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TW: mention of suicide in this episode - please take care while listening or skip to the next one!<3 xo J&J
what better way to kick off brat girl summer than with this episodeâŠ.
For our fifth episode of Chewing Gum we have Christian McGinty! Christian is an artist with a focus on new media, appropriated imagery, collage and installation.
THIS EP'S CHEWY TOPICS:
techno music: its history in queerness, how it became (and still is today) a beacon of joy, expression and freedom in times of crisis, great political unrest and instability.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Christian McGinty (he/they) is a visual artist whose practice encompasses digital media and installation. He constructs dense collages, blending found and newly created media to evoke eerie narratives reflecting his lived experiences. These deeply personal works aim to resonate with viewers by incorporating a diverse array of found media, encouraging them to discover elements of their own experiences within the work.
McGinty's thesis work, Meditation on a Potential Death, examined the trauma surrounding his father's attempted suicide, utilizing media from various sources such as YouTube videos, films, advertisements, and popular music. McGinty's recent research focuses on the queer history of techno, viewing its futuristic and endurance-driven beats as metaphors for urban living. Residing in Vancouver, he is intrigued by the city's stark contrast between futurity and urban/socio-economic decay. His current work integrates 3D programs, AI art, DJ mixes, and video game engines.
McGinty's career includes exhibitions at the Anna Leonowens Gallery, The Polygon Gallery, and with the MSVU Art Gallery. He has received prestigious honors, such as the BC Arts Council Scholarship, being both short and longlisted for the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize, and the University of Victoria John Locke Malkin scholarship. He has self-published two books, Bounty and Animism, and he has contributed to the arts community through curatorial projects, mentorship, and teaching roles at institutions such as Nocturne Festival, NSCAD University, and the University of Victoria.
WHERE TO FIND THEIR WORK:
socials: www.instagram.com/christian.mcginty
website: www.christianmcginty.com
BONUS GOODIES!!
Essays:
Contents Under Pressure: A (Queer) Techno Manifesto, by madison moore An alternate history of sexuality in club culture, by Luis Garcia Heterotopias | games + architecture zine Party Studies Vol 1, Edited by VĂctor Aguado, RamĂłn del Buey, Brandon LaBelleDJ Mixes:
LĂșcia Lu | Boiler Room Berlin: Live From Earth Go Hard or Go Hardcore - Mindmistake | HĂR - April 25 / 2024 Patrick Mason | Boiler Room x Glitch Festival 2023 MĂTARAPH | Boiler Room: Cologne Hard Dance 176: STRIPE N COJ&J STUFFZ:
stay up to date with this series and many other exciting projects on ig: @jigglenjuice
check out our website, where you can find FREE support resources, artist database & much more: â jigglenjuicecollective.comâ
chewing on something rlly good & wanna be on our next season? fire us an email! â [email protected]
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Itâs time for the fourth episode of Chewing Gum!!
Our next guest is our art podcast bestie Isotta Page! Isotta is an artist working in sculpture and the host of Art Is⊠a podcast for artists.
THIS EP'S CHEWY TOPICS:
marble: what it means to work with a material thatâs millions of years old, viewing it through an ecological perspective, through care and craft, its existence in a contemporary practice, and honouring traditional carving methods.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Italian-American artist Isotta Page, (b. 1996) splits her time between Rome and Valencia. She completed her Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Contemporary Art History at the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh College of Art in 2020.
Passionate about manipulating materials, Isotta draws inspiration from traditional craftsmanship and industrial fabrication. From 2020 to 2022, she worked with recycled materials like styrofoam, resin, and fiberglass, utilizing boat and motorcycle manufacturing techniques for large-scale outdoor and hanging sculptures. In 2023, she shifted from sculpting styrofoam to carving marble, influenced by training with master marble carver in Italy.
In her ongoing series, Dark Optimism: Ghost in the Stone, Isotta explores ecological and geological themes, creating organic studies in marble of the human figure emerging from raw stone. She views her work as intuitive three-dimensional drawings, and she creates unconventional compositions of the human anatomy, juxtaposing carved and un-carved elements and high polish finishes with raw marble. Isotta's interest in marble focuses on its materiality and its unique ability to provoke consciousness about geological time.
WHERE TO FIND THEIR WORK:
socials: https://www.instagram.com/isottapage/
website: http://www.isottapage.com/
BONUS GOODIES!!
podcast: https://www.artispodcast.com/
newsletter: https://isotta.beehiiv.com/
Watch Art Is⊠a podcast for artists Season 6 Trailer
Watch Art Is⊠a podcast for artists Season 6 Episode 1
J&J STUFFZ:
stay up to date with this series and many other exciting projects on ig: @jigglenjuice
check out our website, where you can find FREE support resources, artist database & much more: â jigglenjuicecollective.comâ
chewing on something rlly good & wanna be on our next season? fire us an email! â [email protected]
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Welcome back to our third episode of Chewing Gum!
Our next guest is the lovely Rudra Manani! Rudra is an interdisciplinary artist with a focus on painting.
THIS EP'S CHEWY TOPICS:
her relationship to her name, etymology, experiencing a duality of identities where either can feel like home, making mistakes and the importance of taking the time to learn a personâs name
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Rudra Manani (she/her) is an artist of Indian heritage living and learning on the unceded lands of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples, also known as Victoria B.C. She is an honours graduate with a BFA in Visual Arts from the University of Victoria. Rudra exhibited her first solo exhibition, Tunnel Vision, in 2023.
At the moment, her work is informed by Hindu ideologies of yoga, karma and reincarnation, and the liminality within these principles. Also fascinated by the cultural appropriation of Hinduism in the West, she investigates her biculturalism using themes of tradition, alienation, and spirituality.
WHERE TO FIND THEIR WORK:
ig: @ rudramanani
website: rudramanani.ca
BONUS GOODIES!! (if you wanna learn more about this episode's topics, the following are provided by today's guest!)
Rudra Deva in the Rig Veda & Forms of Rudra Shiva in Hinduism, Dr. Poonam R L Rana âSay My Nameâ by Maya Tuviera (article) The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (novel) or check out The Namesake (film) !!J&J STUFFZ:
stay up to date with this series and many other exciting projects on ig: @jigglenjuice
check out our website, where you can find FREE support resources, artist database & much more: â jigglenjuicecollective.comâ
chewing on something rlly good & wanna be on our next season? fire us an email! â [email protected]
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Back again for episode 2 of âChewing Gumâ, we have THE Jordan Hill! Jordan is is an interdisciplinary with a focus on new media and installation.
THIS EP'S CHEWY TOPICS:
facade, insincerity in public spaces, digital culturesâ influence on our ability to process the world, acts of slowing down, in-between spaces
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Jordan Hill is a Coast Salish (TâSou-ke Nation) multimedia artist from Vancouver Island whose work alludes to the blurred line between fact and fiction within contemporary culture. Hill questions how we navigate a manipulated world where truth is incredibly difficult to locate both physically and virtually. He juxtaposes unexpected ideas and seemingly unrelated locales, uncovering the intersections between urban and rural facades in ways that transform how we think about both. Hillâs work utilizes our relationship with technology and virtual imagery in a way that helps us foster a deeper connection with the world away from it.
WHERE TO FIND THEIR WORK:
ig: @ jhill.93
website: www.thejordanhill.com
J&J STUFFZ:
stay up to date with this series and many other exciting projects on ig: @jigglenjuice
check out our website, where you can find FREE support resources, artist database & much more: â jigglenjuicecollective.comâ
chewing on something rlly good & wanna be on our next season? fire us an email! â [email protected]
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Welcome to the first episode of our new series: Chewing Gum!
Creative people are always ruminating on niche things, making unlikely connections or falling down bizarre rabbit holes... In order to crack open the minds of our fellow artists, we wanted to ask just one simple question: "what's a thought you've been chewing on?"
Each episode the perfect length to accompany your morning coffee, your evening commute, or your afternoon hot girl walk.
Up first we have the incredible Laveen Gammie! Laveen is an interdisciplinary artist with a focus on sculpture currently getting her masters from the University of Chicago.
THIS EP'S CHEWY TOPICS:
death & the seductive qualities of death, lore (how it plays out in systems), necro-politics, signifiers of power.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
I (Laveen Gammie) use sculpture installation, provisional supports, video, and photographic images to consider various notions of value (social, monetary, systemic). I explore how various values are created, upheld, or challenged. I am interested by the relationship between values, violence, world-building, seduction, and power. I am currently based in Chicago, where I am completing my MFA.
WHERE TO FIND THEIR WORK:
ig: @alwaysl8t3
website: â www.laveengammie.comâ
BONUS GOODIES!! (if you wanna learn more about this episode's topics, the following are provided by today's guest!)
Glitch Feminism by Legacy Russel Necropolitics by Achille Mbembe Tip of the Spear by Orisanmi Burton American Grotesque Paintings Games, Schools, and Worlds Designed for Violence (video) Erie Indiana (tv show) Nicole Eisman (artist) Julia Scher (artist) "Rising To Heaven: Japan's High-Rise, High-Tech Solution To A Shortage Of Cemetery Spaces"J&J STUFFZ:
stay up to date with this series and many other exciting projects on ig: @jigglenjuice
check out our website, where you can find FREE support resources, artist database & much more: jigglenjuicecollective.com
chewing on something rlly good & wanna be on our next season? fire us an email! [email protected]
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Youâre listening to The Jiggle n Juice Show, episode eight, titled: âGet It? Get It? A Conversation with Kosar Movahedi & Carly Greeneâ. Today weâll be discussing the use of humour in a Fine Arts setting, independent curation projects, accessible art experiences and DIY spaces.
About Get it? Get it?:
https://www.getitexhibition.com/
https://www.instagram.com/getitexhibition/
Opening Fri, April 14th, 6-9 pm
April 15th & 16th, 2-5 pm
Vault Gallery, 780 Blanshard St.
Get it? Get it? is the second iteration of a project exploring jokes and humour as they emerge in artistic practices. The exhibition will feature 6 artists whose work indulges in absurd narratives, head-shaking puns, and knee-slapping one-liners, as a means to facilitate connection through laughter.
Kosar Movahedi
https://www.kosar.ca/
https://www.instagram.com/kmovii/
Kosar Movahediâs practice explores space; how our bodies take it up, hold it and are shaped by it. Through drawing, sculpture, photography and video, she combines minimalist aesthetics with tongue-in-cheek humour to examine the relationship between us and our social, political, and physical environments. Kosar holds a BSc in Architecture from University of Tehran and is an MFA candidate at the University of Victoria.
Carly Greene
https://www.carlygreene.com
https://www.instagram.com/carlyjogreene/
Carly Greeneâs practice is motivated by an interest in materials - their histories, potentials, implication in, and impact on larger systems of value and labour. Working across sculpture and installation, she susses out messy, complex, and absurd ways in which materiality intersects with personal and cultural narratives. Greene is an instructor and the Wood and Metal Shop Technician at the University of Victoria.
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Thank you so much for listening!! See ya next time! xx
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Youâre listening to The Jiggle n Juice Show, episode seven, titled: âHow To Be A Full-Time Artist: Shaeâs Career Mapping Projectâ. Being an artist is so elusive. The way people become a âsuccessfulâ artist is even more elusive. This project will map everything Shae does in 2023 to try and make sense of how it happens as she work towards her goal of being a full time artist. Youâll be able to read her applications, see how she organizes her practice, and track her success rate.
We hope that by being able to track Shae's process and look back on what she did throughout 2023, weâll be able to spot the mistakes and flaws, or the key moments and achievements that got her to where she is! Obviously, everyoneâs journey will look different, but we hope at the very least, this project will be interesting, and at best, motivating to you!
learn more about the project here
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Today weâre chatting with three of the artists who participated in our first ever digital residency! At the start of October, we began working with seven artists who took part in a six week residency titled Prickly Pear. Over the course of the residency, the artists were invited to respond to the prompt âtell us a secretâŠâ The name of the residency, Prickly Pear, was inspired by the feeling on your skin after you reveal a secret. The act of sharing a secret can be prickly, but sweet. It can be solely prickly, uncomfortable and embarrassing. Or, it can be strictly sweet, filling the spiller with relief.
Each of the seven proposals tackled the prompt in a different way, through different mediums. We were absolutely blown away by the work that was created in such a short time frame, and I am currently working on putting together a publication that is due to be released in the New Year, which will celebrate and showcase these works. You can check out the work on our instagram, @jigglenjuice.
We were fortunate enough to chat with three of those artists, Katie Brown, who crafted and unraveled the secrets behind over 140 matchbooks they found in a thrift store, Carla Smith, who explored the unspoken nature of our comfort foods, and Niamh Dale, who asked herself âwhere do secrets live within the body?â
Katie Brown (2:29)
insta: @glue_muncher
website: katiebrownart.net
favourite movie: "Afterlife"Niamh Dale (27:13)
insta: @niamh.dale
tiktok: @niamhthewannabeartist
playlist (!!): "A chunk of my brain"
Carla Smith (50:30)
insta: @carlasmiith_art
website: carlasmithart.co.uk
"Comfort Foods" book: https://www.carlasmithart.co.uk/shop/p/comfortfoodscookbookxoxox love from the:
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A couple of months ago, a man disguised as an old lady in a wheelchair leapt up and smeared cake on the Mona Lisa at the Louvre. This stunt was plastered all over the news and social media for several days, sparking international discussion.
We chatted about this at the time, and reached the conclusion that, despite the fact it was trending on twitter, we felt that it wasnât really that controversial. This got us thinking about all the other art stunts from the past and what motivates people to make stunt art.
Art can be calming, connecting and inspiring but it can also be controversial, polarising and enraging. In this episode, weâre going to talk about some of the most famous art stunts throughout modern and contemporary art history, and how we feel about them. Join us in this BUMPER PACK episode for a lot of discussion, as well as live research.
In the first part of the episode, we give a little bit of context and define what stunt art is by noting the criteria of what might make a piece of work, stunt art.
From Duchampâs 1917 upside down urinal, to Cattelanâs 2019 duct-taped-banana, we thought it would be fun to rank 22 different artworks that we feel meet this criteria.
Our tier rankings are as follows:
Tier A - gag
Tier B - ok iâll admit it, this is good
Tier C - meh, simply could take or leave
Tier D - surely not
Tier E - get over urself
If you want to follow along with visuals for the ranking of the work, you can find the link to the video we recorded on our YouTube or on our website. It might be easier to follow this way, but we tried our best to ensure that it was also fun to listen to without visuals! This is a new format weâre experimenting with, so if you have any feedback, please let us know!
SO! Letâs find out if stunt art really is shit : ) Hope u enjoy xxTW: we mention vomit, faeces + animal cruelty in this episode
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in the spirit of our Prickly Pear Digital Residency prompt: âTell us a secretâŠâ Sophie Calleâs book âTrue Storiesâ felt like a good piece to read and write some notes on⊠which you can find here.
If youâve never heard of Sophie Calle before I promise youâre in for a treat. Her works are deeply intimate and voyeuristic. This book, one of my favourite birthday gifts Iâve ever received (thank u Shae), is an incredible collection of tiny life vignettes showing us how Calle became who she is.follow us on insta: @jigglenjuice
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have you ever been to a vending machine gallery?
if your answer is no: read this piece i wrote about @c.u.sp and their current show at @galleryvolk
if your answer is yes: ur gonna have to read it as well : )
enjoy! kisses xxCheck out that interview with Creative Dundee here : ) https://creativedundee.com/2022/08/collectives-in-the-city-volk-gallery/
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A couple weeks ago on a gorgeous sunny day, Georgia spent it in a small windowless room enjoying the work of Michael Makaroff. "Fitting In Places" was a solo show held in The Vault. To read the text and see photos check you can do so here!
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A few weeks ago, we saw a TikTok that sparked real debate between us. It was a video made by Jacob Seeger, who just gained access to DALL-E2.
DALL-E 2 isnât the first AI software with the ability to generate images. Launched in April 2022, this new AI system can create original, realistic images and art from a text description, combining concepts, attributes and styles.
Despite not being around for very long, DALL-E 2 has already caused quite a commotion, leaving people feeling that this new technology will be disruptive to the arts due to its ability to know how to make images that are aesthetically pleasing to the human eye.
In this episode, we give a bit more context into DALL-E 2, discuss some issues that have already arisen, as well as debate our feelings about DALL-E 2 in the context of the art world. Is DALL-E 2 coming for our careers? Is this new technology already flawed by replicating our Western biases? Are our degrees in fine art worthless now? How is DALL-E 2 making its way into mainstream culture? Stay tuned to find out!
We really hope you enjoy this episode!!!
Stuff n sources we mentioned...
Jacob Seeger TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jacob.seeger/video/7111553078666530091
Open AI - DALL-E 2 website: https://openai.com/dall-e-2/
NY Times' "Rabbit Hole" podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6dqqC8nkBTC3ldRs7pP4qn?si=5588e2ea618a4b08
The Social Dilemma movie: https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224
just Goda video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si7uczUNdgk
Georgia's Notes On... The Imitation Game: https://www.jigglenjuicecollective.com/notes-on/the-imitation-gamexoxox love from the:
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Shae was intrigued by Casa Mondo: Food by MartĂ GuixĂ©; "a fictional essay on what twenty-first century food is and what it representsâ, so she bought it. She wanted to know what this guy had to say, having never heard of him before, she wondered whether his perspective would enlighten her to fall back in love with the concept of food art. Listen to find out whether it did!!
The full text can be found here.
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J&J xo
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Georgia checked out the "Queer Futurities: holding area" exhibition thoughtfully curated by Dani Neira at the Open Space gallery located on Lekwungen land ("Victoria", BC). Here are her notes...
Full text & photos on our website<3More info about "Queer Futurities": openspacearts.ca/queer-futurities
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Weâre so excited to be welcoming our first guests, Dirty Dishes Collective! The DDC is a brand spanking new collaborative curatorial project, co-founded by Cassia Powell + Dani Neira. It predominantly operates out of the Crummy Gallery; a mobile art space based in Victoria, BC. The DDC cherishes dirty dishes as the physical remnants of gathering + sharing meals. With an emphasis on supporting emerging artists, they embrace food as a form of care and connection which actively resists institutional art dynamics, and works toward alternative, relational ways of being together.
In this episode, we hear the aims and origin story of the DDC, as well as how their first exhibition in the Crummy went! We also discuss the DDCs approach to curation, their opinions on the role of institutional galleries and how they sit alongside them.
Dirty Dishes Collective
insta: @dirtydishescollective
website: dirtydishescollective.weebly.com
email: [email protected]Jiggle n Juice Collective
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Georgia did a day trip to Vancouver at the end of April to see a couple exhibitions. This was the second show she saw at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Here are her Notes On... The Imitation Game: Visual Culture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.
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If you have any q's or wanna chat, DM us on insta or email us [email protected]See ya for the next one! Thanks for listening & supporting us!!<3
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Georgia took a day trip to Vancouver at the end of April and saw four exhibitions! Yoko Ono's 'Growing Freedom' was the first show she saw that day at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Here are her notes...
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If you have any q's or wanna chat, DM us on IG or email us [email protected]See ya for the next one! Thanks for listening & supporting us!!<3
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This episode is split into two parts. In part one, we discuss some shows weâve been to see recently and touch on our opinions/how we felt about them. Our full thoughts on most of these exhibitions can be found through our Notes On⊠segment!
Part two of this episode delves into the before, during and after of gallery going. Weâll discuss the before: how to find out about shows, the during: tips on how we look at art, and the after, how we approach art writing and discussing art weâve seen.
We then round up with general tips on how to actively interact with art, ideas for how to incorporate what youâve seen into your practice, and what to do with the information critically contextually and in terms of art writing.
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Shae went to see Canadian, Glasgow-based artist, Erica Eyres' solo show "Another Dirty Room" and here are her notes...
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