Mixtapes

“Imagination is more important than knowledge”

Note: This is not Boris Johnson, this is Jacques Lacan. Both talk about symbols. At very different levels and with very different intentions though

I interviewed Kira Bursky. We talked about our ability to change our perception of reality. Kira’s work is mind-blowing so I knew the interview would be very inspiring. It was Cosmic. Her openness to be vulnerable and share the personal stories behind her art makes it a very special episode. Beyond the podcast I also invite you to check out her films @allaroundartsy Enjoy! Useful Links are featured in the episode notes on www.cosmic.show Cosmic is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

Today we feature Untangle Roots, a poem by Erin Hanson Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Useful links are featured in the episode notes on www.cosmic.show Thank you for tuning in.

Today we feature a piece from Austrian performance artists & architects Honey & Bunny. One strategy that has been used quite a bit over the last years in change communications, and in particular in food industry documentary films is the use of disgust … to turn people off meat consumption for instance. Is disgust a good strategy? Does it work? With who? Under what conditions? What should we know? Useful links are featured in the episode notes on www.cosmic.show Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

In this week’s episode, we are privileged to have Stanford Thompson with us, and to dive into “Music as a Social Service”. We cover the learning lessons from the 10 first years of Play On Philly - the organisation he founded. We deconstruct their model, learn how to build community through music,

Recalling the work of Paul Rucker, from 2018 in Richmond. Years go by and structural racism keeps on haunting society, pretty much everywhere on the Planet. One question; When white people keep passively inhabiting a world of white privileges, without actively engaging in anti-racism actions, isn’t this a form of racism? His  social media profiles are on cosmic show page www.cosmic.show Music track: The Last Chieftain, by Christian Scott Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

This episode features “Paisatges de Plàstic”  an art piece by Elena Villalba, Xénia Cros, Pau Galceràn, Oriol Ruiz and Lydia Moreno from the Art School of Olot @artdissenyolot in Catalunya. There are things  happening in the world that are extremely harmful to society and to the environment, but are quite... boring to talk about. Boring because it’s complex, It’s visually non appealing, it’s distant, it’s silent, it’s grey… How do we deal with this as a society, in an era where people's attention span is shorter than ever and the competitive media landscape pushes content production to the edges of dramatic, sensational, crazy, and... “you won’t believe what happens next”? This is a real question for artists, storytellers and other influencers of culture who care about impact: how do we deal with “important, but not sexy”… *Useful links are featured in the episode notes on www.cosmic.show Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

This week our investigation features Marc Garrett from @Furtherfield. We talk about decentralisation, democratisation, empowering self-organised collectives, disruption of the art space, technological enablers such as blockchain, and why network culture matters. Useful links are featured in the episode notes on www.cosmic.show

A genuine joyful smile will always be perceived as a genuine joyful smile by other human beings. A threat to joyful activism? Featured illustration by @rikwilkinsonartist Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

Paradigm shifts take place in the mind. “Paradigm” soundtrack by @jayhardway Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

History, and daily life keeps showing us how vulnerable we are to ‘the truth’. What is the truth? We think something is true, until it’s not true anymore, until there is a better truth… a better truth because it became demonstrably true, and contradicts or suppresses the previous one. This episode is the first one of our deep dive on paradigms. It features the work of the Yes Men

In this episode, we start exploring the purpose and possibilities of black humour - a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless. Through this livemix, Camille revisits an interview with Comics Author Pieter de Poortere, the creator of the hilarious comics character Dickie. Links to the  Dickie’s website, Instagram and Facebook on www.cosmic.show

It might be a good time to open a chapter on humour, the most powerful tool of them all… I like to think :) It’s fair to say that it plays a central role in the media environment, it shapes how we understand ideas, social boundaries and even logic. Tomorrow for our weekly live mix I will be revisiting an interview I produced last year with Pieter de Poortere, the creator of the hilarious comics character Dickie Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille


“Things have never been so good for humanity” “There’s never been a better time to be alive” “We’ve never had it so good than right now”. These couple of lines are very meaningful because when we accept this narrative as a truth, we open the door to a legion of story monsters that invade culture and society’s common sense. In connection to this episode I am featuring the work of Scott Listfield, who’s known for his paintings featuring a lone exploratory astronaut lost in a landscape cluttered with pop culture icons, corporate logos, and tongue-in-cheek science fiction references. It’s a great way to reflect on the present, the past and the future maybe? Remember it starts with the words we pick, and the stories we chose to tell. Scott Listfield website Scott Listfield instagram Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

A new chapter of our investigation is unfolding. Thank you El Seed for your participation and valuable insights. We talked about democratizing access to art, the artist image, responsibility and how to best approach a community for collaboration, among other fascinating topics. El Seed’s website El Seed on Instagram Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

Identity. Identity seems intrinsically connected to how we, humans, experience change. And one story we tell about identity is structurally blocking the way… This is one of the chapters I had the privilege to touch on with El Seed, who truly incarnates this multi-layer approach to human experience. He will be on Cosmic Live tomorrow at 7pm CEST on www.cosmic.show. We’ll travel, we’ll go deep . As usual, you may want to bring some good headphones. El Seed’s website El Seed on Instagram Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

It’s quite interesting to note how the idea of fragility has taken so much protagonism in just a few weeks. A nation like the United States, incarnating power, robust economy, and opportunity is now counting 33million people unemployed, when the employment rate was the highest in decades just a couple of months ago. Still, fragile is not a word we like to pronounce as humans… Today I am featuring the beautiful - and fragile - work of Courtney Mattison, an artist based in LA who has been raising awareness about the fragility of coral reefs via her large-scale ceramic sculptural works. Courtney’s website Courtney Mattison on Instagram Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

There is a very toxic narrative out there, a viral one to be exact. Words that turned into day-to-day language on the news, in all conversations, in our homes even. We might want to be aware of the monster we are actually creating by pronouncing those words. Let’s hear them, one last time... This episode features a piece from Artist  @1010zzz (https://instagram.com/1010zzz?igshid=10sns00dj0y17) Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

Many of us are experiencing some form of generational trauma. Psychic legacies are often passed on through unconscious cues or affective messages that flow between adult and child. Sometimes anxiety falls from one generation to the next through the stories that are told. Here again, the artistic practice can help. This week we dive into the work of Enam Gbewonyo, a cosmic British Ghanaian Artist and Curator who clearly figured out how to deal with this! The insights from this episode also support and clarify a wider collection of narratives about the work we (very probably) need to do within vs. what we expect from “the outside”. Useful links: Enam’s Website Enam on Instagram Enam on Twitter Cosmic is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille