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What’s My Thesis?

Every week, artists teach Javier Proenza.

Society & Culture Arts History Visual Arts Philosophy
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
75 minutes
Episodes
273
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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133. Collaboration - Clare Gatto

133. Collaboration - Clare Gatto

01:17:04  |   Mon 16 May 2022
131. Artist Baking Residency - Sara Nishikawa

131. Artist Baking Residency - Sara Nishikawa

01:31:31  |   Mon 02 May 2022
130. Family Archive Project - Kamal Badhey

130. Family Archive Project - Kamal Badhey

01:00:46  |   Mon 25 Apr 2022
129. Light - Gerald Collins

129. Light - Gerald Collins

Artist Gerald Collins uses light and color

00:56:34  |   Mon 18 Apr 2022
128. Where Inspiration Comes From - Pilar Rius

128. Where Inspiration Comes From - Pilar Rius

Artist Pilar Rius initiates a discussion about where inspiration comes from as we observe cultural differences between the French and Americans. Are Americans too positives and the French too negativ…

01:18:24  |   Sun 18 Jul 2021
127. Streets and Context - Hiroshi Clark

127. Streets and Context - Hiroshi Clark

Artist and skater Hiroshi Clark stops by to discuss the streets as a multi-use space with ever changing context. Wether used as a metaphor, "I'm from the Streets," a means of transportation, a space …

01:11:14  |   Sun 11 Jul 2021
126. Drug Memories - Ian McDaniel

126. Drug Memories - Ian McDaniel

Musician and Sound Engineer Ian McDaniel and I wax philosophical our favorite drug memories. We get in to all the wild, grimy shit we ALLEGEDLY did as kids, and make up all of it for street cred in t…

01:20:50  |   Sun 04 Jul 2021
125. Art Practice and the Unknown - Marley Starskey Butler

125. Art Practice and the Unknown - Marley Starskey Butler

Multidisciplinary artist Marley Starskey Butler shares his thoughts on the relationship between art practice and the unknown, sharing stories about how his trust in the process allows him to explore …

01:09:58  |   Sun 27 Jun 2021
124. While the Encampments Burned - Alex Andrew Sanchez

124. While the Encampments Burned - Alex Andrew Sanchez

Painter Alex Andrew Sanchez comes on the show for a post covid catch up. We talk about feigning interest in kids stuff as an artist parent, and watching the homeless encampments out side his building…

01:04:52  |   Sun 20 Jun 2021
123. How Colors Make Us Think and Feel - Danielle Winger

123. How Colors Make Us Think and Feel - Danielle Winger

Artist and poet painter Danielle Winger talks about the importance of how colors make us think and feel in the context of art making and critical media literacy.

 

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01:48:11  |   Sun 13 Jun 2021
122. Coincidence, Serendipity, and Fate - Debra Broz

122. Coincidence, Serendipity, and Fate - Debra Broz

Artist Debra Broz and I think about coincidence, serendipity and fate as we explore her practice of thrifting for ceramic animal figurine , breaking them apart, and using restoration techniques to co…

01:30:24  |   Mon 07 Jun 2021
121. Financial Strategy for Artists - Chris Adler

121. Financial Strategy for Artists - Chris Adler

Artist Chris Adler stops by to talk financial strategies to keep visual artists from becoming starving artists.

01:14:20  |   Mon 31 May 2021
120. Italian Horror Films - Dakota Noot

120. Italian Horror Films - Dakota Noot

Visual Artist Dakota Noot talks about Giallo Movies, which are a genre of Italian horror Films pioneered by Dario Argento. we get into camp and gore, Hellraiser, Freddy, Jason, as well as more upsett…

01:05:45  |   Mon 24 May 2021
119. Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind - Jamie Hamilton

119. Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind - Jamie Hamilton

Aliens! Artist Jamie Hamilton and I discuss Steven Greer's claim that through meditation people are able to summon Alien Beings and have UFO (UAP) encounters. It gets wild

01:29:15  |   Mon 17 May 2021
118. Unmixed Paint - Phillip J. Mellen

118. Unmixed Paint - Phillip J. Mellen

Artist Phillip J. Mellen talks about his approach to painting with color.

01:13:20  |   Mon 10 May 2021
117. Law Vs Morality - Molly Parmer

117. Law Vs Morality - Molly Parmer

Criminal Defense Attorney Molly Parmer describes growing up the daughter of artist Skip Williamson during the Chicago 7 trial. Skip Williamson was influential in the Underground Comix movement, and d…

01:01:40  |   Mon 03 May 2021
116. Generational Labor - Melissa Loney

116. Generational Labor - Melissa Loney

00:56:11  |   Mon 26 Apr 2021
115. Kitsch - Anna Breininger

115. Kitsch - Anna Breininger

 Artist Anna Breininger and I try to pin down what kitsch even means in an art world where hierarchy’s are actively being dismantled.

01:24:23  |   Mon 19 Apr 2021
114. Fighting Gentrifiers in 2021 - Lincoln Heights Intel

114. Fighting Gentrifiers in 2021 - Lincoln Heights Intel

Five LH Intel members stop by to talk their experiences running for Neighborhood Council. We talk about Los Angeles history, the brewery Arts Complex, gentrification, gerrymandering, voter suppressio…

01:03:45  |   Mon 12 Apr 2021
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