The (art)Scene Podcast

Emily Reynolds and Nando Alvarez-Perez are back on the podcast again, this time to talk about their move to Buffalo and the foundation of the Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art (BICA). 

Their new exhibition, “Lindsay Preston Zappa: I Forgot my Shoes” opens June 14th. For more info visit their website at www.thebica.org.

You can also follow them on Instagram @bica.buffalo

• Emily Reynolds & Nando Alvarez-Perez (Image credit: Jake Vogan)
• Charmed: A Bonanza Retrospective (courtesy of BICA)
• Charmed: A Bonanza Retrospective (courtesy of BICA)
• Bonanza runway fashion show (courtesy of BICA)

Today’s guest is Karen Vidángos, creator of the blog “A Latina in Museums” and her instagram project titled “Latinx Curated”. We discuss her background, her motivation for exploring underrepresented perspectives in the museum field, and her recent experience working at the National Portrait Gallery.

A Latina in Museums: www.latinainmuseums.com

Latina Curated: @latinxcurated

• Karen Vidángos

Today’s guest is artist, curator and cultural producer Lady PheOnix. We discuss her past career in food & beverage distribution and eventual transition to the art world; YESUNIVERSE, the global visual arts platform she created; and Re-Engineering Humanity the recent exhibition she curated at 836M Gallery. 

To learn more about YESUNIVERSE visit https://www.yesuniverse.art or follow on Instagram @yesuniverse.art. You can also follow Lady PheOnix at @yesladypheonix.

Re-Engineering Humanity closes on May 17th but phase two opens on June 3rd. For more visit the 836M website at www.836m.org.

• Lady PheOnix (Image by Delphine Diallo)
• Digitalia: Art & The Economy of Ideas, Museum of African Diaspora, 2018
• Re-Engineering Humanity, 836M Gallery 2019
• Marjan Moghaddamn, “Glitch Goddess of Art Basel Miami 695, in Red” (2019)
• Mark Sabb, “Pray for Me II” (2019)
• Samira Idroos, “Sit Down. Be Humble” (2018)

For today’s episode, Marcel Pardo Ariza returns to the podcast to discuss their inclusion in the YBCA’s Bay Area Now (BAN 8) exhibition; the Womxn* Art Handlers group they co-founded & the recent exhibition they curated at Southern Exposure titled The Tallest Part of the Arch. 

The Tallest Part of the Arch closed March 30, 2019, for more info visit the Southern Exposure website. 

To learn more about Womxn* Art Handlers and any upcoming programming visit http://womenarthandlers.com.

It is Oscars week and so my guest today is Omar Lopex, a local San Diego video artist and now filmmaker. Omar came onto the podcast to discuss his first feature length film titled “Ana, Who They Pulled Out of the River”. We also discuss his previous work which employed analog formats including: wet-plate photography & 16mm / Super 8 film and has exhibited at the San Diego Art Institute, LOW Gallery, La Jolla Athenaeum, San Diego Museum of Art, Oceanside Museum of Art, and Santa Monica Museum of Art.

To learn more about Omar and his work visit his production studio website at www.standardfantastic.com.

You can also visit here to view some of his previous work.

• Omar Lopex on set. (Image credit: Adrienne Joy)
• Omar Lopex filming (Image credit: Adrienne Joy)
• Omar on the set of “The Glorious Hole”, 2016 (Image cred. Matthew Herbert)
• Still from “So, I was a Child”, 2018
• Still from “Ana, Who Was Pulled from the River”
• Still from “Ana, Who Was Pulled from the River”
• Omar Lopex (Image credit: Tayo Oyekan)