J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Peggy Levison Nolan

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Riddles, troikas, and food references abound! After a forbidden scroll is removed from the Arcane Library from the city of Eltin, a ragtag group of adventurers is dispatched to track it down. Join our party on their mysterious adventure, as Melony Melons tries to make friends, Agent Peaches searches for his next big story, Fromage passes some hot cheese samples to anyone who will listen, and Metzger Abbatoir tries to convince everyone he isn’t his father’s son. Starring: Nathan Zimmerer - Melony Melons Kyle Kane - Agent Peaches Shea Ingram - Metzger Abbatoir AKA Bouchet Chris Arr - Fromage Josh Greenway - The Dungeon Newbie Based on the Unraveled one-shot from Roll & Play Press https://rollandplaypress.com Edited by Josh Greenway Sound Effects provided by Pixabay.com Music Josh Greenway & Mark Canning Clavier Clavier ⁠https://pixabay.com/users/clavier-music-16027823⁠ Kellepics ⁠⁠Https://pixabay.com/users/kellepics-4893063…

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In this conversation, Peggy discusses, among other things:

How a camera transforms what we see

Being addicted to film

Seeing inside the photographer's head

Vastness of observation

The intelligence (and swiftness) needed to respond to the presence observed

The high jinx of black and white imagery

The relationship between the image and time moving

Teaching strengthens editing

The rhythm of a book

Loving the gutter

Taking the long view

A hatbox of 100 mice

93 episodes

J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Peggy Levison Nolan

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published 2 years ago

M4A•Episode home

In this conversation, Peggy discusses, among other things:

How a camera transforms what we see

Being addicted to film

Seeing inside the photographer's head

Vastness of observation

The intelligence (and swiftness) needed to respond to the presence observed

The high jinx of black and white imagery

The relationship between the image and time moving

Teaching strengthens editing

The rhythm of a book

Loving the gutter

Taking the long view

A hatbox of 100 mice

93 episodes

#Books #Arts #J. Sybylla Sith #J. Sybylla Smith

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April in Paris — Gallerist Julian Sander 43:38

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April in Paris — Artist Caroline Mauxion 44:02

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April in Paris — Artist Éric Antoine 50:38

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April in Paris — Artist Evelyn Bencicova & Screennoise 36:43

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International Women Photographers Series—I’m So Happy You Are Here 57:35

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A trailblazing book chronicling the fundamental and consequential contributions of Japanese women photographers. Mariko Takeuchi and Pauline Vermare discuss their collaborative project creating a restorative history of Japanese photography. Offering a critical and celebratory counterpoint to the invisibility of Japanese women photographers this expansive and rigorously researched book features 25 portfolios, multiple essays and an illustrated bibliography of photobooks by Japanese women photographers. This bold book embraces emotion, experimentation and provocation in myriad forms of beauty, humor, and deeply spirited connections. In this conversation, Mariko and Pauline discuss, among other things: Pulling back layers of cultural understanding of being a women Expanding vocabulary and objects of study Womanhood, daughterhood and caregiving Physical involvement with the medium Utilizing self-portraiture to reclaim agency over one's body Making tangible that which is invisible An outward expression of internal experience Including the voices of photographers in the essays and text Making and remaking meaning Referenced in the episode: Aperture Rencontres d’Arles Exhibition I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese women Photographers From the 1950’s to Now A World History of Women Photographers by Luce Lebart and Marie Robert The Third Gallery Aya PGI Gallery Behind the Camera: Gender, Power, and Politics in the History of Japanese Photography / Created by Dr. Kelly McCormick and Carrie Cushman What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843–1999 by Russet Lederman and Olga Yatskevich Women Making Art: History, Subjectivity, Aesthetics by Marsha Meskimmon Living a Feminist Life by Sara Ahmed World Economic Forum, Global Gender Gap Report 2023 Self-Portraits by Yurie Nagashima Ume-me - Todays Happening by Ume Kayo The Memories of Others - Akihiko Okamura / Photo Museum Ireland…

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International Women Photographers Series—Linda Troeller: Sex Death Transcendence 1:02:08

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Linda Troeller’s self-portraits are compiled into a luscious tour de force of womanhood, identity and aging. Troeller utilizes her relationship with the camera to understand herself and a woman’s place in the world across decades. Her history traverses that of a beauty contestant, potential lawyer, photojournalism student, model, muse, photo teacher, photographer, provocateur and activist. With conviction, insight and wisdom Troeller celebrates and generously shares her embodied strength and fragility. In this conversation, Lindadiscusses, among other things: Universalizing the personal Provocation aka myth-busting The circular relationship of punctum Linda-ness Self-portraiture, performance and installation Exploring internal and external ageism Sacred water explorations Book decisions - ie: including titles Sequencing, process and collaboration Ghost Ranch, Leonora Carrington, Sophie Calle and Carolee Schneeman Referenced in the episode: Healing Waters Film Museum of Sex Exhibition Chelsea Hotel Erotic Lives of Women Orgasm TBW Leica Gallery Exhibition - LA Made of Rivers by Emory Hall Chico Hot Springs Neither Give Not Take Away - Sophie Calle at Arles…

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International Women Photographers Series—Fast Forward: Anna Fox & Karen Knorr 1:03:20

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Two intrepid photographers and professors discuss the myriad educational strategies they activate and lead to enhance and strengthen women’s presence in photography. Anna Fox and Karen Knorr share how they empower visual storytellers by engaging a global network of practitioners, academics and curators who exchange resources, challenges and strategies toward achieving gender parity in photography. We hear how they conceived and built Fast Forward, their multi-pronged research organization responsible for establishing data, developing project-based teaching tools and convening worldwide themed conferences. Lastly, we wrap by learning of their 8-year-long road trip following the route established by Bernice Abbott. In this conversation, Anna & Karen discuss, among other things: Data on the underrepresentation of women photographers Addressing and critically analyzing gender inequalities in workshop formats Impact of motherhood and caregiving roles on professional photographers Teaching as an adjunct to pursuing one’s photographic work Coalition-building, nurturing collaborative efforts and creating global conferences to discover hidden stories of and by women visual storytellers Identifying key gate openers and partnering with willing arts and educational institutions Network-building from exhibition practices Ambition, Synergy and Foresight Reaching for inclusion with innovative strategies Grants, grants and grants History of their multiple road trips photographing together Image and text dialog Referenced in the episode Manifesto Report on Equity and Inclusion Fast Forward Putting Ourselves in the Picture The Other Observers by Val Williams Impressions Gallery University of the Arts London Tate MEP Work Show Grow National Portrait Gallery Trolley Books T.J. Boulting Gallery…

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International Women Photographers Series—Camera Geologica 37:26

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Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of Photography by Dr. Siobhan Angus is the lens through which we explore the multi-media artwork of Rosell Meseguer and Kosisochukwu Nnebe. This deeply researched and resourced book contextualizes the dark side of photography, the mining and extraction of elements that make printing possible. Our conversation centers on the many intersections of image-making and resource extraction. The deep scholarship of my guest's practices makes manifest the complex relationship between photography, colonization, labor, ecological, economic and social impact. In this conversation, Siobhan, Rosell and Kosisochukwudiscuss, among other things: Flipping photography on its head Implication and possibilities of the interaction of light with metals Extraction of rare earth elements Process-based practices - artists thinking out loud Ideas, materiality & visibility Art exploring gaps and erasure in archives Chlorophyll printing Colonial histories Food policy, manufacturing and distribution Talking about the past & the present simultaneously Connecting science & art Illuminating economics in our daily life choices Art creating theory Referenced in the episode: Dr. Siobhan Angus Rosell Meseguer Kosisochukwu Nnebe Hiền Hoàng Women and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her by Susan Griffin…

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International Women Photographers Series—WOPHA, Women Photographers International Archive 1:02:30

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Unscripted conversations with Aldeide Delgado, co-founder and leader of Women Photographers International Archive, and recent WOPHA Research Fellow and scholar, Dr. Candice Jansen. Each woman shares their expansive practice, leading with curiosity and utilizing inquiry to activate potentiality. As scholars, archivists, writers, curators, and collaborators - their open-ended investigations resist a singular way of seeing. They build evolutionary and community-driven paradigms based on research, and center the importance of the past to envision a more equitable future. In this conversation, Aldeide and Candicediscuss, among other things: Amplifying visual stories of marginalized communities Rewriting photographic history from a feminist perspective Curatorial activism Rhizomatic thinking Trial, error and play Place as process The audience as the protagonist New vocabulary and new definitions - ie. Memorist Photography as a medium and a whole-body experience Establishing terms of visibility Prismatic perception Referenced in the episode: Doreen Massey bell hooks WT Mitchell - what if race were a medium? The Photography Network Regarding Muslims Stuart Hall 1990 essay…

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International Women Photographers Series—Collaboration 42:30

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This seminal book, a compendium of image-based projects, illuminates the subtle evolution of ideas of photographic practice over time. This book offers a non-authoritarian systematic deconstruction of photo history to expand ways of making, seeing, and thinking about the multi-layers of relationships within photography. Five revered photographers, teachers and scholars innovated ways to visualize process and reinvestigate archives. Their collaborative project results in a prismatic view, new vocabulary and an essential teaching tool. In this conversation, Susan Mieselas, Wendy Ewald and Laura Wexler discuss, among other things: Opening new relationships within the event of photography Limits of visual vocabulary Methodologies that favor listening, learning and unlearning The malleability of ideas and associations Seeing across time Photo with the blinders off Creating vocabulary Seeing threads and weaving them Discovering what is missing Building understanding Dynamics of visual culture Referenced in the episode: Susan Miesalas Ariella Aisha Azoulay Laura Wexler Wendy Ewald Leigh Raiford…

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International Women Photographers Series—Leica, Latin America Team 23:25

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This is an introduction to the Leica team in Mexico, Central, and South America, which is actively highlighting and amplifying the visual voices across Latin America. Meet: Aurora Bruzon - Latin America Marketing Manager Betsy May - Commercial Director Latin America Manolo Marquez - Gallery and Akademie Manager for Leica Mexico Each one shares specifics on their mission to bring diverse services and expand programming with Latin artists. Aurora, Betsy and Manolo discuss among other things: Fostering community among passionate visual storytellers Building global bridges Bringing Leica values to a larger audience Implementing ways to see the world through a Leica lens News from the flagship Mexico City store and gallery Expansion of programming across the region The 29 Leica Galleries around the world Framing photography as an expressive art Promoting diverse work Commercializing a variety of photographic genres Referenced in the episode: Leica Mexico City Leica Women Foto Project Leica Oskar Barnack Award Leica Akademie Leica Camera, U.S.A. WOPHA Congress WOPHA Foundation Perez Art Museum Miami Norton Art Museum…

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J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation With Danielle Ezzo 1:30:46

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Danielle Ezzo is a new media artist pioneering the lossy space of photography through a process of sourcing from the vast digitized open-access archive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This beguiling book animates McLuhan's semiotic principle, the medium is the message, by activating the ability of photography to simultaneously communicate and mediate. Ezzo’s rephotographed art objects unleash an open-ended exploration into how history is shaped and its potential to propagate the future. In this conversation, Danielle discusses, among other things: Viewer as curator Non-linear looking Intuitive response led by the aesthetics of formal qualities Freeing artifacts of origins Subjectivity of documentation Categorization matters Lossiness Letting go of presuppositions (aka prescribed notions) Sensibilities change How images circulate now Sky as inspiration and analogous to virtual space Reimagining artistic communities NFT’s Economics of being an artist Synthetic images Museums' role as cultural arbiters Cultural lag Number Theory…

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Artist Talk: Paris Photo In The Rearview Mirror — 2023 44:24

2 years ago44:24

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A decade of attending this fair has honed my ability to select from the staggering amount of concurrent offerings - astounding amounts of work, panel discussions, book signings and outside Prsi Photo happenings during a packed week in Paris. In this conversation, Syb discusses, among other things: Vernissage New discoveries Elles x Paris Photo platforms and anniversary book Robert Cumming happenings - including a new documentary Book Awards AI and digital photography taking a foothold at the fair Polycopies Sophie Calle taking over the Picasso Museum Bleak yet authentic reflections on maternal relationships at Le Bal…

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J Sybylla Smith, In Conversation With David Campany 1:26:53

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David Campany pays tribute to the multidisciplinarian artist Robert Cumming, known for his rigorous dedication to the aesthetic tonality of the B & W image and his uncanny investigations into the philosophical nature of perception. Lusciously printed images from original 8 x 10 negatives are evidence of Cummings' masterful camera work marrying his fascination with photography’s ability to simultaneously describe and mislead. David Campany's equal sensibilities are evident in an erudite, witty essay and compelling image sequence. In this conversation, David discusses, among other things: Nonsense & Sensibility Chicanery & wit Craft and camera work Fluid interchange of media Transition of an object into an image Looking at work in the round Not getting pigeonholed Specialism Modernist Ideals Thinking of scale Landing in the middle Viewers response to the work provides its meaning All you can do with a watermelon…

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J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation With Mary Virginia Swanson and Darius D. Himes 1:25:00

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