The Oystercast Oyster Farm Productions
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- Arts
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Conversation about all things relating to photo, video, production, technology, and art making.
We learn from talking with our friends and colleagues in the creative world, it is inspiring to hear their stories.
If you're a visual thinker and creator, we speak your language.
Hosted by Ron Cowie and Alex Bouthillier of Oyster Farm Productions.
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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" , and multimedia project "The 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.
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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.”
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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/
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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.
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Mara Trachtenberg: Myths and Monsters
Mara Trachtenberg is a fascinating artist who creates worlds to tell stories about the world we all live in. Our conversation moved from mechanical process to myths and legends. She is a powerful creative force.
https://www.heragallery.org/mara-trachtenberg