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IT’S THE SEASON FINALE!!!

We have saved the one and only Laura Gildner for the final episode of ‘chewing gum’ season one!! Laura is not only one of my favourite artists, but one of my favourite people. I have been obsessed with her work and the way she tells stories all the way from when I started my undergrad so many years ago. If you know her, you love her and if you don’t know her… well you are in for such a treat!!!

THIS EP'S CHEWY TOPICS:

how value is placed on objects through historical contexts, performance, collaboration, psychic mediums, phallic pottery, a love story involving Patrick Swayze’s tooth

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Laura Gildner is an intermedia artist who collaborates with strangers, neighbours, would-be celebrities, friends, performers, and various makeshift communities in the creation of her works.  Her productions reflect on social, historical, and pop cultural phenomena through creative re-imaginings and absurdist commentaries while centralizing the magic of shared experience.  Her most recent project, Lovechild, involved making art with Patrick Swayze's ghost via a biotechnology lab, psychic medium, and dental implants.

WHERE TO FIND THEIR WORK:

socials: @lauragildner

website: lauragildner.com

BONUS GOODIES!!

Patrick singing She's Like the Wind live:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sywsj95Vzg8

Halima Jibril: “Phillipa Snow on Why Celebrities Should Be Considered Fine Art Objects” published in Dazed, 2024:  https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/62318/1/philippa-snow-trophy-lives-celebrity-culture-mack

Jia Tolentino: “Love, Death, and Begging Celebrities to Kill You” published in the New Yorker in 2019 on the masochistic tendencies of fanaticism:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/love-death-and-begging-for-celebrities-to-kill-you

“Worth Millions: Behind the Appeal of Celebrity Memorabilia” from Barnaby’s Auction House on the phenomenon of celebrity auctions:  https://www.barnebys.com/blog/worth-millions-behind-the-appeal-of-celebrity-memorabilia

J&J STUFFZ:

stay up to date with this series and many other exciting projects on ig: @jigglenjuice

check out our website, where you can find FREE support resources, artist database & much more: ⁠jigglenjuicecollective.com⁠

chewing on something rlly good & wanna be on our next season? fire us an email! ⁠jigglenjuice@gmail.com

Up next, we have the absolute treat of getting to chat with Bertie!<3 Bertie is a white settler Québécois.e non-binary emerging artist and photographer.

THIS EP'S CHEWY TOPICS:

life & death, queerness, transition, gender journey, intimacy and exploration of self through photography

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Bertie is a non-binary multimedia artist and photographer based on Vancouver Island. Their creative journey is fueled by introspection, emotional depth, and a dedication to vulnerability. Bertie believes in the power of art and photography to evoke deep emotions and profound thoughts in others.

In late 2022, Bertie took a leap of faith, leaving their management job in tech to pursue their dream of becoming a full-time artist and photographer. After years of keeping their creative aspirations hidden, Bertie finally embraced their true calling, finding fulfillment in their work every day.

WHERE TO FIND THEIR WORK:

website: hibertie.com

ig: https://www.instagram.com/hi.bertie/

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hibertie

tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hi.bertie

BONUS GOODIES!!

Since recording this episode, Bertie finished the piece they were talking about in this episode - check out their IG to see it!! It ended up being heavily influenced by 3 external things (in addition to their own life experiences):

• Parable of the Sower/Talents by Octavia Butler
• A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
• The instagram account @christian__nightmares

References they made in the ep: https://www.instagram.com/print_hole/ and https://www.instagram.com/jamieoosterhuis/

J&J STUFFZ:

stay up to date with this series and many other exciting projects on ig: @jigglenjuice

check out our website, where you can find FREE support resources, artist database & much more: ⁠jigglenjuicecollective.com⁠

chewing on something rlly good & wanna be on our next season? fire us an email! ⁠jigglenjuice@gmail.com

Today we’re chatting with three of the artists who participated in our first ever digital residency! At the start of October, we began working with seven artists who took part in a six week residency titled Prickly Pear. Over the course of the residency, the artists were invited to respond to the prompt “tell us a secret…” The name of the residency, Prickly Pear, was inspired by the feeling on your skin after you reveal a secret. The act of sharing a secret can be prickly, but sweet. It can be solely prickly, uncomfortable and embarrassing. Or, it can be strictly sweet, filling the spiller with relief.

Each of the seven proposals tackled the prompt in a different way, through different mediums. We were absolutely blown away by the work that was created in such a short time frame, and I am currently working on putting together a publication that is due to be released in the New Year, which will celebrate and showcase these works. You can check out the work on our instagram, @jigglenjuice.

We were fortunate enough to chat with three of those artists, Katie Brown, who crafted and unraveled the secrets behind over 140 matchbooks they found in a thrift store, Carla Smith, who explored the unspoken nature of our comfort foods, and Niamh Dale, who asked herself “where do secrets live within the body?”

Katie Brown (2:29)
insta: @glue_muncher
website: katiebrownart.net
favourite movie: "Afterlife"

Niamh Dale (27:13)
insta: @niamh.dale
tiktok: @niamhthewannabeartist
playlist (!!): "A chunk of my brain"

Carla Smith (50:30)  
insta: @carlasmiith_art
website: carlasmithart.co.uk
"Comfort Foods" book: https://www.carlasmithart.co.uk/shop/p/comfortfoodscookbook 

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Thank you so much for listening!! See ya next time! xx

A couple of months ago, a man disguised as an old lady in a wheelchair leapt up and smeared cake on the Mona Lisa at the Louvre. This stunt was plastered all over the news and social media for several days, sparking international discussion.

We chatted about this at the time, and reached the conclusion that, despite the fact it was trending on twitter, we felt that it wasn’t really that controversial. This got us thinking about all the other art stunts from the past and what motivates people to make stunt art.

Art can be calming, connecting and inspiring but it can also be controversial, polarising and enraging. In this episode, we’re going to talk about some of the most famous art stunts throughout modern and contemporary art history, and how we feel about them. Join us in this BUMPER PACK episode for a lot of discussion, as well as live research.

In the first part of the episode, we give a little bit of context and define what stunt art is by noting the criteria of what might make a piece of work, stunt art.

From Duchamp’s 1917 upside down urinal, to Cattelan’s 2019 duct-taped-banana, we thought it would be fun to rank 22 different artworks that we feel meet this criteria.

Our tier rankings are as follows:
Tier A - gag
Tier B - ok i’ll admit it, this is good
Tier C - meh, simply could take or leave
Tier D - surely not
Tier E - get over urself

If you want to follow along with visuals for the ranking of the work, you can find the link to the video we recorded on our YouTube or on our website. It might be easier to follow this way, but we tried our best to ensure that it was also fun to listen to without visuals! This is a new format we’re experimenting with, so if you have any feedback, please let us know!

SO! Let’s find out if stunt art really is shit : ) Hope u enjoy xx

TW: we mention vomit, faeces + animal cruelty in this episode 

in the spirit of our Prickly Pear Digital Residency prompt: ‘Tell us a secret…’ Sophie Calle’s book “True Stories” felt like a good piece to read and write some notes on… which you can find here.
If you’ve never heard of Sophie Calle before I promise you’re in for a treat. Her works are deeply intimate and voyeuristic. This book, one of my favourite birthday gifts I’ve ever received (thank u Shae), is an incredible collection of tiny life vignettes showing us how Calle became who she is.

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Thank u so much for listening!!
See ya next time!

J&J xo

have you ever been to a vending machine gallery?

if your answer is no: read this piece i wrote about @c.u.sp and their current show at @galleryvolk

if your answer is yes: ur gonna have to read it as well : )

enjoy! kisses xx

Check out that interview with Creative Dundee here : ) https://creativedundee.com/2022/08/collectives-in-the-city-volk-gallery/

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J&J xo

A couple weeks ago on a gorgeous sunny day, Georgia spent it in a small windowless room enjoying the work of Michael Makaroff. "Fitting In Places" was a solo show held in The Vault. To read the text and see photos check you can do so here!

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J&J xo

A few weeks ago, we saw a TikTok that sparked real debate between us. It was a video made by Jacob Seeger, who just gained access to DALL-E2.

DALL-E 2 isn’t the first AI software with the ability to generate images. Launched in April 2022, this new AI system can create original, realistic images and art from a text description, combining concepts, attributes and styles.

Despite not being around for very long, DALL-E 2 has already caused quite a commotion, leaving people feeling that this new technology will be disruptive to the arts due to its ability to know how to make images that are aesthetically pleasing to the human eye.

In this episode, we give a bit more context into DALL-E 2, discuss some issues that have already arisen, as well as debate our feelings about DALL-E 2 in the context of the art world. Is DALL-E 2 coming for our careers? Is this new technology already flawed by replicating our Western biases? Are our degrees in fine art worthless now? How is DALL-E 2 making its way into mainstream culture? Stay tuned to find out!

We really hope you enjoy this episode!!!

Stuff n sources we mentioned...

Jacob Seeger TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jacob.seeger/video/7111553078666530091
Open AI - DALL-E 2 website: https://openai.com/dall-e-2/
NY Times' "Rabbit Hole" podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6dqqC8nkBTC3ldRs7pP4qn?si=5588e2ea618a4b08
The Social Dilemma movie: https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224
just Goda video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si7uczUNdgk 
Georgia's Notes On... The Imitation Game: https://www.jigglenjuicecollective.com/notes-on/the-imitation-game

xoxox love from the:
Jiggle n Juice Collective

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check out loads of other cool projects on our website: jigglenjuicecollective.com
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support us on patreon!! patreon.com/jigglenjuice

Thank you so much for listening!! See ya next time! xx

Shae was intrigued by Casa Mondo: Food by Martí Guixé; "a fictional essay on what twenty-first century food is and what it represents”, so she bought it. She wanted to know what this guy had to say, having never heard of him before, she wondered whether his perspective would enlighten her to fall back in love with the concept of food art. Listen to find out whether it did!! 

The full text can be found here.  

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Thank u so much for listening!! See ya next time! 

J&J xo

Georgia checked out the "Queer Futurities: holding area" exhibition thoughtfully curated by Dani Neira at the Open Space gallery located on Lekwungen land ("Victoria", BC). Here are her notes...
Full text & photos on our website<3 

More info about "Queer Futurities": openspacearts.ca/queer-futurities

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Thank you so much for listening!! See ya next time! xx