Our friends told us our episodes could get kind of boring at times... so we decided to make an episode where we read two essays and discuss them, 'cause that's what our audience wants!
Postmodpod is back with its magnetic aura broaching on the sensual, yes we are art, but are we praxis?
Benjamin: https://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/benjamin.pdf (https://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/benjamin.pdf)
Useful summary of Benjamin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blq9sCIyXgA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blq9sCIyXgA)
Marcuse: http://www.marginalutility.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/aesthetic-dimension-_-marcuse.pdf (http://www.marginalutility.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/aesthetic-dimension-_-marcuse.pdf)
Marcuse interview: https://www.marcuse.org/herbert/pubs/70spubs/78InterviewAesthDim.htm (https://www.marcuse.org/herbert/pubs/70spubs/78InterviewAesthDim.htm)
13 Feb 2020
On Celebrity Speeches and Platforms of Passivity
Originally intended to be an episode on politics and media, your favorite hosts got derailed and decided to stick to one topic and expand upon it. This episode of postmodpod looks at cinema celebrities Bong Joon-ho, Joaquin Phoenix, and Marlon Brando, and what they did to politicize their platforms. Spoiler alert - not enough. Giving a speech isn't enough.
Sources:
Jordan Mintzer, "Bong Joon-ho Talks True Crime, Steve Buscemi, Unlikely Success of 'Parasite'" (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bong-joon-ho-parasite-success-true-crime-steve-buscemi-1248655)// The Hollywood Reporter (Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition (1958) Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961))
Joaquin Phoenix Delivers Powerful Speech After Leading Actor Win for Joker // Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAh0FSfc4Ls)
Marlon Brando's Oscar® win for "The Godfather" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QUacU0I4yU)// Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QUacU0I4yU)
The Art Assignment, The Guerrilla Girls Get Shut Out At Frieze Art Fair, 2016 // Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOyVtZbpC6Q)
Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition (1958) // Amazon (https://www.amazon.ca/Human-Condition-Second-Hannah-Arendt/dp/0226025985)
Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961) // Amazon (https://www.amazon.ca/Wretched-Earth-Frantz-Fanon/dp/0802141323/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=fanon+the+wretched+of+the+earth&qid=1581629011&s=books&sr=1-1)
Your Hosts:
Takin - @TakinR
William - @Sans_Desseins
Recorded on 10/02/2019
18 Sept 2019
On Art and Capitalism
Things postmodpod hates the most, the bidding starts with: "Nationalism!" "Nationalism going once!" "Conservatives!" "We've got Conservatives on the left!" "Fascists!" "It's yours! Fascism is yours, don't let them steal it from you!" "Distribution of wealth in Art Markets!" "Ah the artists stole from you, fascists. Going once, going twice! SOLD" In this episode we look at some capitalist bullshit, what's new. In this case; Art Markets. How art institutions and rich people use art for financial gain, and the problems it creates for artists and their work.
Sources:
“Art and Objecthood”, Micheal Fried, 1967
“The Price of Everything… Perspectives on the Art Market”, Whitney Museum, 2007
“The Orange Balloon Dog: Bubbles, Turmoil and Avarice in the contemporary Art Market”, Don Thompson, 2017
“Art + Taxes = The Dirty Truth”, Art Assignment, Youtube, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZz2PhTQJCA
13 Jul 2019
On Social Media
Top Ten ways you too can become the next big Advertising campaign! This is PostMod Pod. Our innaugural episode tackles Social Media; How has the phenomenon shaped our interactions as a society and how does Social Media render more evident the Capitalistic End Game. From Influencers as Commodity to the organization of Sexstrike Protests against proposed Anti-Abortion Laws, PostMod Pod is here to talk about it.
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