Welcome to Episode 8 of Penny Drops!

This episode is part philosophy, part exhibition and part audio waffle, in which Will and Eva discuss the theme of ‘Flowers’ in relation to the article ‘A Flowered Planet’ by Olivia Laing. With Laing’s text as a guide, we discuss floriography, semiotics and war monuments. Centre stage we have four wonderful tracks by the artists Ethan Moss, Jamie Scott-Dyson and Lottie Morton, all of whom have sent us work interpreting the theme.

There will be ‘ums’, there will be long pauses while we string together whatever knowledge remains of our expensive degrees, but most importantly there will be art.

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The theme for Episode 9 will be OBSERVATION: visibility and invisibility.

A wee tracklist:

Opening track by 404 Artist Not Found:

https://soundcloud.com/will-gopal-music

Ethan Moss - Scissors

https://www.instagram.com/ermossart/

https://erhmoss.wixsite.com/mysite

Jamie Scott-Dyson - Back to the Country / Summer Creek

https://soundcloud.com/jamie-scott-dyson

https://jamiescott-dyson.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/jamiescottdyson/

AD-BREAK!

For jewellery made by Esmee Balcewicz head to: https://www.instagram.com/balcewiczesmee/

Lottie Morton - 5:15

https://www.instagram.com/lottiemorton_/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgmTI9ml_1U&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=LottieMorton

https://soundcloud.com/lottie-morton-1

The texts we discuss in the ep:

OLIVIA LAING’S ‘A FLOWERED PLANET’:

https://aeon.co/essays/the-tangled-roots-of-healing-and-herbalism?fbclid=IwAR1WzPnH95JNBd-DHE56MsIB5lX014aLwS1tbObj6aL7fYmH2-ChJ1kUVPo

NEANDERTHALS IN SHANIDAR CAVES:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/18/scientists-discover-neanderthal-skeleton-in-an-iraqi-cave

FLORIOGRAPHY:

https://www.flowerandfable.co.uk/pages/floriography

Penny Drops is a Snitch publication.

This episode was written, recorded and produced by Will Gopal and Eva Gerretsen.