Concept Aware®

By J. Sybylla Smith

Concept Aware® shares the creative practice of contemporary photographers and explores the bookmaking process. We discuss the power of photography to change individual lives and affect positive soc

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Concept Aware® episodes:

October 21, 2022 J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Holly Lynton
Holly Lynton melds form, content, and meaning in her strikingly beautiful images, capturing the lives of those providing our sustenance, while protecting our land. Lynton’s compositional framing, lush palette, textural tones, and transformative gestures craft a meditative beauty. Accompanying essays provide context for cultural contradictions, associations, and representations — speaking to the role art has played to perpetuate or reveal them.
Referenced in the episode
Lost in a meditation: Rural American life – in pictures, The Guardian
On the Basis of Art: 150 Years of Women at Yale
Signs of Return by Grace Elizabeth Hale
Questions of Travel by Elizabeth Bishop
Hoe Country, Alabama by Dorothea Lange
Blurred Identities: The Art and Audience of Lynching Photography
History, Photography, and Race in the South: From the Civil War to Now
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry: Poems and Artifacts by Nikky Finney
Hold Still by Sally Man
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1h 7min
October 06, 2022 Artist Talk — Toni Pepe
In this conversation, Toni discusses, among other things:
Unpacking seeing
The family photo album
Pushing expectations of the image
Text as a tipping point
Enticing touch
Engaging viewers physically
Being driven by an idea
Collective learning
Cross-discipline experimentation
Stick-to-it-ness
Editing being crucial
The impact of when birth and death left the home
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September 29, 2022 Artist Talk — Hettie Judah
In this conversation, Hettie discusses, among other things:
Gender care gap
Gender pay gap
Family as a trap for women
Domesticity and art
Need for subsidized, affordable childcare
The time-consuming emotional labor of parenting most often falls on mothers
Studio space & residency limitations
Commercial gallery's inconsistent gender parity
Art school’s ‘mother-sized’ holes
Female collectors’ big spending habits
Networking solutions
Polyvocality
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The full, messy & beautiful work of parenting
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1h 9min
September 22, 2022 Artist Talk — Colleen Plumb
In this conversation, Colleen discusses, among other things:
Awakening to invisible justice
Bodily autonomy
Animal spectatorship
A practice of attention
Distilling process
Good obsessions
Book as archive
Puncturing social individuality
Sound is time made flesh
Sustaining projects is a puzzle
Imagining a kind future
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1h 4min
September 16, 2022 J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Yelena Yemchuk
Yemchuk’s second monograph is a form of visual poetry. Her exceedingly tender portraits exude sensuality, emotion, and kinetic energy. Her controlled compositions form a lyrical arrangement with words by Ilya Kaminsky. Together both artists capture the elusive essence of this magical city, beguiling and beyond time.
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1h 10min
September 08, 2022 Artist Talk — Nancy Grace Horton & Scott Mullenberg
In this conversation, Nancy and Scott discuss, among other things:
Exploring what a photo can do
The importance of story
The impact of presentation
Dancing around ideas
Photo as sculpture
Gendered objects
Creative agency
Housing fine art work
Allowing projects to unfold
RELATIONSHIPS
The magic of the art residence
Artists’ Resources/Inspiration
Organizations
Ralston Gallery
Newport Art Museum
3S Artspace
Creative Collaborators
Sean Alonzo Harris
Rachelle Steele
Steven Ferlauto
Tamara Magel
Jessica Hagen Fine Art and Design
Businesses
K. Hovnanian Developers
Bogarts Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles
Spoonflower
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1h 3min
August 25, 2022 Artist Talk — Karen Haas
In this conversation, Karen discusses, among other things:
Falling in love with photography (and a photographer)
Modernism
Media hierarchy moving towards collaborative interdisciplinary exhibits
Impacting the breadth of community representation
Context & curation
Sequencing as the creative act of the curator
Consistency of vision within an exhibition
Creating critical conversations within an exhibition
Collector relationships
The medium and the message being one and the same
Artist Resources/Inspiration
Exhibitions
The Stillness of Things
Ansel Adams in Our Time
Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott
Make Believe
Media
Curatorial Lecture — Reimagining Ansel Adams
Curatorial Lecture — Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott
Curatorial Lecture — Make Believe
Creative Conversations: Daniel Handal and Karen Haas
Books
Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott by Karen Haas
An Enduring Vision Photographs from the Lane Collection by Lyle Rexer and Karen Haas
Edward Weston The Early Years by Margaret Wessling and Karen Haas
Photography by Anne E. Havinga, Nancy Keeler and Karen Haas
The Photography of Charles Sheeler: American Modernist by Karen Haas
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1h 10min
July 29, 2022 Artist Talk — Daniel Milnor
In this conversation, Daniel discusses, among other things:
Respect for straight photography
Conceptual photography as the Wild West
The 3 most important things to look for in an image
The impact of the personal book
Adaptation
Authenticity and being true to yourself
The power of print
Cutting the noise by using the postal service
Building your own ecosystem—not based on algorithms
Shooting in your own backyard
Following fascination
Reading as a free education
Visual creatives’ economic power
Artist Resources/Inspiration
Organizations
Blurb
Hello Future
Creative Collaborators
Hank Willis Thomas
Charlie Grosso
Michael Clarke
Zoe Sadokierski
Marcus Brownlee
Media
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog by Kurt K Gledhill
AG23
For What It’s Worth series
Shifter Media Podcast
YouTube
The Cult - Electric
Other
Fisher Space Pen
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1h 6min
July 21, 2022 Artist Talk — Jason Langer
In this conversation, Jason discusses, among other things:
Photography as a tool to explore one’s interpretation of reality
Being private investigators of your subject
Engaging new book design perspectives
Making creative choices that build context
Organizational structure’s influence on editing
Allowing curiosity to explore one’s feelings
Jewish mysticism
The power of text
How the digital age impacts representation and acquisition
Crafting a dream within a dream within a dream
This work is traveling to:
Museum of History and Holocaust Education, Kennesaw, GA.
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, Portland, OR.
Holocaust Museum, Houston, TX.
Artist Resources/Inspiration
Books
BERLIN by Jason Langer, Kerber Verlag
Twenty Years by Jason Langer, Radius Publishing
Possession by Jason Langer, Nazareli Press
The Art of the Memoir by Mary Karr
Memories, Dreams, Reflections by CG Jung
Media
Wings of Desire (1988)
Station to Station by David Bowie (1976)
Films of Wim Wenders’
Stevie Wonder
Creative Collaborators
Matthew Papa
Diane Smyth
Mary Virginia Swanson
Brad Temkin
Phyllis Galembo
Melanie McWhorter
Loli Kantor
Brassaï
Organizations
Jewish Book Council
Clamp Art, NYC
Esther Woerdehoff, Paris
Gillman Contemporary, Idaho
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57min
July 15, 2022 Artist Talk — Jaina Cipriano
In this conversation, Jaina discusses, among other things:
Photographing what you can’t see
Making space to document what you’re feeling
Making a mess
Doing insane things
Creating a creative team
The magic carpet ride of creativity
Trusting yourself
Sharing your process
The wonders of a shower notepad
Artist Resources/Inspiration
Little Weirds by Jenny Slate
Swamplandia by Karen Russell
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self by Alice Miller
Stock Scenery Construction Handbook (Third Edition) by Bill Raoul & Mike Monsos
On Mental Toughness by Harvard Business Review
Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film and Television by Judith Weston
Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch
Crafting Short Screenplays that Connect by Claudia Hunter Johnson
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FAQs about Concept Aware®:

How many episodes does Concept Aware® have?

The podcast currently has 93 episodes available.