Mixed Tapes - ANDREA V WRIGHT (and Edwin A Abbott)

Andrea Wright selects 'Flatland : A Romance of Many Dimensions' by theologian, schoolmaster and Anglican priest Edwin A Abbott. Published in 1884, the novella tells a story of geometry and the pettiness of the class system in equal tones of giggly satire and eye rolling dismay. We venture into Andrea's Irish ancestry and the shifts throughout her family's history, as well as her own vast experience from jazz singer to fashion stylist. She is an artist dedicated to the act of doing. Her reading of philosophy wouldn't make sense without the physical making and experimentation that is essential to her practice. We discuss her art as creating a voice for lost industries and the memory embedded in spaces as well as her exhibitions with Thorpe Stavri, The Koppel Project and Dateagle. (Mixed Tapes is an introductory series recorded in lockdown with variations in audio quality.)   ANDREA V WRIGHT andreavwright.com instagram andreavwright   BOOKS - 'A Little History of Philosophy' by Nigel Warburton - Carlos Castaneda - ‘Narcissis and Goldmunn’ by Herman Hess - ‘Notes on the Index’ by Rosalind Krauss - ‘On the Road’ by Jack Karoac - ‘Species of Spaces and Other Pieces’ by Georges Perec - ‘The Eyes of the Skin’ by Juhani Pallasmaa   GALLERIES/CURATORS - Alexander Stavrou (‘Substance Bundle’ at The Koppel Project) - Dateagle (‘Prevent this Tragedy’) - David Cass (‘Surface’ at Projection Room) - PLOP Residency (Oli Epp) - Thorpe Stavri (‘Index’ at World Unit Whitechapel)   ARTISTS - Matthew Burrows (Artist Support Pledge 2020), Jordan Baseman (‘Radio Influenza’ 2019 with The Wellcome Collection), Professor Maria Lalic (Bath School of Art & Design), Donald Judd (1928-1994)