A Space for Oddities

Perhaps you know about British Folklore, but do you about the aesthetics? ✨

Kicking off Season 2, Katie and Vincent discuss the aesthetics of British Folklore.

We also discuss how folklore is adapting to its modern surroundings through artists like Ben Edge and Boss Morris.

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We're back with a spooky special!

Discussing the origins of pumpkin carving, Irish tales and haunted painting – get yourself a bowl of assorted sweets, put in those plastic fangs you've owned for years and dive in.

Note: we had a slight issue with our audio but our audio technician (Nosferatu) has worked his ghoulish magic to make the listening experience the best it can be. 

Katie and Vincent explore the oddities of the creative sphere—this week discussing the pioneering (and rumoured mentally unstable) artist Louis Wain. From developing the 'pet portrait' genre to battling the stigma around mental health in the early 20th century, Louis was a stand out artist of his generation.

Warning, we have long discussions about mental health and cats.

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Katie and Vincent explore the oddities of the creative sphere—this week discussing the modernist school Bauhaus. Covering topics such as their curriculum, beautiful chairs, avant-garde religions and the german far-right.

Alongside some good history and discussions of our own creative practice, we visit a favourite pub of ours to watch a fictitious wrestling match.

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Katie and Vincent explore the oddities of the creative sphere—this week discussing the Baba Yaga. How does this slavic folk tale define modern feminism? And where on earth does a flying pestle and mortar come into it?

From house with chicken legs to a sentient gate, if nothing makes sense then everything does.

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Katie and Vincent explore the oddities of the creative sphere—this week discussing the The War of Colour. When the blackest black is monopolised by one artist, the community strike back banning that particular artists from their own rival black and other wonderful pigment. Find out the oddity of how the war of colour made huge advancements for the democratising of colour in the art world, through banning other artist from using them.

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Katie and Vincent explore the oddities of the creative sphere—this week discussing the Judgement and Flaying of Cambyses. The famous painting by Dutch artists Gerard David holds a strange oddity, with its contemporary uses and how young Katie became entranced with the grotesque beauty.

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Katie and Vincent explore the oddities of the creative sphere—this week discussing the dark art of Sampling. This controversial method of production founded the hip-hop genre from cutting and chopping records to make a whole new sound.

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Katie and Vincent explore the oddities of the creative sphere—this week looking at the artform of Russian Prison Tattoos. Discussing their meaning, through visual language and the grotesque methods for creation and removal.

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Katie and Vincent explore the oddities of the creative sphere—this week looking at the world's most hated font Comic Sans. From discussing its purpose in education to how it was adapted by scientists to disprove our understanding of physics.

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