Everything Is Alive – Radiotopia
An unscripted radio show that interviews inanimate objects and each episode tells a life story of an object and how they understand the world that they’re currently in.
I was recommended this podcast awhile ago now but never got chance to listen to it. Since we have subsequently had a lot of time on our hands, I have listened to a few episodes and found a solace of some sort while listening to objects talk. Even if it is a simple explanation for why they think the way they do about the context they are in.
This was something I had spoken to some people about the idea of the materials or objects I use in my work being alive and having their own stories to tell. Last semester I found a round of tree at Dunbar beach and grew very attached to it. I wanted to know where it had been when it was alive, who it had seen, what it had been through and where was it going now it was in my possession. I’ve always wanted to have the power to touch something and see where it has been.
I really like thinking about how through contemporary art, objects have become pre-made materials and have developed their own kind of materiality. Thinking about how to understand more physical things exist as materials.
lokeeff
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