WDIM Episode #8

The Eighth episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Solas Studio Original Music by Michael Rider Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Gretchen Vitamvas In this episode's news segment: We talk about MSCHF'S new chat site that declares how hot you are, plus you get to find out how hot Brandon and Amanda are. We discuss artist Hannah Toticki outfits that she designed for burnout culture, the Anti-Woke film fest with a special shoutout of Crackhead Barney, and another artwork that was attacked by climate protestors Also happy first day of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! In this episode's interview: Amanda and Gretchen Vitamvas discuss how Gretchen got into her art practice of designing clothes, talked about Art in Odd Places and this year's theme of DRESS, Herbal medicine and how plants can be helpful to heal the body, what Gretchen's inspirations are and how she got interested in camouflage.