Simon Linington, visual artist and story writer, has selected his own fiction for this episode. ‘Evangaline Too’ was originally published in New York’s ‘Sunday Salon’ zine and creates an intriguing viewing platform for our conversation. We probe the meticulous details of smoking, worms, dirty water and so on, as Simon grasps at that which is readily available. Dreams, travel and memories feed his writing. Dust and detritus, his installations. He shares some of the backstories to the development of his work at London sites including William Benington Gallery, Castor Projects, Lily Brooke, Division of Labour and Brooke Benington in Mexico City. (Mixed Tapes is an introductory series recorded in lockdown with variations in audio quality.)

Notes and Links:

SIMON LININGTON

simonlinington.com

instagram simonlinington

BOOKS / TEXT

- ‘Evangeline Too’ 2019 sundaysalon.com/2020/01/evangeline-too

- ‘Ghosts’ 2020 soanywaymagazine.org

- ‘Palinure de Mexico’ by Fernando del Paso

- ‘Shoplifting’ from American Apparel by Tao Lin

- ‘Tristessa’ by Jack Kerouac

- ‘Under the Volcano’ by Malcolm Lowry

- ‘Not I’ by Samuel Barclay Beckett, performed by Billie Whitelaw

- ‘Waiting for Godot’ by Samuel Barclay Beckett

GALLERIES/CURATORIAL 

- Brooke Benington (residency, Mexico City)

- Castor Projects (‘In from the Light’)

- Dateagle (‘Not to be Trusted’, ‘Prevent this Tragedy’)

- Division of Labour (‘Everything can be Broken’)

- Hayward Gallery (‘Out of the Dark Concrete’)

- Lily Brooke (‘Everything is Medicine’)

- Tate Gallery (‘From the Freud Museum’ 1991-1996 Susan Hiller)

- William Benington (‘La La Land’)

MUSIC

- song ‘Evangeline’ by Angels of Light

- song ‘Volcano’ by Beck

Grant Foster and I pick up where we left off, discussing connections between his work and J G Ballard's 1970 novel 'The Atrocity Exhibition'. Considering Ballard often referred to parallels with painters, it seems natural that an artist might return the gesture, drawing on this author to feed his own practice. In this episode, Grant talks about eternal life, use of the motif and painting as a sequence of gestures where reality is founded in the ideas which follow the forms.(Mixed Tapes is an introductory series recorded in lockdown with variations in audio quality.)

Notes and Links:

GRANT FOSTER

- grantfoster.org (website)

- foster_grant (instagram)

- tintypegallery.com/artists/grant-foster (gallery)

BOOKS / TEXT

- 'Ambit' magazine

- 'The Cradle of Humanity: How the Changing Landscape of Africa Made us so Smart' by Daniel Lieberman

- 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Oscar Wilde

- 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

- 'Apollo' magazine, article by Simon Grant

- 'Thoughts on Doom' by Eleanor Hartney of AICA (aicainternational.com)

- 'The Brothers Karamazov' by Fyodor Dostoevsky

- 'Pattern Recognition' by William Gibson

GALLERIES

- Lychee One ('I'm not being Funny' solo exhibition, 2019)

- Transition Gallery ('A Stone in the Mountain' with Georgia Hayes, 2018)

- Tintype Gallery ('Ground Figure Sky' solo exhibition, 2017)

PODCASTS

- 'Weird Studies' with Phil Ford and J F Martel

- 'Extinction Rebellion and the End of the World' hosted by Rana Mitter on 'BBC Arts & Ideas'

ARTISTS

- Georgia Hayes b. 1946, Sigmar Polke 1941-2010, Andy Warhol 1928-1987, Max Ernst 1891-1976, Marcelle Duchamp 1887-1968, Francis Picabia 1879-1953, George Grosz 1893-1959, J W Turner 1775-1851, Albrecht Dürer 1471-1528 

Grant Foster selects 'The Atrocity Exhibition' by J G Ballard, first published by Jonathan Cape UK, 1970. Both artist and writer embrace in equal measure the freedom, fear and disappointment that results from the individual being a fragmented composition, vulnerable to manipulation and capable of dynamic reconfiguration. In hope and despair, Grant points out that there is the possibility that 'true form' can be found 'beneath the lie; beneath the sludge'. We discuss in detail, works from his exhibitions at Tintype, Lychee One and Transition Galleries, as well as the ideas, concerns and formal observations which shape his paintings.(Mixed Tapes is an introductory series recorded in lockdown with variations in audio quality.)

Notes and Links:

GRANT FOSTER

- grantfoster.org (website)

- foster_grant (instagram)

- tintypegallery.com/artists/grant-foster (gallery)

BOOKS / TEXT

- 'Ambit' magazine

- 'The Cradle of Humanity: How the Changing Landscape of Africa Made us so Smart' by Daniel Lieberman

- 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Oscar Wilde

- 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

- 'Apollo' magazine, article by Simon Grant

- 'Thoughts on Doom' by Eleanor Hartney of AICA (aicainternational.com)

- 'The Brothers Karamazov' by Fyodor Dostoevsky

- 'Pattern Recognition' by William Gibson

GALLERIES

- Lychee One ('I'm not being Funny' solo exhibition, 2019)

- Transition Gallery ('A Stone in the Mountain' with Georgia Hayes, 2018)

- Tintype Gallery ('Ground Figure Sky' solo exhibition, 2017)

PODCASTS

- 'Weird Studies' with Phil Ford and J F Martel

- 'Extinction Rebellion and the End of the World' hosted by Rana Mitter on 'BBC Arts & Ideas'

ARTISTS

- Georgia Hayes b. 1946, Sigmar Polke 1941-2010, Andy Warhol 1928-1987, Max Ernst 1891-1976, Marcelle Duchamp 1887-1968, Francis Picabia 1879-1953, George Grosz 1893-1959, J W Turner 1775-1851, Albrecht Dürer 1471-1528 

Rosalind Davis - artist, curator, author, educator - and I weave in, out and around her paintings, installations and the mysterious diaries of Hungarian painter Janos Lavin from 'A Painter of Our Time' 1958 by John Berger. Rosalind details the decision to build her own art community and the many branches of her practice which have developed as a result. (Mixed Tapes is an introductory series recorded in lockdown with variations in audio quality.)

ROSALIND DAVIS

rosalinddavis.co.uk (website)

rosalindnldavis (instagram)

rosalinddavis (twitter)

'Irreversible Entanglements' 2020

'Vanishing Points' 2019

'Haus Konstruktive' 2018

'Strangelands' 2017

'No one Lives in the Real World' 2015

'Echo Chamber' 2014

Artistic Collaborator : Justin Hibbs justinhibbs.com carolfletcher.com

BOOKS

'Wolf Hall' by Hilary Mantel

'What They Didn't Teach You in Art School' by Rosalind Davis and Annabel Tilley

'Whatever Happened to Interracial Love' by Kathleen Collins

'Autumn' by Ali Smith

'Art Monthly' magazine

'Bringing Up the Bodies' by Hilary Mantel

'G.' by John Berger

'Tell Them I Said No' by Martin Herbert

GALLERIES

Koppel Project thekoppelproject.com

JGM Gallery jgmgallery.com

The Foundry Gallery thefoundrygallery.org

No Format Gallery secondfloor.co.uk

Collyer Bristow collyerbristow.com/gallery

Coffee is My Cup of Tea Instagram/richard_ducker

ARTISTS

Tomma Abts davidzwirner.com

Jordan Baseman jordanbaseman.co.uk rca.ac.uk/more/staff/jordan-baseman 

Lockdown has given the unharmed among us, opportunities, doubts and challenges in equal measure. The first 'Art Fictions' series, using a mixed bag of equipment, is a buzzing start to a down-to-earth podcast exploring creative connections between fiction and fine art. Each artist shares insights and inspirations around fictional themes and teenage dreams, and this podcast would not be possible without their imagination and their work. Thanks to them. And thanks to you for listening. Episode 1 is a brief overview of how the podcast is constructed. Design and illustration are by Joanna Quinn at Beryl Studios. The music is written and performed by Griffin Knipe.

(Shout out to Matt at The Tennis Podcast and Steve at Animation Magazine for their recording tips!)