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VC Projects (Victoria Chapman), producer of art-based curatorial projects in the USA and Europe shares, "Conversations About Art". These discussions center around studio practice, art, and the intellect.

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31:30

A talk with Dutch writer Ester Spitz on ES: a study...

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2025/10/18

In this episode, we have an introductory conversation with Dutch writer Ester Spitz, discussing her project ES: A study based on journals. Based in Los Angeles, Ester shares insights into the inspiration and influences behind transforming her personal journals into the work ES—which translates to “You Are” in Latin.With sincerity and depth, Ester reflects on her early life, the origins of her writing practice, and the painstaking process of bringing the book to life. Active across film, theatre, and

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42:31

A Talk with Bethan Dear: Let the River Heal You

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2025/09/05

In this episode, host Victoria Chapman (VC Projects) is joined by Bethan Dear—theatre maker, performance artist, and writer—for a deep and expansive conversation about art, healing, and the currents of life that shape creative practice.Bethan reflects on her journey as an artist who works across performance, theatre, and writing, weaving personal narrative with collective storytelling. She speaks about the river as a metaphor and as a lived, embodied presence—a place of memory, transformation, and

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47:51

Donna Cooper: Fire Talks A Conversation on Art,...

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2025/04/16

In this episode, we connect with interdisciplinary artist Donna Cooper, speaking from her home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia—part of the ancient Appalachian range, a land she's returned to and now calls home. “I live in what we call a Holler (pronounced Halla)” Donna says—a small valley set in between hills. This beautiful visual opens our talk on her powerful art series, Fire Talks.Blending photography, mixed media, drawing, painting, and installation, Fire Talks is rooted in memory,

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25:37

Steven Dayvid McKellar: You and Me and Ego The Fire...

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2025/01/25

In this episode, we hear directly from Steven Dayvid McKellar about his solo exhibition, on display from January 25 – March 15, 2025 at El Nido located in Los Angeles, featuring seven mixed-media paintings on canvas, created during eight days of isolation during Fall, 2021 at an abandoned firehouse in Henderson, Kentucky. This compelling body of work is unapologetically honest, diving into themes of free will, vulnerability, and the ego.The firehouse, where this series took shape, becomes a poignant

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57:49

Curatorial Talk: Now and Now and Now with Victoria...

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2024/12/10

In this episode, we sit down with co-curators Victoria Chapman and Stevie Kincheloe to explore the inspiration behind Now and Now and Now, a captivating group exhibition at El Nido Art Space during winter 2024. Renowned as a sanctuary for honoring the human condition, El Nido offers a reflective setting for engaging in both personal introspection and universal conversations about existence, all centered on the immediacy of the present moment.The exhibition showcases a diverse array of artists,

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26:34

Shane Guffogg: Synesthesia

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2024/10/06

In today's episode, I sit down with Los Angeles-based artist Shane Guffogg, whose post-postmodernist paintings have captured attention over the past 25 years. We delve into Shane's synesthesia, a unique perception that has profoundly shaped his artistic journey, influencing not only his painting process but also how he envisions his work in terms of sound.Shane shares a fascinating glimpse into his personal history, blending reflective monologues with insights on artificial intelligence. We

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53:02

Conversations About Art: Ipshita Maitra (Talk 2)...

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2024/07/20

In this episode, we dive into a conversation with Ipshita Maitra, a lens artist based in India, renowned for her work in mixed media and collage. Our focus is on her series “Where Voices Call,” captured through color photography. The discussion starts with Ipshita’s morning rituals, which lead into the deeper psychic and spiritual themes of her series. Ipshita explores the secrets of the forest and her project’s origins, which began as a dream.Ipshita shares captivating stories about her creative

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28:42

Conversations About Art: Guffogg/Tessier (Talk 3)...

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2024/07/20

Renowned artist Shane Guffogg and art historian and curator Thierry Tessier go head-to-head completing the Proust Questionnaire.French novelist, critic, and essayist Marcel Proust created the “Proust Questionnaire” to better understand an individual. The questionnaire is still used by interviewers today.In this episode, Tessier interviews Guffogg. The questions are direct, and Guffogg’s answers are quite surprising. This method, also used by Proust, is often considered a form of confessional. Just

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46:05

Conversations About Art: Guffogg/Tessier (Talk 2)...

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2024/07/20

Renowned artist Shane Guffogg and art historian and curator Thierry Tessier share an insightful talk about Impressionism and its influence. Guffogg begins by discussing his own sources of influence and inspiration. Tessier adds depth to the conversation by sharing historical facts, touching on key points about the artists involved and the socio-cultural context of the time.This engaging conversation showcases the passionate perspectives of both speakers. Guffogg emphasizes the strength in numbers

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44:20

Exploring Artistic Visions and Cultural Narratives:...

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2024/05/20

Conversations About Art: Guffogg/Tessier (Talk 1)Exploring Artistic Visions and Cultural NarrativesWelcome to this special series of talks featuring artist Shane Guffogg and curator Thierry Tessier. Tessier, an art historian and curator, engages in a detailed conversation with world-renowned artist Guffogg. They discuss art history, studio processes, and compare European and contemporary art, focusing on its history of appropriation. The dialogue also explores Guffogg’s perspective on his

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43:38

Stevie Kincheloe: My Self Being My Self

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2024/02/11

In this episode, I sit down with Stevie Kincheloe amidst the immersive ambiance of her art installation, "My Self Being My Self" at El Nido art space in Los Angeles. We delve deeply into the genesis of this captivating creative venture, tracing its inception, evolution, and the pivotal stages of the installation's development. Our conversation unfolds with precision, capturing the intricate narrative woven into the fabric of vulnerability and transparency inherent in the fleeting nature

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14:46

Shane Guffogg: Lines and Dots - Thoughts Before Language

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2024/02/11

In this episode, we delve into an engaging art discussion recorded at the opening reception of "Lines and Dots - Thoughts Before Language" exhibition held on January 27th, 2024, in the Blue Room at El Nido, Los Angeles. Shane Guffogg and I engage in a heartfelt dialogue, meticulously exploring a curated selection of paintings spanning from 1991 to 2018. The exhibition serves as a comprehensive survey of his career.Guffogg provides intricate insights into approximately half of the showcased

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63:36

A talk with Ipshita Maitra: At Home, In Exile

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2023/11/21

During this episode, we speak to Ipshita Maitra, a lens-based artist from India who works across various forms of mixed media and collage.We discuss Ipshita's "At Home, In Exile" series, captured in black and white photography. We also hear Ipshita's views on the artist's relationship with their practice, reaching the spiritual through the physical, being a vessel, influences, and philosophies, and further, pushing the medium - experimentation and play.At Home, In Exile - Ipshita

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56:50

A talk with Shane Guffogg about the paintings for...

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2023/11/10

In this episode, artist Shane Guffogg discusses his recent solo exhibition at the Bovolo Museum in Venice, Italy, inspired by T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets." The exhibition, featuring twenty-one paintings spread across two rooms, explores themes of reaching into silence, conquering time, and the coexistence of flesh and fleshless. Guffogg highlights the significance of the largest work and its connection to Tintoretto's "Paradiso," which is also displayed in the museum.In the

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40:23

Shane Guffogg on Sam Francis Recollections on the...

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2023/06/26

This is an informal talk during “cocktail hour” as Shane Guffogg, and I share a chat about Shane’s recollections of going in and out of Sam Francis’s studio, in Venice, California, during the late 80s into the early 90s. Guffogg was in his late 20s and a studio assistant to Joe Goode, and Ed Ruscha. Sam’s studio was next door to Goode, and Guffogg would often be called into his studio to help with moving or stretching paintings. The impression of the time in Sam’s studio was an incredible gift, “It

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39:23

Shane Guffogg: The Ranch - Interview with the artist...

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2023/05/23

In this episode we sit down with Shane Guffogg in Hollywood to discuss the two films that have been made about his ranch by Eric Minh Swenson.The first film was made two years ago and the second film a few weeks ago. Both share the artists progress and state of mind at his central California ranch and art studio. We talk about how it all began and where he is today. From a former exotic bird farm (his families business) to planting 350 grapevines, 30 olive trees, various fruit trees, vegetable and

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28:40

Stevie Kincheloe: The Living Artist Workshop Series

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2023/05/22

In this episode, we speak to Stevie Kincheloe, co-founder of The Living Artist, about their upcoming creative Workshop Series on Living in Alignment with Your Creative Life-Cycle™, where artists learn to navigate their creative fears and find their inner truth.I asked Stevie about the particulars for the upcoming series slated to start June 6, 2023. She genuinely answers all of my questions very passionately. This series comes from the heart. Join us on Tuesday, May 30th, for the introductory

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63:58

Steven Dayvid McKellar: "Nooit ge Dacht" an...

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2023/05/19

In this episode, we speak to Steven Dayvid McKellar, a musician, painter, and poet from Cape Town, South Africa. After a 20-year music career, touring globally with his band, Civil Twilight, Steven began releasing his first solo records and returned to his roots in painting. As a child, he was trained in realism by his aunt and renowned South African artist Donna McKellar before finding community and creative outlet through music and poetry.After a debut solo show of his early paintings in

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67:28

Interview with KARNEJ and Stevie Kincheloe: Gestura 1...

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2023/03/13

In this episode, we meet in Los Angeles with KARNEJ and Stevie Kincheloe regarding the inauguration of Gestura1 (2/16/23) and 1.2 (2/18/2023) and to untangle the curious web of what and how the experience came about. Was it a performance? Maybe but not; instead, from my point of view, it was something between a birth and exorcism (without the evil spirits.) We unpack the mystery of both events and share our experiences which touch on elements of intention, improvisation, actuality, sacred space,

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44:32

Aya Metwalli, Egyptian Sound Composer: "Conjuring...

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2023/03/09

We open this episode meeting Aya Metwalli in Bierut, just a three-weeks after her performance at ECLAT Neue Musik Festival, Stuttgart, accompanied by Tony Elieh. We hear about the audience and their 40-minute improvised set. Interestingly, Aya opened with an interpretation of an Oum Kulthum lyric. This brings an intriguing conversation about conjuring spirits. Aya states she enjoys “singing songs from the past that is not only an ode but also a grievance or funeral; these are things that still

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