - Abdiel Lopez

91. Late Stage Capitalism - Aubrey Ingmar Manson

90. Martial Arts - Maia Anderson

Artist Maia Anderson...

89. Lebanese American Experiences - Zeina Baltagi

Artist @zeina_baltagi and I talk about the differences and similarities in our relationship to European Colonialism and American Imperialism.

88. Trusting Your Work More - Rukudzo Mutambara

Artist and Student @feedartiste takes us back to art school, where we all first became acquainted with ominous self doubt.

87. The Sun is a Perfect Black Body - Lorenzo Baker

Artist Lorenzo Baker Returns to talk about the social changes that have taken place since the last time we spoke about Anti Blackness and White Supremacy.

86. My Gender is Black - André Terrel Jackson

Artists @andreterreljackson talks about the history of stripes, how race impacts one’s ability to access masculinity, as defined by normative gender standards, and intersectionality as a conversation about power over of one focused on oppression.

85. Film Cameras - Michelle Lisa

Artist and Photographer @lichellemisa gives us a primer on how to select the perfect film camera for you, by taking us on a journey through her experiences shooting with ten different film cameras (and one digital). Throwing hard shade at "Film Bros," Michelle shows us that the best camera's are not always the most hyped, and how the camera you shoot with will affect the relationship you have with your subject. A genuinely passionate conversation that will make you want to break out your cameras and shoot again.

84. Science and Metaphor - Gozié Ojini

Artist Gozié Ojini talks about his research into the Large Hadron Collider at Cern, intentionally growing black mold, and how his scientific research folds into his art practice. We talk a little art, a little science, and a little mysticism in the first episode I recorded after the Corona lockdown began back in march.