Exhibitionistas: Notes on Art

Is there a dark side to creativity? Might it even be necessary? Are artists visionaries? Or is the future contained in the present, and if so, what will you do about it?As a an art writer and curator, Joana P. R. Neves, the host, steps back from her job, and steps into the questions it stimulates, about art and life, creativity and philosophy. And what better tools to explore the point were art intersects with life than books?In this episode, Joana presents and reads excerpts of this week's chosen book, The Invention of Morel (1940) by Adolfo Bioy Casares, and asks "is there a dark side to creativity?"Read Joana's essays: Art Thinkosaurus.To know more about our guests and our ideas → ⁠SIGN UP TO THE EXHIBITIONISTAS FILES.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistas⁠⁠+ you can become a member and support us.Small donations are great! "Buys us a book": ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista⁠⁠.Takeawaysgenre literature and avant-gardeThe artifice of creativity of Adolfo Bioy Casares's 'The Invention of Morel'The ethical implications of technology and creativityChapters00:00 The Island of Isolation06:36 The Mysterious Miracle37:28 Introduction to Adolfo Bioy Casares and 'The Invention of Morel'47:50 The Island and Its Inhabitants56:00 Morel's Invention and Its Implications01:04:29 The Narrator's Response and Ethical Considerations01:19:02 The Dark Side of Creativity and Technology01:30:14 The Interconnection of Human Condition and Technology

Your host, writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves, challenges you to explore the mystery of a missing paragraph in Virginia Woolf's 'The Mark on the Wall', and its significance for creative pursuits. You're about to dwell on the flow of consciousness as creative flow – the art of mastering and letting go simultaneously.How do we create? How to we get to that special place where we're in control while accepting the randomness of the reactive materials we work with? And what does that say about life?Links, as promised:Explorations of Sex and Self (reference to the Angel in the House): https://joanaprneves.substack.com/p/explorations-of-sex-and-selfAbout being drawn to "minor works": https://joanaprneves.substack.com/p/when-art-says-the-unspeakableSubscribe to the free newsletter (and become a paid member if you can): https://joanaprneves.substack.com/subscribeBuy us a book, support our researches: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaWe're fine-tuning the show in the background, so we're on a hiatus of sorts–but episodes will drop every two weeks, now on Mondays. We've clarified our purpose: we're now Exhibitionistas - Notes on Art, which feels good and more in tune with our vibe.TakeawaysTextual discrepancies in literary works can reveal insights into the author's creative process.Favorite texts can deeply influence creativity and self-perception. Better than self-help books? Find out for yourself!The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf explores the balance between creative control and letting go, reflecting the complexities of the artistic process.Chapters00:00 Unraveling the Mystery11:41 Introduction to the Special Series17:28 Virginia Woolf's Life and Influence32:31 The Angel in the House and Creative Freedom01:01:24 Reading 'The Mark on the Wall'

ART TOPIC is is an exploration of a topic through visual arts or vice-versa. Hosted by Joana P. R. Neves, this episode is an experiment in opposing writing to oral communication. It also engages with queer lives at the height of modernism, the notion of genius and its patriarchal tendencies, as well as the intriguing, unique couple of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.Discover Joana's text "G is for Genius, Grammar and Girl", published on her Substack Art Thinkosaurus. She reads it here as a performance of sorts, with mistakes, reflexions and all, to test voice versus word. What will she discover?Explore Joana's Substack and become a member for the price of a latte: https://joanaprneves.substack.com/What you get from this episode:How do we write about art? Is talking about art different than writing about it?Is Modernism entangled in Gender issues? How did gender influence modernism and vice-versa? Why were we obsessed with the "genius"? To know more about our guests and our ideas → ⁠SIGN UP TO THE EXHIBITIONISTAS FILES.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistas⁠⁠+ you can become a member and support us.→ DONATE (give it some time for the donorbox window to charge):⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/support-us⁠⁠If you appreciate Exhibitionistas but can only go for a small donation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista⁠⁠For behind the scenes clips, links to the artists and guests we cover, and visuals of the exhibitions we discuss follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcast#visualarts #visualartist #arteducation #joanaprneves #exhibitionistas #exhibitionistaspodcast #arttalk #art #visualartsepisode #visualartspodcast #contemporaryart #talkart #londonexhibitions #londongallery #londonmuseum #bestlondonart #arthistory #arttheory #exhibition #gertrudestein #alicebtoklas #modernism #gender #queerlives #queerart

ART BOOK CLUB is a segment where a guest suggests a book which was not written with visual arts in mind and yet is a source of inspiration, guidance and / or creativity for their work. Hosted by Joana P. R. Neves, this episode welcomes visual artist Laisul Hoque.How can a work of fiction influence the work of an artist?Can a visual arts practice be illuminated by storytelling? How can art practices she light on the value and limitations of archives and photographic documentation of the past?To what extent do images convey the truth?Is visual arts the territory where we reckon with our ties with the past, and our emotional needs?Laisul chose: Babu Bangladesh!, written by Numair Atif Choudhury.To know more about our guests → ⁠SIGN UP TO THE EXHIBITIONISTAS FILES.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistas⁠+ you can become a member and support us.What you get from this episode: Curating revelations, unexpected curating methods, lessons in community, art philosophies, ethical art questions.If you appreciate Exhibitionistas but can only go for a small donation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista⁠For behind the scenes clips, links to the artists and guests we cover, and visuals of the exhibitions we discuss follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcast0:00 Intro04:19 Choosing an artistic career11:13 Autobiography in visual arts18:26 Book: Babu Bangladesh! By NUmair Atif Choudhury20:14 How a book intersects with personal life22:15 The personal, the politics, the art, the book28:20 What is Babu Bangladesh! about?35:14 Family photo archive and visual arts39:26 Break and call for action41:43 Speculative fiction as device for truth telling45:58 Why is Babu Bangladesh! In English?48:32 Taking ownership of the historical archive?56:18 StorytellingThe Ground Beneath Me: An artistic exploration of care01:03:34 Displaced spaces of art01:10:16 Does art provide answers?01:21:14 Outro #visualarts #visualartist #bangladeshiartist #bangladeshart #arteducation #artbookclub #bookclub #bangladeshfiction #numairatifchoudhury #joanaprneves #exhibitionistas #exhibitionistaspodcast #arttalk #art #visualartsepisode #visualartspodcast #contemporaryart #talkart #youngartist #bowarts #nunnerygallery #londonexhibitions #londongallery #londonmuseum #bestlondonart

You're bound to get an art education with our guest, curator Sarah Carrington! Our art talk with her explores her work as director of the Public Art Trail in East London The Line, as well as the joys of producing visual arts projects and supporting artistic commissions for an urban space full of wildlife and industrial areas, away from the capital's most overcrowded areas.Art Insider is an art discussion segment with fascinating visual arts thinkers and curators who lift the veil on their corner of the field (hosted by Joana P. R. Neves).​When is an art trail more than a walk from sculpture to sculpture?​And how does a visual arts curator work with artists for a context such as... a city?Hosted by Joana P. R. Neves.Guest: Sarah Carrington, Director of The Linehttps://the-line.org/Buy The Line’s fabulous book here: https://buy.stripe.com/dRmdRacbw7Wn3H7gV0c3m0gDonate to The Line here:https://the-line.org/support-us-2/✺ Exhibitionistas Files on Substackhttps://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistasWe're allergic to newsletters and passionate about writing. Our episode emails have interesting facts, follow-up thoughts and recommendations.✤ Our host Joana P. R. Neves is on Substack (Art Thinkosaurus)If you enjoy 1) reading; 2) our topics... you'll love Joana's Substackhttps://joanaprneves.substack.comDonating allows us to produce more and better: https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/support-usIf a membership is too much, leave us a tip–every donation is a boost!⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista⁠Host & FounderExhibitionistas is hosted by Joana P. R. Neves, a seasoned curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary visual art field. She loves demystifying contemporary art by blending art history, theory, and personal reflections to reveal how art can uncover views on today's hottest topics as much as on everlasting existential questions.Instagram: @joanaprneves / @exhibitionistas_podcastFor collaborations, text commissions and questions: [email protected]#visualarts #arteducation #arttalk #talkart #bestartpodcast #contemporaryart #art trail #publicart #londonpublicart #bestartpodcast #thelinelondon #artinthecity #curator #curatinginterview #curatorinterview