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You’re listening to The Jiggle n Juice Show, episode eight, titled: “Get It? Get It? A Conversation with Kosar Movahedi & Carly Greene”. Today we’ll be discussing the use of humour in a Fine Arts setting, independent curation projects, accessible art experiences and DIY spaces. About Get it? Get it?: https://www.getitexhibition.com/ https://www.instagram.com/getitexhibition/ Opening Fri, April 14th, 6-9 pm April 15th & 16th, 2-5 pm Vault Gallery, 780 Blanshard St. Get it? Get it? is the second iteration of a project exploring jokes and humour as they emerge in artistic practices. The exhibition will feature 6 artists whose work indulges in absurd narratives, head-shaking puns, and knee-slapping one-liners, as a means to facilitate connection through laughter. Kosar Movahedi https://www.kosar.ca/ https://www.instagram.com/kmovii/ Kosar Movahedi’s practice explores space; how our bodies take it up, hold it and are shaped by it. Through drawing, sculpture, photography and video, she combines minimalist aesthetics with tongue-in-cheek humour to examine the relationship between us and our social, political, and physical environments. Kosar holds a BSc in Architecture from University of Tehran and is an MFA candidate at the University of Victoria. Carly Greene https://www.carlygreene.com https://www.instagram.com/carlyjogreene/ Carly Greene’s practice is motivated by an interest in materials - their histories, potentials, implication in, and impact on larger systems of value and labour. Working across sculpture and installation, she susses out messy, complex, and absurd ways in which materiality intersects with personal and cultural narratives. Greene is an instructor and the Wood and Metal Shop Technician at the University of Victoria. xoxox love from the: Jiggle n Juice Collective follow us on insta: ⁠@jigglenjuice⁠ check out loads of other cool projects on our website: ⁠jigglenjuicecollective.com⁠ chat w us over email: jigglenjuice@gmail.com support us on patreon!!⁠ patreon.com/jigglenjuice⁠ Thank you so much for listening!! See ya next time! xx

You’re listening to The Jiggle n Juice Show, episode seven, titled: “How To Be A Full-Time Artist: Shae’s Career Mapping Project”. Being an artist is so elusive. The way people become a “successful” artist is even more elusive. This project will map everything Shae does in 2023 to try and make sense of how it happens as she work towards her goal of being a full time artist. You’ll be able to read her applications, see how she organizes her practice, and track her success rate. We hope that by being able to track Shae's process and look back on what she did throughout 2023, we’ll be able to spot the mistakes and flaws, or the key moments and achievements that got her to where she is! Obviously, everyone’s journey will look different, but we hope at the very least, this project will be interesting, and at best, motivating to you! learn more about the project here xoxox love from the: Jiggle n Juice Collective follow us on insta: @jigglenjuice check out loads of other cool projects on our website: jigglenjuicecollective.com chat w us over email: jigglenjuice@gmail.com support us on patreon!! patreon.com/jigglenjuice Thank you so much for listening!! See ya next time! xx

Today we’re chatting with three of the artists who participated in our first ever digital residency! At the start of October, we began working with seven artists who took part in a six week residency titled Prickly Pear. Over the course of the residency, the artists were invited to respond to the prompt “tell us a secret…” The name of the residency, Prickly Pear, was inspired by the feeling on your skin after you reveal a secret. The act of sharing a secret can be prickly, but sweet. It can be solely prickly, uncomfortable and embarrassing. Or, it can be strictly sweet, filling the spiller with relief. Each of the seven proposals tackled the prompt in a different way, through different mediums. We were absolutely blown away by the work that was created in such a short time frame, and I am currently working on putting together a publication that is due to be released in the New Year, which will celebrate and showcase these works. You can check out the work on our instagram, @jigglenjuice. We were fortunate enough to chat with three of those artists, Katie Brown, who crafted and unraveled the secrets behind over 140 matchbooks they found in a thrift store, Carla Smith, who explored the unspoken nature of our comfort foods, and Niamh Dale, who asked herself “where do secrets live within the body?” Katie Brown (2:29) insta: @glue_muncher website: katiebrownart.net favourite movie: "Afterlife" Niamh Dale (27:13) insta: @niamh.dale tiktok: @niamhthewannabeartist playlist (!!): "A chunk of my brain" Carla Smith (50:30) insta: @carlasmiith_art website: carlasmithart.co.uk "Comfort Foods" book: https://www.carlasmithart.co.uk/shop/p/comfortfoodscookbook xoxox love from the: Jiggle n Juice Collective follow us on insta: @jigglenjuice check out loads of other cool projects on our website: jigglenjuicecollective.com chat w us over email: jigglenjuice@gmail.com support us on patreon!! patreon.com/jigglenjuice Thank you so much for listening!! See ya next time! xx

A couple of months ago, a man disguised as an old lady in a wheelchair leapt up and smeared cake on the Mona Lisa at the Louvre. This stunt was plastered all over the news and social media for several days, sparking international discussion. We chatted about this at the time, and reached the conclusion that, despite the fact it was trending on twitter, we felt that it wasn’t really that controversial. This got us thinking about all the other art stunts from the past and what motivates people to make stunt art. Art can be calming, connecting and inspiring but it can also be controversial, polarising and enraging. In this episode, we’re going to talk about some of the most famous art stunts throughout modern and contemporary art history, and how we feel about them. Join us in this BUMPER PACK episode for a lot of discussion, as well as live research. In the first part of the episode, we give a little bit of context and define what stunt art is by noting the criteria of what might make a piece of work, stunt art. From Duchamp’s 1917 upside down urinal, to Cattelan’s 2019 duct-taped-banana, we thought it would be fun to rank 22 different artworks that we feel meet this criteria. Our tier rankings are as follows: Tier A - gag Tier B - ok i’ll admit it, this is good Tier C - meh, simply could take or leave Tier D - surely not Tier E - get over urself If you want to follow along with visuals for the ranking of the work, you can find the link to the video we recorded on our YouTube or on our website. It might be easier to follow this way, but we tried our best to ensure that it was also fun to listen to without visuals! This is a new format we’re experimenting with, so if you have any feedback, please let us know! SO! Let’s find out if stunt art really is shit : ) Hope u enjoy xx TW: we mention vomit, faeces + animal cruelty in this episode

in the spirit of our Prickly Pear Digital Residency prompt: ‘Tell us a secret…’ Sophie Calle’s book “True Stories” felt like a good piece to read and write some notes on… which you can find here. If you’ve never heard of Sophie Calle before I promise you’re in for a treat. Her works are deeply intimate and voyeuristic. This book, one of my favourite birthday gifts I’ve ever received (thank u Shae), is an incredible collection of tiny life vignettes showing us how Calle became who she is. follow us on insta: @jigglenjuice check out loads of other cool projects on our website! chat w us over email: jigglenjuice@gmail.com support us on patreon!!! Thank u so much for listening!! See ya next time! J&J xo

have you ever been to a vending machine gallery? if your answer is no: read this piece i wrote about @c.u.sp and their current show at @galleryvolk if your answer is yes: ur gonna have to read it as well : ) enjoy! kisses xx Check out that interview with Creative Dundee here : ) https://creativedundee.com/2022/08/collectives-in-the-city-volk-gallery/ follow us on insta: @jigglenjuice check out loads of other cool projects on our website! chat w us over email: jigglenjuice@gmail.com support us on patreon!!! Thank u so much for listening!! See ya next time! J&J xo

A couple weeks ago on a gorgeous sunny day, Georgia spent it in a small windowless room enjoying the work of Michael Makaroff. "Fitting In Places" was a solo show held in The Vault. To read the text and see photos check you can do so here! follow us on insta: @jigglenjuice check out loads of other cool projects on our website! chat w us over email: jigglenjuice@gmail.com support us on patreon!!! Thank u so much for listening!! See ya next time! J&J xo

A few weeks ago, we saw a TikTok that sparked real debate between us. It was a video made by Jacob Seeger, who just gained access to DALL-E2. DALL-E 2 isn’t the first AI software with the ability to generate images. Launched in April 2022, this new AI system can create original, realistic images and art from a text description, combining concepts, attributes and styles. Despite not being around for very long, DALL-E 2 has already caused quite a commotion, leaving people feeling that this new technology will be disruptive to the arts due to its ability to know how to make images that are aesthetically pleasing to the human eye. In this episode, we give a bit more context into DALL-E 2, discuss some issues that have already arisen, as well as debate our feelings about DALL-E 2 in the context of the art world. Is DALL-E 2 coming for our careers? Is this new technology already flawed by replicating our Western biases? Are our degrees in fine art worthless now? How is DALL-E 2 making its way into mainstream culture? Stay tuned to find out! We really hope you enjoy this episode!!! Stuff n sources we mentioned... Jacob Seeger TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jacob.seeger/video/7111553078666530091 Open AI - DALL-E 2 website: https://openai.com/dall-e-2/ NY Times' "Rabbit Hole" podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6dqqC8nkBTC3ldRs7pP4qn?si=5588e2ea618a4b08 The Social Dilemma movie: https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224 just Goda video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si7uczUNdgk Georgia's Notes On... The Imitation Game: https://www.jigglenjuicecollective.com/notes-on/the-imitation-game xoxox love from the: Jiggle n Juice Collective follow us on insta: @jigglenjuice check out loads of other cool projects on our website: jigglenjuicecollective.com chat w us over email: jigglenjuice@gmail.com support us on patreon!! patreon.com/jigglenjuice Thank you so much for listening!! See ya next time! xx

Shae was intrigued by Casa Mondo: Food by Martí Guixé; "a fictional essay on what twenty-first century food is and what it represents”, so she bought it. She wanted to know what this guy had to say, having never heard of him before, she wondered whether his perspective would enlighten her to fall back in love with the concept of food art. Listen to find out whether it did!! The full text can be found here. follow us on insta: @jigglenjuice check out loads of other cool projects on our website! chat w us over email: jigglenjuice@gmail.com support us on patreon!!! Thank u so much for listening!! See ya next time! J&J xo

Georgia checked out the "Queer Futurities: holding area" exhibition thoughtfully curated by Dani Neira at the Open Space gallery located on Lekwungen land ("Victoria", BC). Here are her notes... Full text & photos on our website<3 More info about "Queer Futurities": openspacearts.ca/queer-futurities follow us on insta: @jigglenjuice check out loads of over cool projects on our website: jigglenjuicecollective.com chat w us over email: jigglenjuice@gmail.com support us on patreon!! patreon.com/jigglenjuice Thank you so much for listening!! See ya next time! xx

We’re so excited to be welcoming our first guests, Dirty Dishes Collective! The DDC is a brand spanking new collaborative curatorial project, co-founded by Cassia Powell + Dani Neira. It predominantly operates out of the Crummy Gallery; a mobile art space based in Victoria, BC. The DDC cherishes dirty dishes as the physical remnants of gathering + sharing meals. With an emphasis on supporting emerging artists, they embrace food as a form of care and connection which actively resists institutional art dynamics, and works toward alternative, relational ways of being together. In this episode, we hear the aims and origin story of the DDC, as well as how their first exhibition in the Crummy went! We also discuss the DDCs approach to curation, their opinions on the role of institutional galleries and how they sit alongside them. Dirty Dishes Collective insta: @dirtydishescollective website: dirtydishescollective.weebly.com email: dirtydishescollective@gmail.com Jiggle n Juice Collective follow us on insta: @jigglenjuice check out loads of over cool projects on our website: jigglenjuicecollective.com chat w us over email: jigglenjuice@gmail.com support us on patreon!! patreon.com/jigglenjuice Thank you so much for listening!! See ya next time! xx

Georgia did a day trip to Vancouver at the end of April to see a couple exhibitions. This was the second show she saw at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Here are her Notes On... The Imitation Game: Visual Culture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Find the text and other Notes On... over at our website! jigglenjuicecollective.com And follow us on IG @jigglenjuice If you have any q's or wanna chat, DM us on insta or email us jigglenjuice@gmail.com See ya for the next one! Thanks for listening & supporting us!!<3

Georgia took a day trip to Vancouver at the end of April and saw four exhibitions! Yoko Ono's 'Growing Freedom' was the first show she saw that day at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Here are her notes... Find the text and other Notes On... over at our website! jigglenjuicecollective.com And follow us on IG @jigglenjuice If you have any q's or wanna chat, DM us on IG or email us jigglenjuice@gmail.com See ya for the next one! Thanks for listening & supporting us!!<3

This episode is split into two parts. In part one, we discuss some shows we’ve been to see recently and touch on our opinions/how we felt about them. Our full thoughts on most of these exhibitions can be found through our Notes On… segment! Part two of this episode delves into the before, during and after of gallery going. We’ll discuss the before: how to find out about shows, the during: tips on how we look at art, and the after, how we approach art writing and discussing art we’ve seen. We then round up with general tips on how to actively interact with art, ideas for how to incorporate what you’ve seen into your practice, and what to do with the information critically contextually and in terms of art writing.

Shae went to see Canadian, Glasgow-based artist, Erica Eyres' solo show "Another Dirty Room" and here are her notes...

Shae took a trip down to London where she saw the BLOB exhibition put on at the TJ Boulting Gallery. Here are her notes...

Welcome to our new series called Notes On...! Now that things are getting back to normal, we are trying to see as much art irl as possible! These are our notes on the exhibitions we see. Ep 1 is Shae's Notes On... Rae Yen Song.

We're back with a new podcast segment where we've combined JAWBREAKERS and In Conversation With... as well as expanded the structure to include any art discussion and critical analysis. The first episode of "The J&J Show" is titled “Creating Art Vs Creating Content.” In this episode, we kick off with a discussion about our relationship and experiences with the word “content” and our opinions on the differences between art and content. We discuss the relentlessness of Instagram, share stories of our battles with the algorithm, and conclude with tips on how to deal with the pressure of social media as a working artist, and how to make insta fun again! We hope you enjoy! website: www.jigglenjuicecollective.com insta: @jigglenjuice email: jigglenjuice@gmail.com

In today's episode of In Conversation With, we're chatting to Cassia Powell, a contemporary artist based in Victoria, BC. Focusing on the art of extended painting, Cassia aims to break the convention for how fine art is experienced and perceived, and actively engages in bridging the relationship between what is considered “highbrow” and “lowbrow” art. We chatted to them about their first solo show, "to eat the flower from the root", how they dealt with some of their work being destroyed, and navigating the art world as a recent graduate. To check out their work visit @cassiapowell

Hello everyone!<3 We're back with another fantastic guest!! This month we're chatting with the wonderful Monica Liu! Monica is joining us from the Netherlands where she is currently completing her Masters in Art & Culture with a specialization in Museums & Collections at Leiden University. Today we discuss the impact that art and visuals had on the Hong Kong protests of 2019, audience participation within performance art, and Monica's experience with flawed education systems while studying abroad. You can also watch this episode on our YouTube or read the transcription on our website: jigglenjuicecollective.com