Airing Out the Archive

Sean Kennedy is a video essayist based in Brooklyn, NY. We discuss his most recent video entitled "Is Art Still Relevant?" on his Youtube page, Art Is Everything. Through this, we discuss the moral & spiritual imperative of entertainment, not being electricians, why we all still have to live in NYC in 2022, humor not being needed in contemporary art, and why the McDonald's ice cream machines are always broken.

Sean Kennedy:

Is Art Still Relevant? (Youtube)

Art Is Everything (Youtube)

Instagram

Twitter

Website

The colorway for this episode is the cover of Wassily Kandinsky's book Concerning the Spiritual in Art.

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Dynamics Of is a podcast about the "patterns and processes of change, growth or activity.” Hosted by Jake Leech.

Please follow Jake Leech & Dynamics Of here:

Jake Leech:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/leechleechleech/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/leechleechleech

Dynamics Of:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/rarpresents/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rarpresents 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5TGTJHUlVHzubIZBaQMCX0?si=205a3251430248eb 

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/randomactsradio 

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dynamicsof 

Substack: https://dynamicsof.substack.com/

Jak Ritger is an artist, writer, and activist based in Boston, Massachusetts. Jak is a part of S.U.S., aka Shifting Uncertain Situations, and along with co-member Clack Auden, produced Astroturfs of Offense, a map of how paid crowd members move through the eco-system of politics and more. A wall text version of this diagram is being shown at The Influencing Machine, an exhibition curated by Aaron Moulton at The Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Poland. The show opened last Friday, June 24th, 2022, and runs until November 2022. We discuss his journey to get to the URL spaces (aka a billion different Discord servers) he often resides in, theatre kid energy, slow growth, saying "wet brain" out loud in public, devirtualizing, and what the term activist means in 2022.

Edits to note: 

Jak's links:

The colorway for this episode is S.U.S.'s "Astroturfs of Offense" 

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Dynamics Of is a podcast about the "patterns and processes of change, growth or activity.” Hosted by Jake Leech.

Please follow Jake Leech & Dynamics Of here:

Jake Leech:

Dynamics Of:

Brandon Bandy & Rachel Jackson are artists, publishers, and a couple working in Southern California. Together, they run Special Effects Books, though have individual works in the most recent article drop of Do Not Research and pieces in the Do Not Research Group Show happening now at Lower Cavity in Holyoke, MA. We discuss how it is working within contemporary MFA systems, becoming Christorians, salvaging a Charli D’Amelio iced coffee with the in-car air conditioning, making art that’s funny, bootlegs, and the contemporary landscape of post-internet art.

(Please find links to their work in the highlighted terms above ^^^)

The colorway for this episode is Rachel Jackson's "Chris Chan’s Gift to Mia Hamm (No More Virgin With Rage)"

Dynamics Of is a podcast about the "patterns and processes of change, growth or activity.” Hosted by Jake Leech.

Please follow Jake Leech & Dynamics Of here:

Jake Leech:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/leechleechleech/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/leechleechleech

Dynamics Of:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/rarpresents/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rarpresents

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5TGTJHUlVHzubIZBaQMCX0?si=205a3251430248eb

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/randomactsradio

Dynamics Of presents: Random Acts Reports // Report #1, a monthly collection of recorded audio pieces by artists and writers alike. Each report can have a theme, but not always, a variety being the intention. Three pieces will be shared per report on the .rar platform. Please join the conversation or submit a piece through DM or email.

In today's report, we have work from Caitlin Zera, Marina May, and Dynamics Of host, Jake Leech.

Filmmaker and writer Caitlin Zera on James Turrell's Orca Blue Red, which was on display at projects+exhibitions in St. Louis, MO throughout 2021.

Art writer and co-host of the art podcast Cool WIP, Marina May's piece "Smilodons Staring Down an Asteroid" speaks to the current state of St. Louis art spaces and more.

Lastly, Jake Leech reviews two simultaneous exhibitions from artist Devin T. Mays in Chicago at Apparatus Projects and Regards Gallery, both of which closed at the end of 2021. 

Images of the exhibitions can be found here:

Caitlin Zera:

https://www.projects-exhibitions.com/

Marina May:

https://www.instagram.com/northernlightsoversmilodon/

https://www.dragoncrabandturtle.com/copy-of-ashley-colangelo-1

https://www.instagram.com/dragoncrabturtle/

Jake Leech:

https://www.apparatusprojects.com/exhibitions/luna-ghisetti-and-devin-mays

https://regardsgallery.com/exhibitions/devin-t-mays-3/

Social media:

Caitlin Zera:

https://twitter.com/catlinzera

https://www.instagram.com/ground_zera/

Marina May:

https://www.instagram.com/marinamae_west/

https://www.instagram.com/coolwip_official/

https://www.instagram.com/silverspace_stl/

Jake Leech:

https://www.instagram.com/leechleechleech/

https://twitter.com/leechleechleech

Tyler Mathews is the Executive vice president of Pappos Management USA, a food and beverage company. He previously ran a 30K+ community of aspiring and early-stage founders at Venture Cafe in St. Louis. He is also on the Board of Fabricatorz Foundation who supports creative technologists. 

In this episode, we discuss his piece “Twitter Christian Accelerationism”, which delves into the contemporary intersection of art, technology, black-pilled podcast personalities, doomer politics, crypto-financing, Faith, Grace, and Jesus Christ. 

Link to piece: https://tylermathe.ws/2022/01/10/twitter-christian-accelerationism/

Tyler's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tymathews

Dynamics Of is a podcast about the "patterns and processes of change, growth or activity.” An arts and culture broadcast that speaks with people deeply embedded. People that are changing the world, even in granular ways. Hosted by Jake Leech.

Please follow Jake Leech & Dynamics Of here:

Jake Leech:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/leechleechleech/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/leechleechleech

Dynamics Of:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/rarpresents/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rarpresents

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5TGTJHUlVHzubIZBaQMCX0?si=205a3251430248eb

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/randomactsradio

The colorway for this episode is the Christian Flag.

M. Sage aka Matthew Sage is "an American musician and intermedia artist working in the overlaps of classical/historical artistic publishing models and disruptive/democratized digital intermedia experience(s)." He also runs Cached Media, an intermedia platform of albums, objects, live streams & more. 

We discuss a variety of subjects within the term "Ambient": what it means today, how it's used and abused, as well as the exciting and strange places it's going (like AI-generated ambient works made by evil corporations, allegedly.) Much less a "the current state of" kind of episode, but more a "what does it mean?". Please note: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS NO GEAR TALK.

Show Links:

"Ambient Musician and Intermedia Artist doesn't say "ambient" for 1 hour Matt Sage | Art Brunch e.25" (The Travel Agency) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDCkBoqQbhM&t=1006s

Sleepy Clouds: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2VGcECsvRjugsMNJ2bVSsM?si=a2_vQcYbRke5AOAPrnkOdA&dl_branch=1

Artist Suggestions:

claire rousay: https://open.spotify.com/artist/24KMaDNklCLuxhzamE6tmq?si=PVB-YocrTWqCEw32ULzJdQ&dl_branch=1

More Eaze: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0noDJa3OSog9g1jqw5VygY?si=JuNwQHbLTqebhI1JO-0x4w&dl_branch=1

Dialect: https://open.spotify.com/artist/22oD5ZYEJPZf9e68jQbQz5?si=PZRjquHrQleHeOO3cUV8-Q&dl_branch=1

Lieven Martens: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2WAfuIA8abrpze7v9V42hC?si=j0Ck79oDQN6WVle0esQLOg&dl_branch=1

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7Hu7HZdK9fwYiMyqtCICVR?si=ig7vnlZ7TZqhFvTj9NE6Fw&dl_branch=1

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matthewjsage/?hl=en

Website: https://www.matthewjsage.com/

Cached Media: 

https://www.instagram.com/cached.media/?hl=en

https://cachedmedia.bandcamp.com/

https://www.twitch.tv/cachedstream

The colorway for this episode's cover image: Brian Eno's "Ambient 1/Music for Airports" album cover.

Delia Rainey is a writer, musician, and Nonfiction MFA candidate at Columbia College Chicago. In this episode, we discuss a wide range of topics from Twitter as a creative instrument (for way too long, my fault), the state of Nonfiction writing, and why Gen Z should be listening to Yo La Tengo instead of American Football.

Substack: https://deliarainey.substack.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hellodeliaaaaa

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/deebitspics/

https://www.instagram.com/deliawriteseveryday/

Tumblr: https://deliawritesapoemaday2014.tumblr.com/

Music:

Dee Bird - Chance Machine: https://deebird.bandcamp.com/album/chance-machine

Delia Rainey - The Blue and Red Gummy Worm: https://grownupmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-blue-and-red-gummy-worm-gum010

The colorway for this episode: Tumblr

Dynamics Of is a podcast about the "patterns and processes of change, growth or activity.” An arts and culture broadcast that speaks with people deeply embedded. People that are changing the world, even in granular ways. Hosted by Jake Leech.

Devin O'Shea is a St. Louis based writer. His writing is in Current Affairs, Boulevard, CHEAP POP, The New Territory, Midwestern Gothic, and elsewhere. He went on NPR and the TrueAnon podcast to talk about his first novel—he is currently seeking representation and a publisher for Veiled Prophet. He joins Dynamics Of to discuss his upcoming piece for Current Affairs, profiling Rex Sinquefield, libertarian billionaire and chess obsessive whose trying to privatize St. Louis as we know it. We discuss how despite many failed attempts, the imminent threat of his wealth and vision continues to affect St. Louis and what the average person can do to fight it.

WWW: devinoshea.wordpress.com/

The colorway for this episode: St. Louis Cardinals

Josh Levi is a musician (playing as Radiator Greys), DIY booker, Archivist, Writer, Lite-Doomsday Prepper, & most recently, a Dad. As a major proponent of the cultural security and growth of DIY ethos in St. Louis/beyond, he shares his 20 years of experience in DIY performing, booking, and archiving. We chat about the current state of DIY, what '$5 at the door' means in an age of staggering wage gaps and post-internet communication. Also, what to throw in your "go bag" if you had to leave your house in 3 minutes (back up those hard drives now).