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What’s My Thesis?

What’s My Thesis? is a podcast that examines art, philosophy, and culture through longform, unfiltered conversations. Hosted by artist Javier Proenza, each episode challenges assumptions and invites listeners to engage deeply with creative and intellectual ideas beyond surface-level discourse.

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All Episodes

01:01:07

140. Humor in Art - Rose Briccetti

What’s My Thesis? ·

2022/07/18

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01:11:30

139. Don’t Talk Sh*t About LA - Gozie Ojini

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2022/07/12

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01:28:42

138. Artist Run LA - Carl Baratta

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2022/06/27

Artist, and Co Director of Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles, Carl Baratta talks about his love for the artist run side of the art world. Carl is one of five founding members of High Beams, a recurring nomadic art show that started during the pandemic and gave artist run spaces and collectives and opportunity to show work during lockdown. the next High Beams will be in Colorado.

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01:03:59

137. OK Boomer - Sam Dybeck

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2022/06/20

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01:07:30

136. $6000 Worth of Weave - Quinn Hunter

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2022/06/13

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01:12:43

135. Thumbtack Wrestling - Christopher Anthony Valesco

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2022/06/06

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01:58:29

134. Whatever Happened to Critical Thought? - Emily...

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2022/05/23

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01:17:04

133. Collaboration - Clare Gatto

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2022/05/16

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01:01:19

132. Pre and Post Millennium Ravers - Victor Castañeda

What’s My Thesis? ·

2022/05/09

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01:31:31

131. Artist Baking Residency - Sara Nishikawa

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2022/05/02

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01:00:46

130. Family Archive Project - Kamal Badhey

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2022/04/25

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56:34

129. Light - Gerald Collins

What’s My Thesis? ·

2022/04/18

Artist Gerald Collins uses light and color

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01:18:24

128. Where Inspiration Comes From - Pilar Rius

What’s My Thesis? ·

2021/07/18

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 negative? We observe the evolution of the genius as an external source of inspiration to the contemporary understanding that a person is a genius, because they have access to inspiration. we end on a fun discussion on wether the origin of inspiration is always a positive experience, or is it something that also

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01:11:14

127. Streets and Context - Hiroshi Clark

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2021/07/11

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 where photographing strangers is legal, or a home for the presently unhoused, we consider streets in context of the use value these uniquely public spaces have.

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01:20:50

126. Drug Memories - Ian McDaniel

What’s My Thesis? ·

2021/07/04

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 the rap game.

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01:09:58

125. Art Practice and the Unknown - Marley Starskey...

What’s My Thesis? ·

2021/06/27

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 new ideas that may take him years to understand how they fit into his work.

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01:04:52

124. While the Encampments Burned - Alex Andrew Sanchez

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2021/06/20

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 burn down.

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01:48:11

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

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2021/06/13

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.Watch the show on youtube!

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01:30:24

122. Coincidence, Serendipity, and Fate - Debra Broz

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2021/06/07

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 combine these fragments into seamless new adorably unholy creatures.

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01:14:20

121. Financial Strategy for Artists - Chris Adler

What’s My Thesis? ·

2021/05/31

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

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