Remotely Creative

Our guest in this episode is Naomi Clark, a game designer, writer, and professor at the NYU Game Center. We hosted Naomi as a visiting artist on our campus back in 2017, and we thought it would be a great time to check in with Naomi and see what she’s been up to.

We talk about the upcoming virtual release of her renowned card game Consentacle, and other topics including how the pandemic changed her own perspective on gaming, challenges in interspecies relationships, the good and evil of crowdfunding websites, animal crossing nostalgia, and how games can facilitate social change. 

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We're joined by RMCAD Alumni and fine artist Dalton Frizzel. We talk about careful news consumption, the story behind his #blessed piece, tattooing, the journey to graduate school, what to expect when pursuing a master's degree, stealing from your influences, and studious readings like "Out of the Closet and Into the Universe: Queers and Star Trek" by Henry Jenkins. A special shoutout goes to Martha Neth in RMCAD's Hugh Thurlow Memorial Library for finding the article so that we could share it with all of you! To view images related to this episode on our website, click here or visit rmcad.edu/remotelycreative.

Our guest in this episode is RMCAD student, military veteran, and performance artist Jovan Brock. Jovan, a black man, has attended rallies throughout Colorado to demand justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Sean Reed and others who have died at the hands of police. We have an open and honest conversation about the power of performance art, the importance of participating in protests, learning to express yourself, and helping to spread awareness. To view images related to this episode on our website, click here.

Music heads, gather 'round. In this episode we welcome Jason Sloan, an electronic musician, sound artist, composer and professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. We talk about instacart, Wrestlemania, doing our best, the music industry, the evolution of streaming, and his top 3 records. To view images associated with this episode on our website, click here or visit rmcad.edu/remotelycreative.

Meredith Kachel is a comedian, illustrator, and Executive Director of arts collective Ag47 in Chicago. She has worked with President Obama, The Onion, and Vice among others. We talk with her about the awkwardness of virtual comedy, escapism, flexing your creativity muscles, night canoeing, TikTok, Animal Crossing, and more. To view images associated with this episode on our website, click here or visit rmcad.edu/remotelycreative.

Candice Lambert is a Los Angeles based celebrity stylist, perhaps best known for her “street meets high fashion” style. Her clients include Green Day, Pentatonix, Linkin Park, Bon Jovi, Don Henley, The Eagles, Kelly Clarkson and Garbage. We talk with her about quarantine style, her time in the military, taking pride in your craft, and The Last Dance. To view images associated with this episode on our website, click here or visit rmcad.edu/remotelycreative.

David Horvitz is a diverse artist who works in a variety of mediums from pickpocketing performances to memes to mail art. His works are unified by a theme of meddling with systems of language, time and networks. We talk with him about traveling vicariously through mail, gratitude, and the evolution of distance. We also answer our first ever listener question! To view images associated with this episode on our website, click here or visit rmcad.edu/remotelycreative.

Kalup Linzy is a video and performance artist best known for a series of politically charged videos that satirize the conventions of the television soap opera. We talk about soap operas, Roots, our surrealist state, and how TikTok is impacting video art. We also get to hear Kalup's new song, Ransacking Empty Space. To view images associated with this episode on our website, click here or visit rmcad.edu/remotelycreative.

Paul Trani is Principal Worldwide Creative Cloud Evangelist for Adobe. Paul empowers designers to create compelling content using their creativity and new technology. We talk about starting your live stream, boundaries, spreading inspiration, and missing the gym. To view images associated with this episode on our website, click here or visit rmcad.edu/remotelycreative.

In this episode, we talk with collaborative duo and RMCAD Fine Arts faculty members Tobias Fike and Matthew Harris about staying positive, how to keep creating (or not), and making peace with social media. To view images associated with this episode on our website, click here or visit rmcad.edu/remotelycreative.