Season 5: "Funky Friday@5 All About Aesthetics, Ep 2"

On this, our second episode in a series on aesthetics, I continue using Susan Sontag as our guide - as I will in all the episodes - but discuss disparate and diverse examples from design, to fine art and from art cinema to popular t.v. and much more, plus some surprises. More on this series from your host, Mitch Hampton: In reflecting on the theme and indeed the very name of our podcast, I embark on a series of Funky Friday episodes delaying with the aesthetic nature of life, culture, and art. In this first installation I inaugurate the series with the work of Susan Sontag, in particular her “Against Interpretation” and “On Style” from 1964, and relate these seminal texts on aesthetics with my own personal journey with all of the arts - with some emphasis on the visual art work in this first episode. As the series I will continue with many kinds of examples of human made things, from fine art to commercial design, prose and text, performance and much more some of which may surprise your host as the viewers as we go forward. #music #painting #illustration #poetry #philosophy #religion #spirituality #dance #ballet #susansontag #1960s #1970s #1980s #1990 #romantic #classical #modern #postmodern #pop #design #history #politics #literature #television #theatre