State Of The Art

In this episode, Dorothy Santos brings us a discussion with Yasheng She on queer and femme narratives as represented in a wide array of media, including games, film, and manga.

Dorothy Santos speaks with South Asian artist, Anum Awan about their new media work focused on non-western narratives, queerness, and spirituality.

SOTA host, Andrew Herman introduces Dorothy Santos and, together, they discuss her journey into the arts, her background in science and love for biology, and the wide variety of interests Dorothy explores through her art writing and creative projects. They also touch upon June's theme, "Queerness," as Andrew hands off the mic for the remainder of the month.

DADA.nyc is a truly unique community of digital artists who are finding new and innovative ways to communicate through their artwork. Moreover, Dada’s CEO and founder, Beatriz Helena Ramos, is exploring radical and visionary ways for artists to support themselves through the power of community--all mobilized by state of the art blockchain technology.

In this episode, we speak with Marcelo Garcia Casil, co-founder and CEO of Maecenas which describes itself as an art investment platform “without intermediaries,” that allows investors to “invest in fine art in the most transparent and efficient way.”

In this episode, Jesse Cory recounts cases he's seen and been involved with, gives us the quick and dirty of VARA and its applications in a few scenarios, the basic rights artist retain over their work on the streets and as prints or originals, and touches upon how social media has become both a blessing and a curse for artists around the world.

As an artist, academic, and a cofounder to an art technology company called Monograph, Kevin McCoy brings a unique perspective to the idea of authorship & ownership in its application to the digital and internet art scene.

May will be filled with discussions centered around the value of art as dictated not only by who created it, but also, where it's been, and how it has transferred between different parties.

Daniel McCormick and Mary O’Brien collaborate on ecological art installations that have remedial qualities.

Conceptual artist Antti Laitinen, uses natural elements and the environment he inhabits in rural Finland to create unexpected interruptions, installations, performances, and stunning photography.

In this episode Andrew speaks with artist, Aviva Rahmani, who creates public, site-specific art to fight off land developers.

In this episode, Andrew Herman speaks with Miami-based artist, Franky Cruz, who works with butterflies to create unexpected art pieces.

With Earth Day celebrations just around the corner, for the month of April, we will be dipping our toes into the vast spectrum of Environmental Art.

In this wrap up episode with SOTA hosts Andrew Herman and MegZany, the two discuss Meg's conversations around sex positivity in the arts and the different voices and opinions she brought onto the podcast as part of that exploration. Together they delve into Meg's experience as a guest host, what surprised her during the interviews, the most poignant conversations or topics she felt merged throughout the month, whether or not her opinions on feminism, sex object, and other terminology has changed, and what social media's role is in the display of female bodies. Thank you MegZany for being our March 2019 guest host on State of the Art Podcast. Guest hosting is a new project we're exploring on SOTA in 2019 as part of our initiative to be more inclusive, bring on diverse voices better suited to discuss certain topics, and to build community. If you are interested in guest hosting or have a theme suggestion, please comment on our Instagram @StateoftheArt.

Guest host, MegZany dives into the work of new media artist, Shawné Michaelain Holloway, who explores aspects of relationships and interactions through digital spaces and performances. Together, the two discuss Shawné's transition to offline work, her interest in power dynamics and how these are addressed in her pieces, the correlation between kink spaces and Shawné's artwork, and how she transfers aspects and sensations from sexual and "taboo" realms into art spaces to engage her audience, and so much more. -About Shawné Michaelain Holloway- Shawné Michaelain Holloway is a new media artist using sound, video, and performance to shape the rhetorics of technology and sexuality into tools for exposing structures of power. She has spoken and exhibited work internationally in spaces like The New Museum (NYC, NY), Sorbus Galleria (Helsinki, Fi), The Kitchen (NYC, NY) Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, UK), Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (Chicago, IL). Currently, Holloway teaches in the New Arts Journalism department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Learn more about Shawné at http://www.shawnemichaelainholloway.com/ Follow her @cleogirl2525 Tweet her @cleogirl2525