When Artists Stop Asking Where They Fit & Start Building Something New

Recorded during LA Art Week near Frieze Los Angeles, this episode of Vessel: Art Is a Doorway captures an intimate salon-style conversation with artists Bobby Joe Smith III, Camila Galaz, Jonah King, and Joshua Dawson, gathered at Wilshire Online as part of the NEWINC community.Across practices spanning immersive media, speculative design, research based installation, and painting, the group reflects on how artists are navigating & reshaping the systems surrounding contemporary art. Together they discuss emerging technologies, shifting institutional models, and the growing desire to build new ecosystems for creative work beyond traditional structures.Camila Galazhttps://www.camilagalaz.comJonah Kinghttps://jonahking.comChester ToyeChestertoye.comBobby Joe Smith IIIhttps://bobbyjoesmith.comJoshua Dawsonhttps://joshua-dawson.comReferences:Peggy Weil's MIT Media Lab’s Architecture Machine Group (precursor to the Media Lab)New Media Caucus SymposiumRhizomeNew Media Caucus Restoration and Regeneration at ASU in PhoenixNEW INCLeah & Channing Smithson NEW INC memberDEMO 2024 Leah Smithson Exhibit & TalkLeah Smithson (demofestival.org)Find us online:Website:http://www.clss.studioEmail:[email protected]@gmail.comHang out with us on Instagram:@leahsmithsonart@justglazechanningEarn up to $2000 off of TESLAhttps://ts.la/channing763286Support the show