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VC PROJECTS
by VC Projects
VC Projects (Victoria Chapman), producer of art-based curatorial projects in the USA and Europe shares, "Conversations About Art". These discussions center around studio practice, art, and the intellect.
Episodes
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A talk with Dutch writer Ester Spitz on ES: a study based on journals
In this episode, we have an introductory conversation with Dutch writer Ester Spitz, discussing her project ES: A study based on journals. Based in Los Angeles, Ester shares insights into the inspiration and influences behind transforming her personal journals into the work ES—which translates to...
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A Talk with Bethan Dear: Let the River Heal You
In this episode, host Victoria Chapman (VC Projects) is joined by Bethan Dear—theatre maker, performance artist, and writer—for a deep and expansive conversation about art, healing, and the currents of life that shape creative practice. Bethan reflects on her journey as an artist who works across...
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Donna Cooper: Fire Talks A Conversation on Art, Ritual, and Ancestral Healing
In this episode, we connect with interdisciplinary artist Donna Cooper, speaking from her home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia—part of the ancient Appalachian range, a land she's returned to and now calls home. “I live in what we call a Holler (pronounced Halla)” Donna says—a small valley...
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Steven Dayvid McKellar: You and Me and Ego The Fire House Paintings – Part 1
In this episode, we hear directly from Steven Dayvid McKellar about his solo exhibition, on display from January 25 – March 15, 2025 at El Nido located in Los Angeles, featuring seven mixed-media paintings on canvas, created during eight days of isolation during Fall, 2021 at an abandoned…
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Curatorial Talk: Now and Now and Now with Victoria Chapman and Stevie Kincheloe
In this episode, we sit down with co-curators Victoria Chapman and Stevie Kincheloe to explore the inspiration behind Now and Now and Now, a captivating group exhibition at El Nido Art Space during winter 2024. Renowned as a sanctuary for honoring the human condition, El Nido offers a reflective...
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Shane Guffogg: Synesthesia
In today's episode, I sit down with Los Angeles-based artist Shane Guffogg, whose post-postmodernist paintings have captured attention over the past 25 years. We delve into Shane's synesthesia, a unique perception that has profoundly shaped his artistic journey, influencing not only his painting...
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Conversations About Art: Ipshita Maitra (Talk 2) "Where Voices Call"
In this episode, we dive into a conversation with Ipshita Maitra, a lens artist based in India, renowned for her work in mixed media and collage. Our focus is on her series “Where Voices Call,” captured through color photography. The discussion starts with Ipshita’s morning rituals, which lead…
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Conversations About Art: Guffogg/Tessier (Talk 3) “Proust Questionnaire”
Renowned artist Shane Guffogg and art historian and curator Thierry Tessier go head-to-head completing the Proust Questionnaire. French novelist, critic, and essayist Marcel Proust created the “Proust Questionnaire” to better understand an individual. The questionnaire is still used by…
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Conversations About Art: Guffogg/Tessier (Talk 2) “Impressionism and Influence”
Renowned artist Shane Guffogg and art historian and curator Thierry Tessier share an insightful talk about Impressionism and its influence. Guffogg begins by discussing his own sources of influence and inspiration. Tessier adds depth to the conversation by sharing historical facts, touching on…
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Exploring Artistic Visions and Cultural Narratives: Guffogg & Tessier, Talk 1
Conversations About Art: Guffogg/Tessier (Talk 1) Exploring Artistic Visions and Cultural Narratives Welcome to this special series of talks featuring artist Shane Guffogg and curator Thierry Tessier. Tessier, an art historian and curator, engages in a detailed conversation with world-renowned...
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Stevie Kincheloe: My Self Being My Self
In this episode, I sit down with Stevie Kincheloe amidst the immersive ambiance of her art installation, "My Self Being My Self" at El Nido art space in Los Angeles. We delve deeply into the genesis of this captivating creative venture, tracing its inception, evolution, and the pivotal stages of...
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Shane Guffogg: Lines and Dots - Thoughts Before Language
In this episode, we delve into an engaging art discussion recorded at the opening reception of "Lines and Dots - Thoughts Before Language" exhibition held on January 27th, 2024, in the Blue Room at El Nido, Los Angeles. Shane Guffogg and I engage in a heartfelt dialogue, meticulously exploring a...
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A talk with Ipshita Maitra: At Home, In Exile
During this episode, we speak to Ipshita Maitra, a lens-based artist from India who works across various forms of mixed media and collage. We discuss Ipshita's "At Home, In Exile" series, captured in black and white photography. We also hear Ipshita's views on the artist's relationship with their...
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A talk with Shane Guffogg about the paintings for Scala Contarini del Bovolo, Venice, Italy
In this episode, artist Shane Guffogg discusses his recent solo exhibition at the Bovolo Museum in Venice, Italy, inspired by T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets." The exhibition, featuring twenty-one paintings spread across two rooms, explores themes of reaching into silence, conquering time, and the...
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Shane Guffogg on Sam Francis Recollections on the studio and creative process of Sam Francis
This is an informal talk during “cocktail hour” as Shane Guffogg, and I share a chat about Shane’s recollections of going in and out of Sam Francis’s studio, in Venice, California, during the late 80s into the early 90s. Guffogg was in his late 20s and a studio assistant to Joe Goode, and Ed...
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Shane Guffogg: The Ranch - Interview with the artist about his art, and lifestyle
In this episode we sit down with Shane Guffogg in Hollywood to discuss the two films that have been made about his ranch by Eric Minh Swenson. The first film was made two years ago and the second film a few weeks ago. Both share the artists progress and state of mind at his central California…
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Stevie Kincheloe: The Living Artist Workshop Series
In this episode, we speak to Stevie Kincheloe, co-founder of The Living Artist, about their upcoming creative Workshop Series on Living in Alignment with Your Creative Life-Cycle™, where artists learn to navigate their creative fears and find their inner truth. I asked Stevie about the…
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Steven Dayvid McKellar: "Nooit ge Dacht" an exhibition of paintings, drawings, objects and sound.
In this episode, we speak to Steven Dayvid McKellar, a musician, painter, and poet from Cape Town, South Africa. After a 20-year music career, touring globally with his band, Civil Twilight, Steven began releasing his first solo records and returned to his roots in painting. As a child, he was...
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Interview with KARNEJ and Stevie Kincheloe: Gestura 1 & 1.2
In this episode, we meet in Los Angeles with KARNEJ and Stevie Kincheloe regarding the inauguration of Gestura1 (2/16/23) and 1.2 (2/18/2023) and to untangle the curious web of what and how the experience came about. Was it a performance? Maybe but not; instead, from my point of view, it was...
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Aya Metwalli, Egyptian Sound Composer: "Conjuring Spirits"
We open this episode meeting Aya Metwalli in Bierut, just a three-weeks after her performance at ECLAT Neue Musik Festival, Stuttgart, accompanied by Tony Elieh. We hear about the audience and their 40-minute improvised set. Interestingly, Aya opened with an interpretation of an Oum Kulthum…
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KARNEJ/gestura
In this episode, we meet in Hollywood at El NIDO to speak to KARNEJ about the gestura - a series of monthly performances encompassing sound, words, objects, movement, and artificial intelligence components. The series seeks to make visible the importance of gesture in play, gestura1 is a scenario...
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SHANE GUFFOGG: XINGU
In this episode, we speak to Los Angeles-based international artist Shane Guffogg about his upcoming exhibition, Xingu, medium to large-scale works on paper and found objects installation. Opening Saturday, February 18th, 2023, at El NIDO by VC Projects, 1028 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA...
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Interview with Valentina Magaletti Drummer, Composer and Multi-Instrumentalist: “Permanent Draft"
In this episode, I talk to Valentina Magaletti, drummer-composer, before her solo performance at Zebulon LA on January 23, 2023. The Italian-born and London-based musician has an inventive approach to drums and percussion. Valentina’s versatile technique, which can incorporate anything from vibes...
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Interview with Stevie Kincheloe and Steven Dayvid McKeller - Entity/Identity: An Intimate Collaboration
In this episode, we meet in candlelight with interdisciplinary artists Stevie Kincheloe and Steven Dayvid McKeller to discuss their sonic and poetic performance “Who Would I Be.” Within our talk, we learn about their partnership as well as their collaborative efforts that touch on aspects of...
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Interview with Aya Metwalli, Egyptian Sound Composer: "Microphones and Mirrors"
In this episode, via Zoom, we are transported from Hollywood to Beirut, where I speak to Egyptian artist Aya Metwalli who is a vocalist, composer, improviser, and performer. Her favorite things are microphones and mirrors. Aya likes to crochet melodies with noise and is constantly listening out…
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Shane Guffogg: Blue
In this episode, Shane and I meet on Zoom to explore the current exhibition titled, Shane Guffogg: "Blue" on Western Avenue in Hollywood, With me in the gallery space and Shane at his ranch in Central Valley we meticulously do a "deep dive" into the paintings and the topic of transcendence. Shane...
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Shane Guffogg: "The Past as Future is Present -Conversations Through Time"
In this episode, we talk to International artist Shane Guffogg about making "The Past as Future is Present - Conversations Through Time" art installation (September 2022) in collaboration with VC Projects and Vramyan Interiors. This informal behind-the-scenes talk between the artist and curator...
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Interview with Stevie Kincheloe “Channeling Truth Through Movement”
In this episode, we speak to interdisciplinary artist, Stevie Kincheloe about channeling truth through movement. We begin discussing Stevie’s collaboration in “Translations of Being Through Sight and Sound” (May 23 – June 10, 2022), curated by VC Projects at El Nido, Los Angeles. The exhibition…
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Interview with Anthony Cardella: Concert Pianist, "A Talk About Creativity"
In this episode I speak to Anthony Cardella, a Los Angeles-based Concert Pianist, who accompanied Shooka Afshar, Soprano, in the musical program, “Translations of Being Through Sight and Sound” and art exhibition presented by VC Projects. Anthony is a very gifted musician, we learn his musical...
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Felix Werner: Film Producer and Director, "The New Independent Film, and Hieronyvision"
In this episode, I speak to Los Angeles-based Film Producer and Director Felix Werner. We discuss his early beginnings, growing up in a highly creative family that spans nine generations in the arts and entertainment industry. I ask Felix how he felt growing up in this environment and what drove...
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Shooka Afshar: Translations of Being Through Sight and Sound
In this episode, we speak to The Quantum Soprano, Shooka Afshar, this is our second interview with the dynamic opera singer, and composer. This discussion centers around her performance at El Nido art space, curated by VC Projects, titled “Translations of Being Through Sight and Sound” where she...
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Shane Guffogg: Translations of Being Through Sight and Sound
In this episode, we speak to Shane Guffogg about the upcoming event at El Nido art space in Hollywood curated by VC Projects, where it not only features his oil paintings but also features an opera performance of arias and art songs by Shooka Afshar, Soprano and Anthony Cardella, Piano. During…
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Denys Kushnarov and Yuri Boyko: "War and Peace" (Ukrainian Voices)
In this episode, we connect with Denys Kushnarov in Kyiv and Yuri Boyko in Los Angeles, regarding their two-person exhibition: "War and Peace" (Ukrainian Voices) in honor of Ukraine and Slow Art Day, April 2, 2022. The exhibition is located at El Nido art space in Hollywood and curated by VC...
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Shooka Afshar: On opera: Women / Immigration / Fight or Flight
In this episode, we speak to Quantum Soprano and Composer, Shooka Afshar. The talk centers around Afshar’s opera, Women / Immigration / Fight or Flight, and her upcoming performance at El Nido art space, presented by VC Projects located in East Hollywood. This is a short talk discussing the...
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Interview with Natasha Rudenko: Be/longing, a talk about the solo exhibition
In this episode, I speak to Los Angeles-based Natasha Rudenko about her upcoming solo exhibition: Be/longing conceptual photography at El Nido art space presented by VC Projects, located in East Hollywood, from February 19th – March 24, 2022. This is an enlightening conversation not only about...
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Shane Guffogg: On the Road to Napoli
This episode is the continuation of “The Bay of Naples Paintings” podcast with Los Angeles-based international artist, Shane Guffogg. During this talk, we hear about Guffogg’s trip to Naples, Italy where he was given the task by Cynthia Penna, International Curator and Founder of ART1307, to...
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Shane Guffogg: "The Bay of Naples" paintings
In this episode, my guest, Shane Guffogg and I discuss his current project, which consists of two oil on canvas paintings, (6 x 8 feet), and (40 x 30 inches), created for a group exhibition at the Royal Palace of Portici and the Museum of Herculaneum in Naples, Italy. This exhibition is curated…
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Bjarni Sigurbjörnsson: Flesh and Mind, Body Consciousness in Painting. Talk 3, Inside the Studio with the Heart Paintings"
In this episode, my guest, Bjarni Sigurbjörnsson, and I continue our talk about body consciousness in painting, by visiting his studio outside Reykjavik. We move through the space studying the process of the six-painting series related to the heart. These paintings were created from May –…
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Barbara Flood's Closet - A Life
In this episode, I speak to the ever-dynamic fashion and life guru, Barbara Flood. We explore Barbara's early beginnings as a model, and actress, along with her colorful life living amongst theatre, art, and music. Barbara explains her styling career and work as a life coach, which she refers to…
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Shane Guffogg and Stanley Dorfman “Shaping Cultural History”
In this episode, Shane Guffogg, and I speak to the most talented and gifted Stanley Dorfman. We weave in and out of his history and also talk to him about his upcoming episode on The art of Art, where Guffogg is the host. The television series explores artists in their studios and what makes them...
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Bjarni Sigurbjörnsson: Flesh and Mind, Body Consciousness in Painting
In this episode, Bjarni Sigurbjörnsson and I, continue our discussion on body consciousness in painting with a focus on the flesh and mind. I open the discussion by reading a passage from an essay the artist wrote years ago quoting Merleau Ponty, “It’s not the mind that paints it is the body.” We...
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Shane Guffogg: The Influence of Place
In this episode, my guest, Shane Guffogg, and I talk about the influence of Los Angeles, and his Central California ranch, and how it affects his art. We learn about how he adapts to each studio and the environment and how this feeds his passion for his art-making process. Shane Guffogg is an...
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"The Host or the Guest?" Featuring L. Mikelle Standbridge
This episode connects us with L. Mikelle Standbridge at her studio just outside of Milan, Italy. During the talk, we discuss her solo exhibition "The Host or the Guest?" on view at El Nido art space in East Hollywood, curated by VC Projects. (Exhibition dates: July 31 - September 11th, 2021) The...
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Introducing "The art of Art" documentary series
In this episode, my guest Shane Guffogg and I discuss the release of the first episode of "The art of Art", which is a new program that delves into the creative process of visual and performing artists, hosted by Los Angeles-based artist Shane Guffogg and released on the newly launched…
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𝐁𝐣𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐣ö𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧: Aesthetics and Body Consciousness in Painting
In this interview, 𝐁𝐣𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐣ö𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 and I talk about aesthetics and body consciousness in painting. I also learn about the inspiration behind his mysterious oil and water plexiglass paintings. 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐣ö𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 says that he prefers to live within the process of…
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Shane Guffogg: The Alchemist
In terms of the artist's practice, alchemy is turning organic matter into paint. It’s the transformation from one element to another. The artist is one who takes materials and turns them into a portal to another realm. All this comes about in a silent and universal language for the viewer to…
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The One Picture Show: Conversation with art dealer Adam Gross and artist, Shane Guffogg
This is an insightful conversation about art, as we listen to the art dealer and artist explore topics of art and creativity. This also covers Guffogg’s current solo exhibition, “The One Picture Show” at GrossArt at SPACE 1028 located in East Hollywood. The dialogue explores the colossal 7-foot…
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Shane Guffogg: Ginevra de Benci
In this discussion, Shane Guffogg and I discuss his series, "Ginevra de Benci" inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's painting of 1474-78 of the same title. I ask Guffogg what prompted him to take on the monumental task of interpreting the Old Master's portrait of the 15th-century Florentine aristocrat....
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David Mather: Opening to Color
In this episode of "Conversations About Art,” VC Projects (Victoria Chapman), speaks with David Mather about his color drawings and how he approaches color through the history of art and through techniques of perceptual attentiveness. Mather discusses how he combines theories and practices in…
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Shane Guffogg: Art and Spirituality Part 2 “Finding the Still Point”
In this discussion, Shane Guffogg and I continue our talk about views on art and spirituality. The artist shares the story of how he came across T.S. Eliot’s four-part poem, “Four Quartets”. How it led him to find his own ‘still point’, all the while, knee-deep into the days of Pharmaka (Los...
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VC Projects (Victoria Chapman), producer of art-based curatorial projects in the USA and Europe shares, "Conversations About Art". These discussions center around studio practice, art, and the intellect.
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