About Raw and Radical Women in the Arts Podcast | Conversations with extraordinary women in the arts
Raw and Radical Women in the Arts is a series of conversations with outstanding women in the arts who are striving to live bold, authentic, creatively-fulfilling lives. In these interviews, they explore the themes of identity, vulnerability, authenticity, loneliness, alienation, discrimination, inspiration, empowerment, and social change.
TRUE STORIES AND INSPIRATION FROM CREATIVE WOMEN CHALLENGING SOCIETY'S STATUS QUO
Let's get real about living a life in the arts and the multi-faceted roles of being a creative woman.
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Nathalie Herschdorfer | Raw and Radical Women in the Arts
Curator and art historian Nathalie Herschdorfer shares with us her wisdom and thoughts on the body and body-image, the influence of photography on the self-conception of the body, including its importance in the emergence of social media.
Nathalie Herschdorfer talks about her journey of becoming an art historian, the experiences that have raised her awareness of the gender disparity in the art world, what this means for the industry, and for her research on the body and body-image. She speaks about several kinds of deconstruction and reflects on how the evolving photography practices have impacted these processes. Finally, she gives insightful thoughts on her book “Body” and the ‘feminist prism’, sculpting the landscape of art photography nowadays and how it has come to change through the emergence of social media. Nathalie closes the conversation with final reflections on the importance of women’s experience – as women – as they relate to their art.
Conversation Highlights
When it becomes clear that countless women were erased from Art History
The challenge for women to make a living through art
Nathalie’s book Body and the “feminist prism”
For more information on our guest or the podcast, please visit www.rawradical.com (https://www.rawradical.com/)
30 Jan 2023
Laia Abril | Raw and Radical Women in the Arts
In this episode, Laia Abril discusses the origins of her career, her methodology, the themes she explores in her work, often related to women, such as rape and abortion. She also shares her insights from creating art out of polarizing issues, and being a woman in the art world.
Laia Abril traces back to what led her to study journalism, then end up doing art photography through a need to communicate about certain stories. She discusses the myriad ways in which to express a story, and the roadblocks she’s faced during her career in attempting to shed light on certain difficult stories and realities. Laia tells us how her work has naturally veered towards a central theme: being a woman. Moreover, she explores with us what this means in the art world, discusses the roles of our institutions and the paradoxical fact that these very creative institutions are sometimes averse to work that depicts themes that still create unease: abortion, rape. She shares with us the intricacies of her art and the challenges of working with subjects on such delicate issues.
Conversation Highlights
Laia’s methodology and the need to tell certain stories
Womanhood in Laia’s work and in the art world
Laia’s latest project: History of misogyny
To learn more about this episode or the podcast, please visit www.rawradical.com (https://www.rawradical.com/)
4 Nov 2022
Violaine Lochu | Raw and Radical Women in the arts
Violaine Lochu tells us about her fascination with voice, which led to her art, and how this materializes in her performances and installations. She also talks about her thoughts on being a woman in her field, her work process, and all the forms her art can take.
Violaine Lochu shares her fascination on voice and how she uses it for her art, a transdisciplinary practice which takes its roots in encounters with humans and non-humans and voice recordings. She talks about her process, her discipline and emotional connection to her art, her views on being a woman artist, and speaks about her upcoming exhibition at the Galerie Analix Forever: MblaHah.
Conversation Highlights
How Violaine uses voice in her art
The role of improvisation, and an improvised performance night
Being a woman in the arts for Violaine
Violaine’s upcoming exhibition at Galerie Analix Forever: MblaHah
To learn more about our guests and our podcast, please visit rawradical.com (https://www.rawradical.com/)
This podcast is supported by Pro Helvetia the swiss arts council, The city of Lancy, and the Republic and Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
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