http://flabmag.com Podcasts & Sundry For Discriminating Smart Asses Tue, 21 May 2013 22:00:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 FLAB Magazine's weekly podcast features in depth conversations between host, Maria Colon and visual artists and musicians making interesting (and sometimes not so interesting) work. This podcast is produced by Maria Colon and Gabriel Hernandez for FLABmag.com FLABmag yes FLABmag flabmagazine@gmail.com flabmagazine@gmail.com (FLABmag) For Discriminating Smart Asses Arts, Culture, Music, Interviews, Conversations, Visual Arts, Muscians, Art Practice, Cultural Criticism http://flabmag.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/ITUNES_BLUBRRY-IMG-01.jpg http://flabmag.com California Weekly http://flabmag.com/photos-2/photos-yo-la-tengo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photos-yo-la-tengo http://flabmag.com/photos-2/photos-yo-la-tengo/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 20:24:21 +0000 FLABmag http://flabmag.com/?p=5127 http://flabmag.com/photos-2/photos-yo-la-tengo/feed/ 0 http://flabmag.com/qas/interview-drummer-jon-bafus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-drummer-jon-bafus http://flabmag.com/qas/interview-drummer-jon-bafus/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:29 +0000 FLABmag http://flabmag.com/?p=5039 http://flabmag.com/qas/interview-drummer-jon-bafus/feed/ 0 http://flabmag.com/podcast/podcast-0008-terrance-houle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podcast-0008-terrance-houle http://flabmag.com/podcast/podcast-0008-terrance-houle/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:55 +0000 FLABmag http://flabmag.com/?p=4948 http://flabmag.com/podcast/podcast-0008-terrance-houle/feed/ 0 Blackfeet,canada,first nations,Indiegnous Art Practice,Inter-Media Art,Native Identity,performance art,Terrance Houle This week's guest is Multimedia & Performance Artist, Terrance Houle.  Terrance is a prolific and successful artist from Calgary, Alberta, who also happens to be a First Nations Canadian. I've known Terrance for years, This week's guest is Multimedia & Performance Artist, Terrance Houle.  Terrance is a prolific and successful artist from Calgary, Alberta, who also happens to be a First Nations Canadian. I've known Terrance for years, having interviewed him for another online magazine I was involved in, NAICA online, years back.  Then I met him a year or so later at a film festival in Toronto, and have kept in touch over the years, but not as frequently as either or us would like. In the years that we haven't kept in touch he has created a series of performances and installations that are, perhaps more sophisticated than his earlier works, but still bear his signature sensibilities in that they are hilarious, and include community building performance sets, such as his latest project, The National Indian Leg Wrestling League of North America in which he, and a crew of First Nations artists, adopt old-time wrestling personae. and take to mats across Canada to work out post colonial stereotypes, and have a good time leg wrestling. His work is imbued with humor and merriment, but is also densely packed with historical and cultural significance. However, Terrance doesn't beat his audience over the head with critical theories that don't get to the point quick enough for his liking, which makes his work accessible to a broader audience, and is partly responsible for his latest successes. I'm actually a little jealous of him because he has the balls to put his work out there and has seen some success, enough to make his living primarily from art production, and good art at that! So, I hope you enjoy this conversation, there were a few technical difficulties, Skype doesn't do well Internationally, but it's good enough! I think you'll enjoy what he has to say, and if you do, go look him up and buy some of his work! Terrance Houle on the Interwebs: Official | Facebook | Purchase Givn'r on Amazon Photo © Will Wilson FLABmag yes 1:18:51 http://flabmag.com/qas/interview-drummer-cindy-blackman-santana/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-drummer-cindy-blackman-santana http://flabmag.com/qas/interview-drummer-cindy-blackman-santana/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 16:00:59 +0000 FLABmag http://flabmag.com/?p=5003 http://flabmag.com/qas/interview-drummer-cindy-blackman-santana/feed/ 0 http://flabmag.com/podcast/podcast-0007-sergio-vega/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podcast-0007-sergio-vega http://flabmag.com/podcast/podcast-0007-sergio-vega/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 16:00:43 +0000 FLABmag http://flabmag.com/?p=4945 http://flabmag.com/podcast/podcast-0007-sergio-vega/feed/ 0 Argentina,art criticism,Art Education,Art Practice,installation,Inter-media,photography,Sergio Vega,university of florida,Yale Sergio Vega is a tenured professor in the Creative Photography and Sculpture departments at the University of Florida in Gainesville.  That is how I came to know him, I was a MFA candidate in the Photography program between the years 2002-2005, Sergio Vega is a tenured professor in the Creative Photography and Sculpture departments at the University of Florida in Gainesville.  That is how I came to know him, I was a MFA candidate in the Photography program between the years 2002-2005, a time that would pretty much mark the end of analog photography on the scale and depth in which we engaged with it as an artistic medium. I got to try everything there: Large Format Photography, learning to print Cibachromes, Color Photography in every chemical permutation, master my already considerable Black & White printing skills and I discovered a love of teaching there - all with Sergio's blessings. I was not familiar with Sergio's professional, based on the little known theory that the Garden of Eden was located at a specific point in the Amazon Rain Forest, which lead me to seek him out for this conversation.  For those of you who might be former or current students, you might be interested to  hear are his thoughts on teaching, the role of critical theory in a studio art practice, and for the rest of you - the origins of his long running project, "Paradise in the New World." It was an enlightening conversation that left me feeling out of step with current theory, or any theory for that matter, it's been so long, I don't even know where to begin to pick it up again. If anyone has any suggestions on current theory, especially related to the changes in photography, leave a comment or contact me at flabmagazine at gmail dot com. I'd love to reengage with critical thinking. Enjoy! Sergio Vega on the Interwebs: Paradise in the New World | Kabe Contemporary | University of Florida   Photo © Sergio Vega from the series "Telephones of Paradise" FLABmag yes 1:38:57 http://flabmag.com/qas/interview-drummr-eric-gardner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-drummr-eric-gardner http://flabmag.com/qas/interview-drummr-eric-gardner/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 16:00:19 +0000 FLABmag http://flabmag.com/?p=4978 http://flabmag.com/qas/interview-drummr-eric-gardner/feed/ 1 http://flabmag.com/podcast/podcast-0004-artist-chloe-flores/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podcast-0004-artist-chloe-flores http://flabmag.com/podcast/podcast-0004-artist-chloe-flores/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 16:00:07 +0000 FLABmag http://flabmag.com/?p=4777 http://flabmag.com/podcast/podcast-0004-artist-chloe-flores/feed/ 0 chloe flores,curators,FLAB Magazine Weekly Podcast,FLABcasts,interviews,visual arts Welcome back!  I assume you're a repeat visitor, if you're not, "Welcome to the Weekly Podcast!" We're already at week six, so you're a bit behind. Feel free to download all of the podcasts...you know, in the interest of getting up to speed. - Anyway, Welcome back!  I assume you're a repeat visitor, if you're not, "Welcome to the Weekly Podcast!" We're already at week six, so you're a bit behind. Feel free to download all of the podcasts...you know, in the interest of getting up to speed. Anyway, this week I speak with Southern California curator, Chloe Flores who is currently conducting an online arts experiment of sorts.  She has set up a through the Facebook page using her name, but means it as a space for artists to engage an audience and/or use it as a literal (and figurative) art space.  It's heady stuff. We discuss at length the objective of the project, current findings and how you (or I) can get involved.  Actually I've been involved in ways I did not imagine I was involved, but you'll hear about that and more. Enjoy it!   Chloe Flores on the Interwebs: Facebook Project | GuestHaus Residency   Photo Courtesy: Chloe Flores FLABmag yes 1:09:22 http://flabmag.com/qas/interview-drummer-sebastian-thomson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-drummer-sebastian-thomson http://flabmag.com/qas/interview-drummer-sebastian-thomson/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:00:27 +0000 FLABmag http://flabmag.com/?p=4941 http://flabmag.com/qas/interview-drummer-sebastian-thomson/feed/ 0 http://flabmag.com/podcast/podcast-0005-cathy-pellow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podcast-0005-cathy-pellow http://flabmag.com/podcast/podcast-0005-cathy-pellow/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:00:43 +0000 FLABmag http://flabmag.com/?p=4846 http://flabmag.com/podcast/podcast-0005-cathy-pellow/feed/ 5 Cathy Pellow,FLAB Magazine Weekly Podcast,FLABcasts,interviews,Personal Narratives,Recording Busniess,sargent house This week's guest is the irrepressible Cathy Pellow, founder and leader of Sargent House Records in Echo Park, California. I've been curious about her for a while. Like many others, my understanding of her was essentially derived from Facebook posts an... This week's guest is the irrepressible Cathy Pellow, founder and leader of Sargent House Records in Echo Park, California. I've been curious about her for a while. Like many others, my understanding of her was essentially derived from Facebook posts and Tweets – some of them quite hilarious, others misleadingly terse.  I am very aware that a Tweet is not the best way to judge a person's character or even their current state of mind/status.  It's all too meta and more than a little curated or in some cases, not very curated at all, which has been the appeal of watching Cathy's Twitter feed.  However, recent debates about women in charge of companies, how they should or shouldn't behave in business, had me wondering, "What would Cathy do?" We talk about her business strategy (take no shit off no one!) and she opened up about her background and the drive that determined who she is today, why she does what she does and the reasons behind her apparent love of "instrumental music." I also had some stuff to say in the intro about why this interview, out of all the others, is most salient for me right now in my life. Feel free to skip ahead, but always, enjoy it! Sargent House on the Interwebs: Official P.S. If you liked this interview and others here on the site, let me know! Log in and leave a comment, "Like" our Facebook page, clicks some ads so I can make some money to pay Gabe who is currently working for free. In general, let us know if we're headed in the right direction. FLABmag yes 1:36:25 http://flabmag.com/photos-2/photos-life-coach/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photos-life-coach http://flabmag.com/photos-2/photos-life-coach/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:00:11 +0000 FLABmag http://flabmag.com/?p=4920 http://flabmag.com/photos-2/photos-life-coach/feed/ 0