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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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124. While the Encampments Burned - Alex Andrew Sanchez

What’s My Thesis? ·

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

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2021/05/31

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

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01:05:45

120. Italian Horror Films - Dakota Noot

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2021/05/24

Visual Artist Dakota Noot talks about Giallo Movies, which are a genre of Italian horror Films pioneered by Dario Argento. we get into camp and gore, Hellraiser, Freddy, Jason, as well as more upsetting offerings by Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition) and Park Chan-wook (Sympathy for mister Vengence)

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01:29:15

119. Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind - Jamie Hamilton

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2021/05/17

Aliens! Artist Jamie Hamilton and I discuss Steven Greer's claim that through meditation people are able to summon Alien Beings and have UFO (UAP) encounters. It gets wild

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01:13:20

118. Unmixed Paint - Phillip J. Mellen

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2021/05/10

Artist Phillip J. Mellen talks about his approach to painting with color.

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01:01:40

117. Law Vs Morality - Molly Parmer

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2021/05/03

Criminal Defense Attorney Molly Parmer describes growing up the daughter of artist Skip Williamson during the Chicago 7 trial. Skip Williamson was influential in the Underground Comix movement, and did the art for Abby Hoffman's Steal This Book. Williamson was not one of the seven but was closely affiliated and active during the trial. Molly shares how her relationship to these events made her want to fight to protect people from a flawed system today, rather than work to reform it in the

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116. Generational Labor - Melissa Loney

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2021/04/26

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01:24:23

115. Kitsch - Anna Breininger

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2021/04/19

Artist Anna Breininger and I try to pin down what kitsch even means in an art world where hierarchy’s are actively being dismantled.

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01:03:45

114. Fighting Gentrifiers in 2021 - Lincoln Heights...

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2021/04/12

Five LH Intel members stop by to talk their experiences running for Neighborhood Council. We talk about Los Angeles history, the brewery Arts Complex, gentrification, gerrymandering, voter suppression, homelessness, smear pieces, and Luxury apartments built on toxic superfund sight.

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01:57:03

113. Landscapes of the Post-Industrial Midwest - Kale

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2021/04/05

Artist Kale talks about the political context of midwestern landscapes, and how they represent an late stage capitalist aesthetic, before we get into a thoughtful discussion about the challenges of being both anti racist and advocating for class solidarity.

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01:36:16

112. Treasure Hunt For Ordinary Things - Deirdre...

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2021/03/29

What's my Thesis? is a visual art podcast. Artist Deidre Colgan Jones talks about living in different American cities as an Irish woman from Dublin, before we discuss the decision making process I went though collecting items for the treasure hunt she sent me on.

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01:29:15

111. Still Life - Annie Compean

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2021/03/15

Artist Annie Compean talks about her obsession with collecting and arranging objects to paint, while taking us on a visual tour of her practice, from influences, to current work

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01:09:55

110. When Stuffed Animals Attack - Adrienne Sacks

What’s My Thesis? ·

2021/03/08

Artist Adrienne Sacks talks about cuteness as a capitalist aesthetic, and worries she is the only one seeing it everywhere she goes.

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01:04:26

109. The Biden Years

What’s My Thesis? ·

2021/03/01

This week I break down the first months of the Biden Era. It's not off to a great start.

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01:10:02

108. Island of Banished Daughters - Elin Karlsson

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2021/02/22

Drawing inspiration from Pandataria, an island where Roman Emperors banished their daughters, artist Elin Karlsson describes how she writes fiction to support her visual art practice, and get a deeper understanding of the philosophical questions about sexuality she explores.

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01:03:05

107. Latinx Futurism - Michael Anthony Garcia

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2021/02/15

Artist, and co host of El Puente Podcast Michael, Anthony Garcia talks about the influence science fiction has on his art practice, and the importance of making a conscious effort to envision positive outcomes for marginalized people.

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01:14:37

106. Rooted in Horticulture - Surge Witrön

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2021/02/08

Artist Surge Witrön and I go on a range of side tangents as we discuss his early interest in horticulture.

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01:04:37

105. The Fight Against Gentrification - Lincoln...

What’s My Thesis? ·

2021/02/01

An Anonymous representative of Lincoln Heights Intel details the fight against USC, the City of Los Angeles, and luxury apartments built on Toxic super fund sights.

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