the body is the brain
the body is the brain
Podcast Description
the body is the brain is a podcast about art and social justice hosted by artist and attorney Hope Mohr. Through conversations with artists and cultural workers, we explore the practice, production, and politics of contemporary artmaking.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on the intersections of art and social justice, with specific topics including embodied practices in directing, the politics of casting, and the role of performance in community building. Episodes feature discussions around notable works such as The Magnolia Ballet and collaborative performances like Beyond, emphasizing themes like liberation, queerness, and cultural safety.
the body is the brain is a podcast about art and social justice hosted by artist and attorney Hope Mohr. Through conversations with artists and cultural workers, we explore the practice, production, and politics of contemporary artmaking.
We talk about: organizing artists, participatory performance, Dionysus in 69, audience co-creation of a work, how artists are both similar to and different from other workers, the conflicted class identity of artists, building artist power as a labor force, guaranteed basic income, Daniel reads a manifesto, and much more…
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Daniel Park is a theatre and performance artist, organizer for economic justice in the cultural sector, and the cooperative business manager and a worker-owner of Obvious Agency. Obvious Agency makes playable theatre, spreads democratic and cooperative practice, and organizes arts workers and workplaces. Their mission is: Play hard. Work together. Get free.
https://www.obvious-agency.com/
@ObviousAgencyCoop
RESOURCES
Ben Davis, 9.5 Theses on Art and Class
Lucy Lippard, The Pink Glass Swan: Upward and Downward Mobility in the Art World
Forum on Working Class Artists in America
Voices for Creative New YorkCultural Workers Organize
Dionysus in 69 (video) (Richard Schechner/Performance Group)
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