Conversations with artists... nerding out, diving deep, creating spaces to really get into the weeds of process, technique, hard questions, play, story, advice, resources, and philosophy. All things that touch art in our lives, between artists of many disciplines
Dada, Deceit, Darkness and Delight with Dr. Dilworth
Dr. Jacqueline Dilworth is a a poet and writer of poems who plays, writes them as well as stories and non-fiction, and translates old French texts. She's also a musician who uses her musical skills in writing, performance art, spoken word, and to create radio shows of eclectic and free form music and spoken word on The Jackalope Hour out of Beautiful Uptight Downtown Goldfield Nevada. She's also the Mayor of the celebrated NadaDada Performance art series. . In this episode we discuss what is, DADA, the role of deceit, theft, and fabrication vs, found art, the confluences of thinking dualistically about Darkness vs light and why she's drawn to the one over the other, hiding stories in performance art, and of course, her muppet analog. You can find and support her work by visiting her Linktree: Linktree: Intro Music, Irish Trad tune: The Micky Dam- guitar instrumental by Richard Mandelof the Jammy Dodgers, https://thejammydodgers.com/Richard_Mandel.htmlwith Permission for MixedMedia TalksTo support the podcast, please visit: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ameliahoganSupport the show
4/22/2023 • 55 minutes, 5 seconds
Mapping Place and Time with LisaRuth Elliott
LisaRuth Elliott is a visual artist using found material to create her paper collages. She is also a fiber artist, weaver, experimenter of plant dyes on textiles, and public muralist. Inspired by beauty in the textures and patterns around her and what has been cast aside, she transforms the banal into new and dynamic combinations showcasing human occupation. She is prompted by the stories and landscape of San Francisco, of Yelamu and its creatures, as she learns about and stewards unceded Ramaytush Ohlone land as an urban farmer and is deeply interested in the exploration and understanding of place. It infuses all of her work, from being a public historian to creating art.In this episode we discuss what's unique in the landscapes that offer gifts of materials for creative composition, both found and grown. We also discuss seasonality and sustainability of native plant materials in landscapes, and the fact that tracking changes through time is a part of the process, listening to the materials, and having conversations through abstract/ non-representational art. You can find and support her current and future offerings through her website: www.lisaruthcreates.com more up to date work on IG at @lisaruthcreates or @sfurbanwanderer.Her collaborative poetry collage exhibition of the book What unseen thing blows wishes across my surface? with San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck is on display at the San Francisco Public Library main branch, 6th floor: until 16 February 2023. a collaborative poetry/collage project showcasing the daily work done during the pandemic. https://sfpl.org/exhibits/2022/11/05/what-unseen-thing-blows-wishes-across-my-surface#and LisaRuth isthe Irish Consulate of San Francisco’s chosen artist to participate in a global project: “Common Threads” in celebration of St. Brigid’s Day 2023. As an Irish-American using materials endemic to this place where she lives, she contributes a small part of a larger cloak/quilt to be assembled from pieces coming from all over the world and to be exhibited in Dublin in February 2023. Her textile square is made of plant-dyed silk with cotton backing using California native plants as dyes. https://www.ireland.ie/en/st-brigids-day/common-threads/Intro Music, Irish Trad tune: The Micky Dam- guitar instrumental by Richard Mandelof the Jammy Dodgers, https://thejammydodgers.com/Richard_Mandel.htmlwith Permission for MixedMedia TalksSupport this and future shows at Patreon.com/mixedmedia_talksSupport the show
1/28/2023 • 1 hour, 18 seconds
Distillations, and Provocation w/ Karina Blackheart
CW: mentions of addiction, recovery, swearingKarina Blackheart is a Writer, teacher, mentor, ritualist--intent on elevating our daily experience from mundane, ordinary and irritating to meaningful, delightful, nd sacred. Whether she's weaving words, provoking, kneeding bread, walking the dog, or leading or teaching others how to lead a firewalking ceremony, she's stalking beauty, power and meaning and is rarely disappointed. In this episode, Karina discusses art up close vs at a safe distance, being a provacateur, transformation. Then we wander into ceremony, tradition, addiction and accessing ecstasy through our own body's chemicals and emotional states. And finish the winding conversation with the importance of silence and accountabilibuddies. Finally, we go over where to find the connections that remind us of our sacredness exactly as we are, and which muppet she would be. You can find and support her current and future offerings through her website: https://Karinabheart.com. Her transformative firewalking sessions at https://GLOWfirewalking.com her Patreon subscription works at https://www.patreon.com/karinabheartand her Book: Distillations through her website, and The Witch's Book of Silence on AmazonIntro Music, Irish Trad tune: The Micky Dam- guitar instrumental by Richard Mandelof the Jammy Dodgers, https://thejammydodgers.com/Richard_Mandel.htmlwith Permission for MixedMedia TalksSupport this and future shows at Patreon.com/mixedmedia_talksSupport the show
