Back to the Drawing Board

What is a virtual gallery and how does it work?

I sat down with Lady Pheonix, an inspiring curator and entrepreneur of Yes Universe. We talked about how the digital is affecting the art world, the sense of community around a virtual gallery, and how digital art can serve to inspire and envision a beautiful future.

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Episodes of the Back to the Drawing Board podcast continue Monday, August 5, 2019. Topics include virtual art and galleries, using art for political action, the subject of art in homeschooling, and many more, with guests such as curator Lady PheOnix from Yes Universe, thought leader Dallas Nachtigall from Bestowing the Brush, and of course, artists, such as Chantal Hassard and Kanika Gaputa. New episodes will be released every two weeks with the goal to shift, create conversation and pave a way of revival in the visual arts.

How do we talk about art to other people? And more specifically, what are we publishing about community art projects?

For this solo episode I share my research into external communication materials surrounding community art projects. What things are we talking about, where are we talking about them and if we make these materials easily accessible. I share some real artworks in the Netherlands as case studies!

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In this episode I sat down with Sally McKay, and we talked about neuroaesthetics, a scientific field that looks at art perception. We chat about the field, her research interests, why the art experience should not be seen as so special or separate from other experiences, and why being irritated by an artwork might not be such a bad thing.

Sally literally left me so fascinated after our conversation and I am excited to share this episode with you. Hope you enjoy!

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It's been one year since the podcast released its first episode!

I sit down to tell you what I've enjoyed about this past year, my most recent thoughts on 'collectivity' and how we are going to celebrate the 1 year birthday!

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Do you have creative neighbors?

I sat down with Moira Tait, the director of Brockley Max, a festival in South-East London, to talk about the different types of multiart events that make up the festival, her motivation behind starting the event, and interestingly, the special history of the place where this festival takes place.

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What if you could sit down for dinner with an artist? What would you ask them?

In this episode, I sit down with Christine van den Bergh, the artistic director at Bradwolff Projects, to talk about artist dinners, how food connects people and bringing everyone on an equal level.

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Do you see all the beautiful murals popping up around where you live? Have you ever wondered what is hiding under the facade?

I sat down with curator and writer, Tak Pham, to talk about the housing crisis, how public art is being used by housing development companies, and exactly what this new term 'artwashing' means.

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Have you ever heard of artistic research? What is artistic research?

I sat down with artist Annabel Howland, to talk about her understanding of the term and discipline, the intersection between art, science and finance, as well as what artistic research can offer that other disciplines don't.

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It's time for me to catch you up on some of my latest thoughts on public art projects, and specifically community art projects.

In this episode, I sat down to talk about 'community' as a symbol that is overused and whose meaning is complex, as well as to apply the concept of 'empty spaces' to community art projects.

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