art
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e64 a case study (part 2)
‘Welcome back to the History of 2021 in Canada seminar. We’re going to conclude our case study today of the 2nd season of the conscient podcast.’ * episode 64 is part 2 of a bilingual speculative fiction radio play set in an undergraduate university history seminar course about the arts scene in 2021 in Canada that launches season 3…
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e63 a case study (part 1)
‘Welcome to the History of 2021 in Canada seminar. We’re going to do a case study today of the second season of the conscient podcast.’ * episode 63 is part 1 of a bilingual speculative fiction radio play set in an undergraduate university history seminar course about the arts scene in 2021 in Canada that launches season 3 of the…
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e38 zenith – art as medicine to metabolize charge
Art is a tributary coming off from ritual that is still consensually allowed in this reality when the direct communication with nature was silenced.
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e26 klein – rallying through art
The work of artists during World War II was not dystopian (though horrific), the tone was rallying us.
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e25 shaw – a sense of purpose
There’s something generative and supportive about feeling a sense of purpose in a time of collapse.
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e24 weaving – the good, possible and beautiful
Recognition of the good, possible and beautiful is one of the roles that artists can play.
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e23 appadurai – what does a just transition look like?
The ecological crisis is a symptom of our rift from nature and our urge to dominate others which artists can touch.
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e21 dufresne – capitalism is over
Capitalism is over: we need artists, and others, to tell us what kind of vision they have for a different future
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e19 reality – quotes and composition
I now see, and more importantly, I now feel in my bones, ‘the state of things as they actually exist’, without social filters or unsustainable stories blocking the way.