EPISODE · Jun 5, 2019 · 49 MIN
The Era of Radical Online Art Collectives, with Mars
from Getting to the Root of it with Venus Roots · host niki franco
In this episode, Niki interviews Mars, founder of Art Hoe Collective, a globally-renowned QTPOC collective of young artists that helped catalyze the movement of online creative collectives back in 2015. Navigating the nuances of commodification of bodies of color; they discuss exploitation of trauma, the precarity of the gig economy, the invisibility of creative labor by femmes of color, and the effects of radical rhetoric becoming mainstream.Art Hoe Collective has been featured in PAPER Magazine, Dazed, Teen Vogue, ESSENCE, i-D, Nylon.Music courtesy of Magic City Hippiesvenusroots.com@venusroots ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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In this episode, Niki interviews Mars, founder of Art Hoe Collective, a globally-renowned QTPOC collective of young artists that helped catalyze the movement of online creative collectives back in 2015. Navigating the nuances of commodification of bodies of color; they discuss exploitation of trauma, the precarity of the gig economy, the invisibility of creative labor by femmes of color, and the effects of radical rhetoric becoming mainstream. Art Hoe Collective has been featured in PAPER Magazine, Dazed, Teen Vogue, ESSENCE, i-D, Nylon. Music courtesy of Magic City Hippies venusroots.com @venusroots
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