Fugue Chat
by Matthew de Kersaint Giraudeau
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Buying Things
Buying Things
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Join Matt as he walks or drives around, talking to himself and other people about art, life, teaching, experiences and feelings.
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- Buying ThingsMatt talks about deciding whether to buy things, and the practical and logistical affordances of different ways of buying things online or irl.
- Absorbing Critical FeedbackMatt talks about how he often feels bad when he gets critical feedback, but how that seems to be a necessary part of the process of absorbing and integrating that feedback into…
- Robert Ryman and Being a Gallery AssistantMatt talks about Robert Ryman’s time as a museum guard at MOMA, his own time as a gallery assistant at Whitechapel Gallery, and the particular relationship between museum staff…
- Ana MendietaMatt talks about seeing the Ana Mendieta exhibition at Tate Modern in London, and while getting a lot from the show, how he felt various layers of embarrassment while viewing it.
- On Being Someone Who Used to Live in LondonMatt talks about realising that he doesn’t live in London anymore.
- Waitrose vs OcadoMatt lays on the couch and speaks about the different experiences of getting his weekly shop delivered by Waitrose vs Ocado.
- Ear WaxMatt talks about ear wax and other bodily materials. CW: ear wax, colonic irrigation, Matt couldn’t remember the term ‘colonic irrigation’ so at one point he says the words ‘tube…
- The Ideology of the Open CallMatt starts talking about the ethics of open calls, but then realises he’s really talking about the ideology of open calls. n.b Matt forgets the name of the US artist Andrea Fraser
- Rationalising the IrrationalMatt talks about coming to the end of his PhD and not wanting to explain himself anymore.
- What Art Can KnowMatt talks about the writer Rachel Cusk and what art can know.
- Artists Talking About ArtMatt drives to a Chinese takeaway and talks about Isabelle Graw’s article ‘Talk ‘Til You Drop: The Art Conversation and the Communication Imperative,’, from Mousse magazine…
- Digging a HoleMatt puts the washing out and talks about a man he saw digging a hole on a Cornish beach.
- Like Rain on Your Wedding DayMatt talks about taking the weather personally and what Alanis Morissette was singing about if she wasn’t singing about irony.
- Filmed SculptureMatt talks about two video works, ‘House Dances’ (2007) by Maren Hassinger and ‘Dad’s Stick’ (2012) by John Smith which through their deployment of various filmic techniques…
- Mediated PerformancesMatt drives to the station and talks about the virtual, the actual, the real, the true, the immediate and the mediated.
- Dr. EvilMatt talks about trying to remember, and then slowly remembering, the Dr. Evil monologue about his childhood from the Austin Powers film. I got the monologue from this amazing…
- Do You Actually Need to Look at Your Phone?Matt talks about trying to look at his phone less.
- London Liverpool Street 2Matt and Ross meet at London Liverpool Street for the second in an occasional series of episodes from the station. This time we wander around the Whole Foods Market on Blomfield…
- Swearing at Inanimate ObjectsMatt talks about swearing at inanimate objects.
- AntsMatt talks about having ants.
