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On the most recent episode of the Art Grind Podcast hosts Marshall Jones and Dina Brodsky welcome Andrew Cadima.  Andrew is a composer who only recently began painting with no formal training and has proven to be a formidable artist, garnering attention and praise in just a short time.  Find the story here on the Art Grind.

Andrew's website: Link
Andrew's IG: Link

Edited by Eric Monroe

This episode is a special 'listener response' to episode 17's 'esoteric in art,' with guest Michael Carter. Michael is an artist and teacher living in Los Angeles, CA. He holds an MFA from Claremont Graduate University in CA, shows his work in live performances, gives lectures, and and exhibited works in both the U.S. and Europe.  

Michael's personal interest in Theosophy plays a large role in his own research into the spiritual dimensions of abstract art.  

This discussion includes Michael's personal opinions and research about the history of spiritual movements as they relate to the category of modern abstract art, as well as his own personal background as an artist and spiritual 'seeker.' We also discuss his essay regarding metaphysical art, where he explains his ideas about the two cateogories of art, and his own work with a pendulum. We also talk about Jack Burnham's ideas about kinetic art, then move to a discussion about the condition of the Theosophical movement today, including his own opinions about whether or not today's artists feel comfortable expressing their own spiritual questioning as it is reflected in their art. Plus much more!

PROGRAM NOTES

Michael Carter -

website: HOME - Michael Carter Studio
Twitter: Michael Carter (@MichaelKCarter) / Twitter
Instagram: Michael Carter (@michaelcarter.studio) • Instagram-foto's en -video's
Essay "Form Following Spirit: An Investigation of Recent and Near-Recent Metaphysical Art" in Speculative Arts Research,  Issue Four, November 2021: SAR.04.pdf (speculativeartsresearch.com)

The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985: The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985 by Maurice Tuchman (goodreads.com)

Beyond the Visible - Hilma af Klint: Beyond the Visible - Hilma af Klint :: Zeitgeist Films

Website Lita Alberqerque: Lita Albuquerque

Joseph Beuys: ‘Honey is Flowing in All Directions’, Joseph Beuys, 1976 | Tate

Jack Burnham -
All Systems Go: Recovering Jack Burnham’s ‘Systems Aesthetics’ – Tate Papers | Tate
Ritual Aesthetics: Salt Flat and Systems – In Focus | Tate
Jack Burnham (1931–2019) - Artforum International
Dissolve into Comprehension | The MIT Press

Theme Music: Daniel P. Shea

Other Music: Stephanie Shea
 

In Part 2, we move the conversation to discuss some points brought up in few academic articles, such as how rituals create a liminal space for connection with the invisible realm; the importance of exhibitions for providing spaces of encounter; the importance of religion or spirituality in the art space; what automatism is; and how art can respond to, or cope with, radical changes in the world.

PROGRAM NOTES

Pádraic E. Moore - 

Website: Padraic Moore
Academia.edu page: Pádraic E. Moore | UCD Ireland - Academia.edu
Article "A Mystic Milieu: Johannes Itten and Mazdaznan at Bauhaus Weimar": A Mystic Milieu - Articles – bauhaus imaginista (bauhaus-imaginista.org)
Twitter: Páḋraic E. Moore (@M0REM00REM0RE) / Twitter

Ewoud van Rijn -

Website: ewoud van rijn
Academia.edu page: Ewoud van Rijn | KABK Royal Academy of Art The Hague - Academia.edu
Article "Playing with the Other in the Beyond": (PDF) Playing with the Other in the Beyond | Ewoud van Rijn - Academia.edu
Instagram: Ewoud van Rijn (@ewoudvanrijn) • Instagram-foto's en -video's

Garage Rotterdam, The Netherlands; "The Great Invocation" Exhibition: Catalogue | The Great Invocation (garagerotterdam.nl)

Kurt Seligmann -

The Mirror of Magic (innertraditions.com)
Kurt Seligmann 1900-1962 : Leben und Werk. by Hauser, Stephan E.: Very Good Hardcover (1997) First edition. | Roe and Moore (abebooks.com)
Paintings of Kurt Seligmann (surrealism.website)

Essays by Grazina Subelyte in collected works - 
"Kurt Seligmann, Surrealism, and the Occult" in- EBOOK: Surrealism Occultism And Politics Book PDF EPUB TUEBL MOBI (findfullebook.com)
"Spectrality and the Dance of Death in the Art of Kurt Seligmann" in - Black Mirror 2 – elsewhere – Fulgur Press
Info Grazina Subelyte: Grazina Subelyte - The Courtauld

Selected Articles and Books

"The Other Side" by Lars Bang Larsen: The Other Side by Lars Bang Larsen — fine print (fineprintmagazine.com)
"Coming Forth by Night: Contemporary Art and the Occult" by Dr. Marco Pasi: (PDF) Coming Forth by Night. Contemporary art and the occult | Marco Pasi - Academia.edu

Suzi Gablik -
The Reenchantment of Art: Gablik, Suzi: 9780500276891: Amazon.com: Books
Has Modernism Failed?: Suzi Gablik: 9780500284841: Amazon.com: Books
 

Artists Mentioned in the Podcast -
Redfern Barrett, AA Bronson and Angus Cameron - Witches: Hunted, Appropriated, Empowered, Queered [Second Edition] - Printed Matter
Les Complices - Witches: hunted, appropriated, empowered, queered
Linda Stupart
chiara fumai

Other Reference Material -
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (archive.org)
The Theosophical Enlightenment (S U N Y Series in Western Esoteric Traditions): Godwin, Joscelyn: 9780791421529: Amazon.com: Books

Theme Music: Daniel P. Shea

Other Music: Stephanie Shea
 

In Part 1, Pádraic and Ewoud both talk about their backgrounds and their own interests in the esoteric/occult, and then we move on to talk more about the inspiration for 'The Great Invocation' (Garage Rotterdam), plus Ewoud's inspiration for his own installation there. We talk more about the Theosophical Society as a movement and how it relates to contemporary art; we talk about Kurt Seligmann and the surrealists' viewpoints on art, magic, and the potential of the human mind; and Ewoud discusses an experience he had in the search for a new form of art practice. 

PROGRAM NOTES

Pádraic E. Moore - 

Website: Padraic Moore
Academia.edu page: Pádraic E. Moore | UCD Ireland - Academia.edu
Article "A Mystic Milieu: Johannes Itten and Mazdaznan at Bauhaus Weimar": A Mystic Milieu - Articles – bauhaus imaginista (bauhaus-imaginista.org)
Twitter: Páḋraic E. Moore (@M0REM00REM0RE) / Twitter

Ewoud van Rijn -

Website: ewoud van rijn
Academia.edu page: Ewoud van Rijn | KABK Royal Academy of Art The Hague - Academia.edu
Article "Playing with the Other in the Beyond": (PDF) Playing with the Other in the Beyond | Ewoud van Rijn - Academia.edu
Instagram: Ewoud van Rijn (@ewoudvanrijn) • Instagram-foto's en -video's

Garage Rotterdam, The Netherlands; "The Great Invocation" Exhibition: Catalogue | The Great Invocation (garagerotterdam.nl)

Kurt Seligmann -

The Mirror of Magic (innertraditions.com)
Kurt Seligmann 1900-1962 : Leben und Werk. by Hauser, Stephan E.: Very Good Hardcover (1997) First edition. | Roe and Moore (abebooks.com)
Paintings of Kurt Seligmann (surrealism.website)

Essays by Grazina Subelyte in collected works - 
"Kurt Seligmann, Surrealism, and the Occult" in- EBOOK: Surrealism Occultism And Politics Book PDF EPUB TUEBL MOBI (findfullebook.com)
"Spectrality and the Dance of Death in the Art of Kurt Seligmann" in - Black Mirror 2 – elsewhere – Fulgur Press
Info Grazina Subelyte: Grazina Subelyte - The Courtauld

Selected Articles and Books

"The Other Side" by Lars Bang Larsen: The Other Side by Lars Bang Larsen — fine print (fineprintmagazine.com)
"Coming Forth by Night: Contemporary Art and the Occult" by Dr. Marco Pasi: (PDF) Coming Forth by Night. Contemporary art and the occult | Marco Pasi - Academia.edu

Suzi Gablik -
The Reenchantment of Art: Gablik, Suzi: 9780500276891: Amazon.com: Books
Has Modernism Failed?: Suzi Gablik: 9780500284841: Amazon.com: Books
 

Artists Mentioned in the Podcast -
Redfern Barrett, AA Bronson and Angus Cameron - Witches: Hunted, Appropriated, Empowered, Queered [Second Edition] - Printed Matter
Les Complices - Witches: hunted, appropriated, empowered, queered
Linda Stupart
chiara fumai

Other Reference Material -
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (archive.org)
The Theosophical Enlightenment (S U N Y Series in Western Esoteric Traditions): Godwin, Joscelyn: 9780791421529: Amazon.com: Books

Theme Music: Daniel P. Shea

Other Music: Stephanie Shea





 

Welcome back to Declassify Season 2 and we’re already on our last episode of this year! This week is someone quite remarkable and someone whose work I am sure many of you already know: Australian and Uk-based flautist, curator, educator and arts producer – Tamara Kohler. Tamara has performed and premiered countless new works of music for festivals around the worlf such as the Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab, Bang on a Can Festival and Darmstadt. She is the founding member and co-Artistic Director of contemporary ensemble, Rubiks Collective – an ensemble whose mission is about showcasing contemporary music rising Australian and international artists. She is also a curatorial member COMA, UK. Her passion for mentoring young artists, curating cross-art experiences and for contemporary new art music is boundless and in this episode, Tamara talks approaches to new music making, interdisciplinary practice and collaboration as education and access.

Resources:

Tamara’s Website: http://www.tamarakohler.com/about 

RUBIKS: https://rubikscollective.com/ 

COMA new music festival:  http://www.coma.org/ 

COMA new music repertoire catalogue: http://www.coma.org/catalogue/ 

Tamara’s Podcast MyThirdEar: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/my-third-ear/id1111802017

Article by Tamara ‘Concert Experience: Let’s Blur the Lines’: http://www.cutcommonmag.com/concert-experience-lets-blur-the-lines/ 

Article by Tamara ‘Creativity within Society’: https://musictrust.com.au/loudmouth/inside-the-musician-tamara-kohler-creativity-within-society/ 

Ποιες είναι οι πολιτικές που πρέπει να υιοθετούνται και να υλοποιούνται για να
προωθηθεί ο τομέας των Εικαστικών Τεχνών; Πως ένας οργανισμός όπως μία
γκαλερί σύγχρονης τέχνης μπορεί να συνεισφέρει στο Πολιτισμό της Κύπρου αλλά
και του εξωτερικού; Ποια είναι η στρατηγική της Art Seen όσο αναφορά τη
καθοδήγησή, προώθηση των καλλιτεχνών, τις συνεργασίες, τις επιμελητικές
προσεγγίσεις και την εκπαίδευση του κοινού;

This week, long-time collaborators and friends Victoria Pham and artist, academic and filmmaker James Nguyen get together to talk about childhood experiences of classical music and a perspective of working with classical musicians from those outside the art world. James Nguyen is in his own words is “Asian passing,” dabbles with painting, documentary filmmaking, and conceptual art. Born on a coffee plantation in Vietnam, Nguyen arrived to Australia by plane. Having studied Pharmacy, Nguyen then pivoted to complete his Bachelor in Fine Arts and is now completing his PhD. He has been a Samstag scholar and fellow at Uniondocs NYC and been commissioned by 4A Arts Centre, Gertrude Contemporary, Bleed Festival, The National Exhibition for the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Australian War Memorial. In this episode, a conversation between two friends revolves from early musical expressions, the odd lag of classical music’s ability to critique itself under its illusion of its elitist and apolitical position in society, the cyclical nature of research in academia, and the revealing phenomena of Hamilton.

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Selected Resources (a full list is available in the transcript):

James Nguyen: http://jamesnguyen.com.au/bio/bio 

 PhD portfolio and research: https://chobotrouble.com/ 

Yeou-Cheng

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/arts/music/yeou-cheng-ma-childrens-orchestra-society.html

https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/culture/yo-yo-mas-sister-yeou-cheng-continues-familys-legacy 

Maria Anna Mozart

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/08/lost-genius-the-other-mozart-sister-nannerl 

¡Hola! Un breve mensaje antes de arrancar la primera temporada.

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