Iridescener

In this episode, we talked about brain waves, energy states, a concept named “the New Physical” as well as careerism in art.m Burgess is an interdiciplinary installation artist. They are the recipient of many grants including Guggenheim Fellowship and residencies including MacDowell Colony. They had exhibited in many places including MoMA P.S.1, and has maintained a studio practice at the Elizabet Foundation for over 10 years.www.studios-efanyc.org/m-burgess

In this episode, We talked about how Juergen defines photography, how his works take audiences as participants and how the work stimulates a kind of mental image by means of sound, smell, and memory.Juergen Staack is a conceptual and multi-disciplinary artist from Germany. He studied photography under Thomas Ruff and Christopher Williams and evolved to make work that expands in the field of installation, sound, language, etc. Juergen has had solo exhibitions in many places including Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf, and artothek Raum für Junge Kunst, Cologne.www.juergenstaack.com

In this episode, we talked about breaking the rules of photography, the relationship between the material and the image, between landscape and land art, as well as ideas of permanence and spirituality. Letha Wilson lives in Brooklyn and Hudson New York. Her solo exhibtions include GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL) and New York, NY (US); the Center for Contemporary Art and Culture, Portland, OR (US), and Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris (FR). Her residencies include Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and The MacDowell Colony. She had several public art commissions including the one at PS32 and 66th and waterfront. www.lethaprojects.com

In this episode, we talked about female representation, symbolism, and modes of image-making, as well as the influences of post-modern dance on Jenna’s work.Jenna Westra is a New York based artist working in photography and film. She had solo exhibitions in New York, Berlin, Madrid, among many others. Her work has been published or reviewed in many places including the New York Times, Bomb Magazine, True Photo Journal, and MiddlePlane. Jenna is currently artist-in-residence at HerculesArt/Studio Program.www.jennawestra.com

In this episode, we talked about the post-migration life of Latino youth, the lack of representation of certain community, the cultural assimilation problem of America, as well as the exploitative history of photography and works that reinforces stereotypes.Luis Manuel Diaz, born in Michoacán, Mexico, is a photographer based in New York. His work examines themes of immigration, citizenship, and care. Diaz holds a BFA in Photography from Parsons School of Design and was recently awarded the EnFoco Photography Fellowship and the Magnum Foundation’s US Dispatches Grant. He has exhibited work at Aperture Foundation, Bronx Art Space, Arnold and Sheila Aronson Gallery, Pelham Art Center, and Baxter St Camera Club among others.www.luismdiaz.com

In this episode, we talked about nude photography, both male and female, including the works of Paul Kooiker, Lee Friedlander, Robert Mapplethorpe, Carmen Winant, among many others. We also talked about art institutions and some of their decisions that are quite controversial. Wendy Vogel is a writer, critic and independent curator. A former editor at Flash Art International, Modern Painters and Art in America, she writes regularly about art and culture for a number of publications, including Artforum, art-agenda and MOUSSE. She has curated or co-curated exhibitions at the Hessel Museum at Bard College, The Kitchen, Abrons Art Center, VOLTA NY, bitforms and EFA Project Space. She currently teaches in the photography department at Parsons School of Design. In 2018, she received a Creative Capital Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant in Short-Form Writing.www.wendyvogel.net

Matthew Leifeit is a photographer, magazine-editor, publisher, and professor based in Brooklyn, NY. He was formerly the photo director of Vice Magazine, and has written criticism and interviews about art and photography for Aperture, Vice, Art F City, and Time. Leifheit's photographic work is held in public collections including the ICP and the Museum of Modern Art Library. His photographs have appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker and Time Magazine. He is Editor-in-Chief of MATTE Magazine, a platform for new ideas in photography founded by Leifheit in 2010.matthewleifheit.com

Dana Melaver is a writer and artist. Her work is rooted in the belief that everything is interesting, and often acts as a bridge among art, thought, and the sciences. Dana's most recent projects include an experimental documentary about sustainable aqua-culture, and an ode to the mischievous qualities of light. Her projects have been exhibited in Berlin, New York, Pingyao, and online.www.danamelaver.com