The Oystercast

Annu Palakunnathu Matthew: Connecting past and present.

This episode is in conversation with Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, a photo based artist, living in Rhode Island. We discuss her history, creative journey, soon to be published book "The Answers Take Time" [https://minormattersbooks.com/collections/in-development/products/the-answers-take-tim], and multimedia project "The Unremembered" [https://www.annumatthew.com/gallery/unremembered/] .

"A Constant State Of Play" - Being An Artist with Dana Smith

This week Ron sits down with an old friend and fellow NESOP alum Dana Smith to talk about the photography industry over the past 30 years, shifting perspectives, outworking millennials, and just getting back to playing like an artist.

Jesseca Ferguson: The Life and Memory of Things

Jesseca Ferguson is an artist living in Boston who works with antiquarian photo processes to think about things that pass through this world. https://www.museumofmemory.com “You can close your eyes to reality, but not to memories.”   … StanisÅ‚aw Lec (1909-1966) I work with handmade photography and collage in a studio filled with old books and other oddments.  Interacting synergistically, these objects enable me to continue my ongoing investigation of the photograph as a story written with light – a story that may, in fact, never have happened. “Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.”    … Walter Benjamin (1892-1940)

Creating Community: Francine Weiss, Senior Curator of the Newport Art Museum

Francine Weiss is the Senior Curator for the Newport Art Museum. We talked about how her job has evolved with technology, advice for artists, how to communicate with art and who is inspiring her. Please https://newportartmuseum.org/ https://newportartmuseum.org/exhibitions/hair-stories/ [https://newportartmuseum.org/exhibitions/hair-stories/]

Keep It Simple and do your thing

The tendency to overthink and overproduce work is not discouraged in the age of immediate gratification and competition for nanoseconds of attention. Working against that trend is often where real "art" exists.