Creative Disturbance

On this week’s episode, Shea Hennum and Derek Royal have a general discussion on topics such as self-published comics, the ins and outs of reviewing, communicating with publishers, and strategies for interviewing creators.  

This podcast is a conversation with Iranian conceptual artist and sculptor Ramin Etemadi-Bozorg regarding his performance titled “Vis and Ramin” in Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Art. By referring to the ancient Persian love story of Vis and Ramin, Etemadi-Bozorg intends to contemporize a mythical-romantic narrative about passionate love composed by 11th century classical Persian poet Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani.The artist attempts to relate the romantic epic to the present-day context of Iran. In doing so, Ramin Etemadi-Bozorg attempts to set the ground for today’s audiences to correspond with the world of myths through taking an active role in his performance, instead of being idle observers. It seems, in Etemadi’s performance, the modern dichotomous understanding of logos versus mythos(myth), which is considered as an antagonistic and non-reconciliatory way of thinking has been challenged, since he makes a reconciliation between the world of myth and today’s logo-enteric tendency of modern audiences.

  بدن تو جولانگاه قدرت بدنهای عوروعریان ،عاری از هرگونه  عناصر زیباشناختی جنسی، جنسیت را که ساختارها به صورت یک عارضه،بر بدنش داغ کردند را فریاد می زنند. فیگورها ادعای پس گرفتن حق پایمال شده ی تاریخی خود، از گذشتگان را ندارند بلکه اعاده حیثیت می کنند از حق انسان زیستن در بدنی جنسیت زدا. بدنی جنسیت زدا به این معنا که بر تمام بستر های معنی ساز به مفاهیم خط کشی ها  و تبعیض های جنسی کاذب مهر ابطال بزند و معیارهای جنسی  به معیارهای انسانی مبدل گردد. آثار از مخاطب طلب می کند ،تحمل کند شرم دیدن،تقلیل دادن شرف وهستی انسانی،تحت عنوان’زن’ به یک ‘حفره واندام جنسی’ در جامعه . بدنهای زنان به دور از هر نوع حاشیه وابهام ،به صورت مخاطب می کوبند نگاه واقعیتی را که همه نا خواسته و ندانسته در آن بی انسان شدیم. سخن من بر سر انکار،ستایش یا برجسته سازی تفاوتهای جنسی نیست، سخن من بر سر نقد دیدگاه ابزاری وتبعیض    امیز جنسی از هر نوع  وشکلش است Shadi Moosavi is a contemporary Iranian artist. She deals with issues of sexuality, body ,and identity in her paintings. The distinguishing characteristic of her works is their emphasis on se

How do we find ourselves today without losing a piece? How do we continue our stride toward advancement in the sciences without pulling back from the arts? Fatimah discusses the bridges between the arts and science and how an interdisciplinary mindset a necessity in the modern world. She discusses her part in researching what will be one of the most sophisticated pieces on innovation that involves musicians, artists, and scientists- the Data Stetho-project.

Gryphon Rue, curator for the exhibition Strange Attractor, speaks with Roger Malina about some of the artworks that will be featured in Ballroom Marfa. One work, by Phillipa Horan, uses mycelium (of which mushrooms are the fruiting body) grown to fit a sculptural mold. Gryphon also talks about Haroon Mirza’s monumental Stone Circle sound work calling Mirza a “composer of objects.” Roger inquires about the Edgar Varese compositions proposed for the exhibition. Read more about the exhibition below: https://ballroommarfa.org/archive/event/strange-attractor/

On this week’s episode, Andy and Derek highlight notable solicitations in the October Previews catalog.

In this episode we speak to long time friends and musicians, Just A Band from Kenya. The group was formed when their members were studying at Kenyatta University. They went on to release the song “IWINYO PINY” accompained by a self-made animated music video. Initially the song received little airplay to to its unconventional musical style, but with time they started to gain popularity through underground channels. Their debut album SCRATCH TO REVEAL was relatively successfull. They released their second single HA-HE‘ on 17 March 2010, accompanied by a music video featuring a charater known as Makmende. The video has subsequently been described as Kenya’s first viral internet meme by the Wall Street Journal, CNN and Fast Company. Also their track “HUFF + PUFF” can be hear over the 2012 movie “House at the End of the Street”. Just A Band is a Kenyan House/ Funk / Disco band whose career was launched with their debut album, “Scratch To Reveal” in 2008. Their Music has explored various musical directions such as,

Bill Campbell and Tracey Berry discuss the difficulties of being a black fan, writer and publisher in science fiction. In particular, Bill offers his own experience of attempting to be seen in a world that chooses not to acknowledge his existence and how his work with Rosarium Publishing attempts to create a space for writers that both precede and succeed him.

This week Andy and Derek discuss The Lost Work of Will Eisner, Eleanor Davis's Libby's Dad, and Gilbert Hernandez's Blubber #3.

How to revolutionize the way people experience science? Guerilla Science create events and installations for festivals, museums, galleries, and other cultural partners, delivering science in a fun way.

Adnan Naseem Khan,a visual artist, in conversation with Roger Malina sharing his experiences across various parts of the world and his special interest in Bio-feedback. He discusses his project based on inner city culture, youth, Shamanism, music and subculture of Medellin Colombia. It includes three films: Part 1- Viva Bantu, Part 2- Ciudad , Part 3 - Montañas , which are on Youtube for public viewing. He has a special interest in thoughtful meditation and the attainment of coherent breathing.

On this episode, Gwen and Derek discuss last week’s Small Press Expo and the 2016 Ignatz Award nominations.

Louise Whiteley and Malthe Bjerregaard present the exhibition The Body Collected and the artwork by Gina Czarnecki & John Hunt Heirloom a living portrait of the artists's daughters based on the own cells, within the framework of the Medical Museion [http://www.museion.ku.dk/] in Copenhagen scope and aims. They discuss the specific and ethical issues raised by displaying human dead bodies and body parts on the one hand and living tissue on the other in a museum. This podcast is linked to the one with Gina Czarnecki and John Hunt who discuss the same work from the point of view of the artist and the scientist who created Heirloom. Enregistré par Annick Bureaud le 27 mai 2016 à Copenhague dans le cadre du projet Trust Me, I'm An Artist [http://olats.org/trustme/trustme.php], soutenu financièrement par le programme Creative Europe de l’Union Européenne. Jingles et habillage sonore Jean-Yves Leloup, musiques Carl Harms, David James Elliott "The Wire", Sergey Lopoukha "Lull" (Universal Production Music Publishi

On this episode the Two Guys with PhDs discuss the first volume of Margaret Atwood and Johnnie Christmas’s Angel Catbird; David Justus, Matthew Sturges, and Travis Moore's Everafter #1; and Jim Zub and Djibril Morissette-Phan's Glitterbomb #1

Roger Malina in conversation with Shafaq Ahmad, the art director for the Islamic Art Revival Series, and Mona Kafeel, the Chief Operating Officer at the Texas Muslim Woman's Foundation(TWMF). Mona Kafeel addresses the importance of TWMF along with it's multiple objectives and shares her history of work in landscape design. Shafaq Ahmad takes us through her journey of contemporary art and design in Asia,Europe and North America. Presented by the Islamic Art Revival Series in partnership with Irving Arts Center, the 5th Annual Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art is a program of the Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation and will be held at the Main Gallery at Irving Arts Center from September 17 to November 13.      

Researchers have attempted to tap into the rich, cultural environments contained deep within the realms of the internet, but a lot of topics, unfortunately, still remain undiscussed. Such topics are never given the chance to surface, either because they are too difficult to quantify with empirical research, too noveau and risky to produce solid results, or too unknown of a territory to even begin discussing. In this second half of this first episode of SRS Business, we continue to discuss relatively ostracised issues online, such as the psychology of gender, gender stereotypes and role expectations. We present: Girls on the Internet (Part 2)- Girl Gamers.

Researchers have attempted to tap into the rich, cultural environments contained deep within the realms of the internet, but a lot of topics, unfortunately, still remain undiscussed. Such topics are never given the chance to surface, either because they are too difficult to quantify with empirical research, too noveau and risky to produce solid results, or too unknown of a territory to even begin discussing. In this first episode of SRS BSNS, we discuss relatively ostracized issues online, from precarious manhood theory and mansplaining, we attempt to framework the topic: Girls on the Internet (Part 1).

Chercheur en médecine, commissaire et critique d’art, Jens Hauser présente l’exposition ‘WetWare’ qu’il a organisé avec David Familian pour le Beall Center à UC Irvine. Rappelant les écrits de Chris Salter, il y fait l'état d’un basculement de l’art de la performance à la performativité s’enracinant dans la théorie du discours (langage), la théorie du genre (corps construits),  l’anthropologie (comme méthode d’inspection), et les sciences performatives (sociologie des sciences). Ces changements d'échelles, d’espaces, d'écologies resituent le corps sur un plan mésoscopique, a la fois objet et sujet, y compris dans le non-vivant. La microperformativité a pour but de relocaliser les actions ou fonctions à l'intérieur de ce corps afin d’aller au corps microscopique - séquences génétiques, molécules, organes...

Artist Gina Czarnecki and scientist John Hunt present their work Heirloom which is a living portrait of the artist's daughters consisting of a glass cast of their faces onto which their skin cells are growing within a bioreactor. A video document of the whole process and 3D scanning-printing sculptures complete the work. They discuss the ethical issues raised by this work, from the consent forms to regenerative and personalized medicine. Enregistré par Annick Bureaud le 26 mai 2016 à Copenhague dans le cadre du projet Trust Me, I'm An Artist [http://olats.org/trustme/trustme.php], soutenu financièrement par le programme Creative Europe de l’Union Européenne. Jingles et habillage sonore Jean-Yves Leloup, musiques Carl Harms, David James Elliott "The Wire", Sergey Lopoukha "Lull" (Universal Production Music Publishing), Stefanski "Last Light Lament" (Atmos Production Music/UNIPPM)

In the first part of the podcast, art curator and media studies scholar Jens Hauser, interviewed by Roger Malina and Yvan Tina address the question of staging aliveness. Hauser argues that, between life in silico and life in labs, we’re witnessing the  animation of the technological, on one side, and the technologization of the animated on the other. Opposing Biomediality to communication media, the critic returns to the in-betweeness space of the medium. Through the scales of performance and performativity - mesoscopic definitions of the human body - macroscopic scales of molecular biopolitic , a gallery of spaces, ecologies and processes sets the stage for energetic theaters.