28: Art, Globalization, and What Really Matters – A Conversation with Siavash Golkar

Siavash Golkar is an NYC-based visual artist, physicist, and neuroscientist whose work interrogates the economics of social exchange. His paintings render impossible anatomies—a head replaced by a human hand; a torso split open, revealing a hollow interior; a mouth disembodied—highlighting the clash between internal pretenses and superficial interactions.  In this episode, we discuss how we, as individuals, can better value art, each other, and ourselves against the backdrop of an expanding and increasingly globalized population. We also touch on concrete steps that artists and artistic communities can take to support one another and enrich each other’s creative practices.