This is the very first episode of 2019. In this episode, two Melbourne based artists: Ka-yin Kwok and Walter Bakowski shared their memorable art experiences obtained during the time towards the end of last year 2018. Ka-Yin talked about her art trip to LA, USA that she did in November 2018. In particular, Ka-yin discovered amazing works in the exhibition "Adrian Piper: Concepts and Intuitions 1965-2016" at Hammer Museum, UCLA. Whereas, Walter, told us about their experience of participating in MCA Art Bar event during Primavera exhibition. Walter raised concerns about this particular politically charged entertaining event. Please enjoy to listen. Speakers: Walter Bakowski https://www.walterbakowski.com Ka-yin Kwok http://kayinkwok.com The links from Ka-Yin’s talk: Los Angeles plays itself, by Thom Andersen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifii8LvR-ss https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379357/ LACMA https://www.lacma.org Getty Museum http://www.getty.edu The Broad https://www.thebroad.org Hauser & Wirth https://www.hauserwirth.com Echo park Chris Kraus Essay http://semiotexte.com/?page_id=139 Hammer Museum, UCLA https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2018/adrian-piper-concepts-and-intuitions-1965-2016/ Adrian Piper: Concepts and Intuitions, 1965-2016 Cornered, 1988 https://mcachicago.org/Collection/Items/1988/Adrian-Piper-Cornered-1988 Calling cards https://adrianpiper.weebly.com/my-calling-card-1986-1990.html Funk Lessons 1986-1994 http://www.adrianpiper.com/vs/video_fl.shtml The Links from Walter’s talk Primavera 2018 MCA https://www.mca.com.au/artists-works/exhibitions/primavera-2018/ Hoda Afshar https://www.hodaafshar.com