<p>Surrealist artist Amie Pascal brings a queer lens to portraying and challenging representations of the body, blurring lines between reality and imagination while juxtaposing abject body horror with beauty. Her work expresses a universal rawness from a queer woman’s disabled embodiment in her new series ‘A Body Apart.’</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Some of the things we discussed</strong></p> <ul> <li>00:10:11 - How the pandemic and long COVID changed her art</li> <li>00:18:21 - The use of vintage anatomical illustrations as reference material and the reclamation of marginalized bodies</li> <li>00:20:56 - Inspiration from filmmakers and women surrealists</li> <li>00:27:03 - The &quot;real world&quot; as a liminal and surreal space</li> <li>00:33:07 - Music pairings for each painting</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hz1e7D3h9eYW4ntQTVDcrbSNIMhTyZhNuHwuN5QKEvE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Episode transcript</strong></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Paintings we discussed specifically</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3dWk7pPhDw/?img_index=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Not Much Left</em></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3k7nDnPwDM/?img_index=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Right in the Back</em></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3gOxeJSu5x/?img_index=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Dead Ringer I</em></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3jaVBFLM7X/?img_index=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"> &amp; <em>Dead Ringer II</em></a> (the other two paintings that feature <em>L&#39;Ange Anatomique</em>)</p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3niuxjxIz6/?img_index=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>On the Other Side</em></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3YHPtWvg1Q/?img_index=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>We Dare to Breathe</em></a> (mentioned as &quot;the heart and lungs&quot;)</p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3VfWWfxGHD/?img_index=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Moments of Clarity Are So Rare</em></a> (mentioned as &quot;the head with all of the veins&quot;)</p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3QeoTUPWnq/?img_index=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Infusion</em></a><em> </em>&amp; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3TBHKIP5Yv/?img_index=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Refusal</em></a> (mentioned as &quot;the grayscale images on the bright orange backgrounds&quot;)</p> <p><a href="https://www.cambiumgallery.com/a-body-apart/p/eviscerated-by-amie-pascal" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Eviscerated</em></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>People and things we mentioned</strong></p> <p><a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLduIG1ZzOUt4si8LdiXCeFxewIiTTj_1F&si=Y-y7YyTnL9cVgOuX⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">A Body Apart playlist</a> </p> <p><a href="https://www.cambiumgallery.com/a-body-apart⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Cambium Gallery</a></p> <p><a href="⁠https://www.instagram.com/amieisfriend/⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Amie&#39;s Instagram</a></p> <p><a href="⁠https://www.instagram.com/leonoracarringtonestate⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Leonora Carrington</a> (Britain &amp; Mexico, account run by her grandson)</p> <p><a href="https://nmwa.org/art/artists/remedios-varo/⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Remedios Varo</a> (Mexico)</p> <p><a href="https://www.leonor-fini.com/fr/bio/⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Léonor Fini</a> (Argentina)</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Contemporary filmmakers and artists</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1780037/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Céline Sciamma</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5582325/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Michelle Garza Cervera</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nadiakwd/⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Nadia Waheed</a></p> <p><a href="⁠https://www.instagram.com/cluvie/⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Naudline Cluvie Pierre</a></p> <p><a href="⁠https://www.instagram.com/daisyparris/⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Daisy Parris</a></p> <p><a href="⁠https://www.instagram.com/mariafragosoj/⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">María Fragoso</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sapphiccultureclub/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Sapphic Culture Club on Instagram</strong></a></p>