ArtLust Podcast

By Seema Rao and Sophie ChalkArts

ArtLust Podcast episodes

June 01, 2023 15 - The West pt.2 w Helio (@Jupiterbaal)
Join us this week for an episode with another bonus guest! This week we have a repeat appearance from one of our first folks who came on the show, Helio, otherwise known as @Jupiterbaal on TikTok.
Get settled in for a chat about the concept of the 'West' and how Helio interprets it from the perspective of a queer immigrant, now living in London.
A bonus episode wiht extended chats from our recording with Helio are going up on our Patreon this month!!
Don't forget to find us on Patreon @artlustpodcast and TikTok @ArtLust (Seema) and @Darkroomvarmint (Sophie)
1 hr 7 min
May 25, 2023 14 - Bridgerton & the 'American Regency'
Holy cats! A weekly upload from ArtLust??? That's right friends, we've switched to our new format.
Join us this week for an episode we had absolutely no plan for, a discussion. of Bridgerton, America's fixaton on the Regency period and the messages women are internalizing within romance novels.

Don't forget to find us on Patreon @artlustpodcast and TikTok @ArtLust (Seema) and @Darkroomvarmint (Sophie)
1 hr 18 min
May 18, 2023 13 - Artist Interview w. Frank Oriti
Holy cats! A weekly upload from ArtLust??? That's right friends, we've switched to our new format.
Join us this week for a backdated interview with realist artist, Frank Oriti. Check out Frank's work on IG: @frankoriti or on his site frankoritijr.com/home

Apologies for some of the sound quality in the beginning folks, our internet connection was a bit wonky for a minute but it does impove!
Don't forget to find us on Patreon @artlustpodcast and TikTok @ArtLust (Seema) and @Darkroomvarmint (Sophie)
1 hr 17 min
May 11, 2023 12 - 'The West' and the white Australian identity
Holy cats! A weekly upload from ArtLust??? That's right friends, we've switched to our new format.
Join us this week for another episode with another bonus guest! That's right it's one of our reoccuring guests, Seema's live-in white guy, Joe.
This week we dig into the idea of 'The West' and how it manifests in art and culture. This episode is an extended exploration of Sophie's recent video that spoke about whiteness in Australia being exported via the Murdoch press empire and how whiteness has functioned in Australia since the 60s.
Apologies gang, there's a bit of background noise in this one. Firetrucks this week. NYC never sleeps!
Don't forget to find us on Patreon @artlustpodcast and TikTok @ArtLust (Seema) and @Darkroomvarmint (Sophie)
1 hr 8 min
May 04, 2023 11 - OG Boat People (Borders)
Holy cats! A weekly upload from ArtLust??? That's right friends, we've switched to our new format.
Join us this week for another episode with another bonus guest! This time it's with Sophie's older sister, Laura. Artist, refugee lawyer and government policy worker in Australia.
We talk about AI generated art, artistic methodologies as well as the visualisation of borders and it's ramifications on immigration and policy making.
Apologies gang, there's a bit of background noise in this one. Squeaky breaks and such. NYC never sleeps!
Don't forget to find us on Patreon @artlustpodcast and TikTok @ArtLust (Seema) and @Darkroomvarmint (Sophie)
1 hr 8 min
April 27, 2023 10 - Male Gaze pt.2 & why we're sick of CapCut
Holy cats! A weekly upload from ArtLust??? That's right friends, we've switched to our new format.
Join us this week for the second installment of our discussion on the male gaze & how it operates through meme culture on TikTok, especially with CapCut trends. It's a bit of a chunky episode cause we nearly forgot our media recommendations but we hope you enjoy.
Don't forget to find us on Patreon @artlustpodcast and TikTok @ArtLust (Seema) and @Darkroomvarmint (Sophie)
1 hr 14 min
April 20, 2023 09 - Hubris
Holy cats! A weekly upload from ArtLust??? That's right friends, we've switched to our new format.
Join us this week for our exploaration hubris in the art world. Or in simpler terms, why can folks in the art world be such di*ks?
Seema has some incredible insights into how visual culture and the art world came to be in this episode you won't want to miss.
Don't forget to find us on Patreon @artlustpodcast and TikTok @ArtLust (Seema) and @Darkroomvarmint (Sophie)
1 hr 1 min
April 13, 2023 08 - 'Neo Dada' & Contemporary Meme Culture
Holy cats! A weekly upload from ArtLust??? That's right friends, we've switched to our new format.
Join us this week for our exploaration of the term 'Neo Dada', a phrase that appeared in early Tumblr culture and is still used today in online spaces.
We explore the origins of Dadaism and why we think memes are so important to our current visual culture. Touching on Corecore, Jasper the Doll and the culture of trending absurdity our fave app cultivates.
Don't forget to find us on Patreon @artlustpodcast and TikTok @ArtLust (Seema) and @Darkroomvarmint (Sophie)
1 hr
March 30, 2023 07 - Tracing
Join us this week for our discussion of one of TikTok's biggest opinion-based sh*tstoms: the validity of tracing in artistic practice. We were absolutely giddy with excitement to be recording this episode.
Tune in and listen as Sophie's hyper-focus on photography & optical methodology collides with Seema's expansive understanding of painting and art history.
New episodes fortnightly! (Soon to be weekly!!)
1 hr 11 min
March 16, 2023 06 - White Lotus w. bonus guest
Join us this week for our discussion of the hit TV show White Lotus with bonus guest, Joe! Also known as the man in the ArtLust lives & Seema's husband.
Joe has spent years working in museums and is an artist himself, specializing in lithography & printmaking. We talk about the show and the use of art in popular media and why it's so often... so wrong.
Sorry for some of the wonky robot audio this week friends. Zoom didn't do right by us this week.

New episodes fortnightly! (Soon to be weekly!!)
1 hr 10 min

About ArtLust Podcast

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Welcome to ArtLust Podcast, where we make art accessible. Join art historian and museum industry expert Seema Rao and fine art photographer, fiber artist and educator Sophie Chalk. Every week we get together for a chat about the big and little ‘A' art worlds. Navigating intimacy, celebrity and education on Tiktok & so much more.