Art and Other Stories
by Triptych Arts
Art and Other Stories is a podcast dedicated to sharing regional art practices via storytelling told by the artists themselves. Whether emerging or internationally known, the invited artists will either reveal a personal anecdote related to the city where they are based or were born, share a piece of local history, or simply reflect on a popular local myth, explaining how these stories shape and inform their artistic processes.
Episodes
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EPI 8.6: Nancy Paredes
Queens-based artist Nancy Paredes and host Jacqueline Kok do a deep dive into the concepts and layered meanings of home, family, diaspora, and longing for a place that you've never been to.
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EPI 8.5: Charlotte Woolf
Artist and educator, Charlotte Woolf, joins host Jacqueline Kok to share an intimate story about her father's final words and how that has shaped her practice.
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EPI 8.4: Beatrice Glow
Host Jacqueline Kok and Beatrice Glow sit down together to think through questions of land ownership and its intersection with positionality in this rich episode.
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EPI 8.3: KS Brewer
Jacqueline Kok sits with research-based, interdisciplinary artist KS Brewer to expound upon the layered meanings behind the statement "I can't breathe" and how that has informed and shaped KS' thinking and artistic practice.
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EPI 8.2: Matías Alvial
For our second Pollinate-partnered episode, we have Matías Alvial, a New York-based multimedia artist, community organizer, and activist originally from Santiago, Chile. Together with Jacqueline, Matías shares with us what human connection means to him and how it drives his artistic practice.
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EPI 8.1: Juliette Hayt
Back in full force! Kicking off New Year with our new partner, NYC-arts organization, Pollinate, we are happy to share that our first episode features Juliette Hayt. Our regular host, Jacqueline Kok, chats with Juliette about what painting means to her, particularly as an art therapist. Happy...
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EPI 7.2: Sa'dia Rehman
Artist Sa'dia Rehman joins Jacqueline for the second episode of our NYC Pt. 2 series to share their thoughts and reflections on notions of identity, home, and space.
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EPI 7.1: Michael Cavayero
Curator Amanda Lee takes us back to New York City for our next trio of episodes. Kicking off this series, artist Michael Cavayero joins Amanda to talk about his journey from a Long Island New Yorker to a Beijing-based scholar in Buddhist texts and arts.
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EPI 6.3: Ellen Thesleff
For the third and final episode of the Helsinki series, curators Amanda Lee and Jacqueline Kok sit down together to talk about the extraordinary life of Ellen Thesleff and her contributions to Finnish art history.
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EPI 6.2: Outi Martikainen
Helsinki-based textile artist Outi Martikainen joins us to chat about growing up in the Jyväskylä Workers' Club building when it was a city theatre in the '70s, and how architecture and theatre have come to play such important roles in her life.
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EPI 6.1: Lotta Lemetti
Triptych Arts' curator Amanda Lee joins photographer and visual artist Lotta Lemetti on our first episode of the Helsinki series to chat about the power of poetry and cultural tales, and how these materials have shaped her practice.
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EPI 5.3: Yin-Ju Chen
For our last episode of the Taipei series, artist Yin-Ju Chen hops online to share with us the transformative spiritual experience that has shown and taught her new meanings of compassion.
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EPI 5.2: TingTong Chang
London-based Taiwanese artist TingTong Chang joins us to talk about how ghosts, alternative knowledge, and cross-disciplinary collaborations have come to shape and inform his practice.
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EPI 5.1: Charwei Tsai
In the first episode of our Taipei series, artist Charwei Tsai chats with us about the importance and power of song. *Trigger warning: in this episode, we talk about sexual abuse in detainment centers.*
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EPI 4.3: Tammie Rubin
For our last episode of the Austin series, artist Tammie Rubin joins us to talk about how basic shapes and objects can take a life of their own. TW: In this episode, we mention the recent murders of the six Asian American women in Atlanta.
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EPI 4.2: Rachael Starbuck
Artist Rachael Starbuck joins us to share her love of the pothos plant and how its presence in her life has helped shape, to a certain extent, her practice.
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EPI 4.1: VLM (Virginia Lee Montgomery)
For the first episode of the Austin series, polymath and multimedia artist VLM joins Jacqueline on the podcast to do a deep dive into all things hair.
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EPI 3.3: Sarah Fox
Multi-media artist Sarah Fox joins Jacqueline at the table to share her very personal story of adopting her son William and how she's incorporated that journey into her art.
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EPI 3.2: Justin Sterling
For the second episode of our San Antonio series, Justin Sterling joins Jacqueline to talk about the European influences and notion of essence that drive and inform his practice.
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EPI 3.1: Megan Solis
Join us with artist Megan Solis as we dive into all things horror-related and how ghost stories might have more than just shock value.
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EPI 2.3: Kenneth Tam
On our last episode of the New York series, Jacqueline sits down with Kenneth Tam to talk about the shortcomings of relational aesthetics, masculinity, and performance. *Warning: harsh language used in the episode*
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EPI 2.2: Kyoko Hamaguchi
NY-based Japanese artist Kyoko Hamaguchi joins curator Piper Ross Ferriter to share her experience of being detained at the airport. Together, they discuss how perseverance and hope in the face of life's challenges can oftentimes lead to better days.
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EPI 2.1: Amanda Cerami
Kicking off the New York series, Jacqueline speaks with photographer Amanda Cerami on her time in Poland, searching for distant relatives and ultimately finding herself in the process.
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EPI 1.3: Ramolen Laruan
In our third episode, and the last one of our Toronto series, recent Western University MFA graduate Ramolen Laruan joins us to talk about reconnecting with her roots through her art and the beautiful feeling of falling back in love with her culture.
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EPI 1.2: Curtis Tawlst Santiago
In our second episode, the Toronto series, Jacqueline sits with artist Curtis Tawlst Santiago to explore the ideas of diaspora, displacement, what it means to "hit the mark," and how a Basquait painting became the catalyst of his success.
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EPI 1.1: Jérôme Havre
In our inaugural episode, French artist Jérôme Havre sits with curator Jacqueline Kok to talk about his transition from Montréal to Toronto and how his experience has mirrored, to an extent, his research interest and artistic practice.
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EPI 0 : Introduction
A brief intro about who we are, what this podcast is about, and why we decided to create it. We hope you enjoy and keep listening!
About this show
Art and Other Stories is a podcast dedicated to sharing regional art practices via storytelling told by the artists themselves. Whether emerging or internationally known, the invited artists will either reveal a personal anecdote related to the city where they are based or were born, share a piece of local history, or simply reflect on a popular local myth, explaining how these stories shape and inform their artistic processes.
Hosted by
Triptych Arts