Austin Martin White Y2K GROUP CHAT podcast

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Welcome to our ninth episode of Y2K GROUP CHAT featuring artist Austin Martin White. We recorded this episode in late February 2021.

We speak with Austin about moving around while growing up, homogeneity and diversity, media and big tech, first memories, when he wanted to become an artist and his process at a young age to where he is now.

Austin Martin White is an artist working in Philadelphia, PA living in New York.

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Audio timestamps below:

0:00 - Intro music

0:15 - Introduction

0:36 - Austin bio

1:09 - NM and moving around

2:04 - Homogeneity and diversity

3:50 - Media consumption

6:12 - Big tech + early days

8:04 - Adoption story

13:26 - First memories?

16:43 - What were your first memories of art?

21:15 - When did you decide to become an artist?

30:35 - Have you made abstraction in the past or just figuration?

37:31 - Who are some of the artists you studied or look at now?

43:36 - How has drawing played a role in your practice? What did you think of grad school?

53:52 - Post-Bard

1:00:51 - How do you feel about race relations now?

1:06:23 - Adam Curtis “Can’t Get You Out of My Head…”

1:13:10 - Thank you

12 episodes