One of us saw Barbenheimer and one of us didn’t. Wouldn’t you know it, that doesn’t stop the take machine from churning here on the new and improved ART AND LABOR 2. That’s right! We have emerged from our chrysalis to influence hearts and minds on a plane of evolution that was higher than before. … Continue reading "186 – ART AND LABOR 2"

One of us saw Barbenheimer and one of us didn’t. Wouldn’t you know it, that doesn’t stop the take machine from churning here on the new and improved ART AND LABOR 2. That’s right! We have emerged from our chrysalis to influence hearts and minds on a plane of evolution that was higher than before. … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/186-art-and-labor-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "186 – ART AND LABOR 2"</a>

186 – ART AND LABOR 2

Remember back in the day when we used to wax philosophical about the meaning and role of art? Oh you don’t, because this is the first episode you’ve ever listened to? Well buckle up, cuz Lucia printed a new edition of their screed, and they’re here to inculcate the youth. OK leads the OG duo … Continue reading "185 – Third Eyes ACTIVATE!"

Remember back in the day when we used to wax philosophical about the meaning and role of art? Oh you don’t, because this is the first episode you’ve ever listened to? Well buckle up, cuz Lucia printed a new edition of their screed, and they’re here to inculcate the youth. OK leads the OG duo … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/185-third-eyes-activate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "185 – Third Eyes ACTIVATE!"</a>

185 – Third Eyes ACTIVATE!

LUCIA IS BACK!!! We talk about navigating the art world during a recession. Is the way forward through Kung Fu?? Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. FOLLOW OUR TWITCH WE DID STUFF THERE OVER THE BREAK If you like the podcast … Continue reading "184 – Fighting IRL"

LUCIA IS BACK!!! We talk about navigating the art world during a recession. Is the way forward through Kung Fu?? Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. FOLLOW OUR TWITCH WE DID STUFF THERE OVER THE BREAK If you like the podcast … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/184-fighting-irl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "184 – Fighting IRL"</a>

184 – Fighting IRL

Hello!! Welcome back to the fold, sweet lambs, I missed you terribly so…what’s your year been like, kids? Today’s Art and Labor is for the fans, and also the haters, who have neglected to call me even once while I was gone…….this week we’re cutting it up (hard) on how Scientific Management (Taylor’s Version) mysteriously … Continue reading "183 – Devil Deals"

Hello!! Welcome back to the fold, sweet lambs, I missed you terribly so…what’s your year been like, kids? Today’s Art and Labor is for the fans, and also the haters, who have neglected to call me even once while I was gone…….this week we’re cutting it up (hard) on how Scientific Management (Taylor’s Version) mysteriously … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/183-devil-deals/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "183 – Devil Deals"</a>

183 – Devil Deals

Strap on your leather necklaces, OK Fox and Eric Kostiuk Willams are back.  Each week we compare and contrast episodes of Sex and the City and Gossip Girl. Join our journey through New York history, find love, AND labels. The good show has a femcels into video art porono, the bad show is a bunch of HR … Continue reading "S01E02 I Couldn’t Help But Gossip"

Strap on your leather necklaces, OK Fox and Eric Kostiuk Willams are back.  Each week we compare and contrast episodes of Sex and the City and Gossip Girl. Join our journey through New York history, find love, AND labels. The good show has a femcels into video art porono, the bad show is a bunch of HR … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/s01e02-i-couldnt-help-but-gossip/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "S01E02 I Couldn’t Help But Gossip"</a>

S01E02 I Couldn’t Help But Gossip

Hey podcastsiders, welcome to our brand new show! Each week we will compare and contrast episodes of Sex and the City and Gossip Girl. Join our journey through New York history, find love, AND labels. Don’t worry! Art and Labor isn’t going away, just on hiatus until we’re all well rested enough for new episodes … Continue reading "I Couldn’t Help But Gossip S01E01"

Hey podcastsiders, welcome to our brand new show! Each week we will compare and contrast episodes of Sex and the City and Gossip Girl. Join our journey through New York history, find love, AND labels. Don’t worry! Art and Labor isn’t going away, just on hiatus until we’re all well rested enough for new episodes … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/i-couldnt-help-but-gossip-s01e01/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "I Couldn’t Help But Gossip S01E01"</a>

I Couldn’t Help But Gossip S01E01

To hear our take on Andrew Callaghan and This Places Rules please support us on Patreon. 2022 was hard on your Art and Labor crew- so we wanted to start the new year with the most “le fantastique” thing we could think of, a world of endless possibilities, a place where magic could exist, a … Continue reading "182 – I See You"

To hear our take on Andrew Callaghan and This Places Rules please support us on Patreon. 2022 was hard on your Art and Labor crew- so we wanted to start the new year with the most “le fantastique” thing we could think of, a world of endless possibilities, a place where magic could exist, a … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/182-i-see-you/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "182 – I See You"</a>

182 – I See You

Charlie Markbreiter

Hey Upper East Siders. The gossip gxrlies are here, and they’re queer stoners now. Our main characters are #1 Charlie Markbreiter, author, PhD candidate, editor at The New Inquiry, and mod of the Death Panel Discord #2 O.K. Fox, Sonic the Hedgehog fetishist and degenerate podcast host. Together they synthesize why white trans guys are … Continue reading "181 – Gossip Girl Fanfic Novella w/ Charlie Markbreiter"

Hey Upper East Siders. The gossip gxrlies are here, and they’re queer stoners now. Our main characters are #1 Charlie Markbreiter, author, PhD candidate, editor at The New Inquiry, and mod of the Death Panel Discord #2 O.K. Fox, Sonic the Hedgehog fetishist and degenerate podcast host. Together they synthesize why white trans guys are … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/181-gossip-girl-fanfic-novella-w-charlie-markbreiter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "181 – Gossip Girl Fanfic Novella w/ Charlie Markbreiter"</a>

181 – Gossip Girl Fanfic Novella w/ Charlie Markbreiter

It’s the Christmas reunion special! And how else to possibly celebrate the reason for the season but a long hard look at the Ukranian Russian conflict whose escalation this year has injected so much misery into our lives? That’s right folks, Lucia’s back for one night only, coming out of their well as an update … Continue reading "180 – Artists in Times of War"

It’s the Christmas reunion special! And how else to possibly celebrate the reason for the season but a long hard look at the Ukranian Russian conflict whose escalation this year has injected so much misery into our lives? That’s right folks, Lucia’s back for one night only, coming out of their well as an update … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/180-artists-in-times-of-war/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "180 – Artists in Times of War"</a>

180 – Artists in Times of War

This week Art and Labor is joined by Vera Drew, director of The People’s Joker, history’s most anticipated queer-coming-of-age indictment of the contemporary comedy landscape through the lens of Batman’s Rogues Gallery. We yak it up with Vera over the stunning consistency Ben Folds has to the queer experience, the tenderness of her relationship with … Continue reading "179 – Joker Proletarianism w/ Vera Drew"

This week Art and Labor is joined by Vera Drew, director of The People’s Joker, history’s most anticipated queer-coming-of-age indictment of the contemporary comedy landscape through the lens of Batman’s Rogues Gallery. We yak it up with Vera over the stunning consistency Ben Folds has to the queer experience, the tenderness of her relationship with … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/179-joker-proletarianism-w-vera-drew/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "179 – Joker Proletarianism w/ Vera Drew"</a>

179 – Joker Proletarianism w/ Vera Drew

Art &amp; Labor chronicles the stories of social justice organizing within the arts. We hope to center the human cost of the “art world” and advocate for fair labor practices for artists, assistants, fabricators, docents, interns, registrars, janitors, writers, editors, curators, guards, performers, and anyone doing work for art &amp; cultural institutions.

David Turner

Phillip Golub

OK opens this panel by accosting the Nowadays crowd, a necessary struggle session to ground the conversation physically to art venues’ position to PR, finance, and real estate. We then discuss strategies and wins from music worker organizing with members of Union of Musicians and Allied Workers and Music Workers Alliance. We are honored to … Continue reading "178 – Music &amp; Labor Penny Fractions Panel w/ David Turner, Joey La Neve DeFrancesco, and Phillip Golub"

OK opens this panel by accosting the Nowadays crowd, a necessary struggle session to ground the conversation physically to art venues’ position to PR, finance, and real estate. We then discuss strategies and wins from music worker organizing with members of Union of Musicians and Allied Workers and Music Workers Alliance. We are honored to … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/178-music-labor-penny-fractions-panel-w-david-turner-joey-la-neve-defrancesco-and-phillip-golub/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "178 – Music &amp; Labor Penny Fractions Panel w/ David Turner, Joey La Neve DeFrancesco, and Phillip Golub"</a>

178 – Music & Labor Penny Fractions Panel w/ David Turner, Joey La Neve DeFrancesco, and Phillip Golub

Sam Branman

OK enlisted two of his favorite One Piece freaks—fashion designer and DJ/Producer of Str8 to DVD Sam Branman, and cartoonist August Lipp—to talk critically about the most popular series on the planet who many (present company included) have enjoyed for 15+ years. Although the movie is a big commercial for a vtuber, it has a … Continue reading "177 – One Piece Film Red w/ Sam Branman &amp; August Lipp"

OK enlisted two of his favorite One Piece freaks—fashion designer and DJ/Producer of Str8 to DVD Sam Branman, and cartoonist August Lipp—to talk critically about the most popular series on the planet who many (present company included) have enjoyed for 15+ years. Although the movie is a big commercial for a vtuber, it has a … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/177-one-piece-film-red-w-sam-branman-august-lipp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "177 – One Piece Film Red w/ Sam Branman &amp; August Lipp"</a>

177 – One Piece Film Red w/ Sam Branman & August Lipp

Everyone’s favorite psedo-anonymous arts organizer Nick returns with a thoughtful critique and history of what the group INCITE! coined “the Non-Profit Industrial Complex.” We discuss many of the points from the 2007 (😭 ) manifesto including how NGOs monitor and stunt the power of social movements, allow the ruling class to mask their exploitation through “philanthropy,” … Continue reading "176 – How NGOs Fail Us w/ Nick"

Everyone’s favorite psedo-anonymous arts organizer Nick returns with a thoughtful critique and history of what the group INCITE! coined “the Non-Profit Industrial Complex.” We discuss many of the points from the 2007 (😭 ) manifesto including how NGOs monitor and stunt the power of social movements, allow the ruling class to mask their exploitation through “philanthropy,” … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/176-how-ngos-fail-us-w-nick/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "176 – How NGOs Fail Us w/ Nick"</a>

176 – How NGOs Fail Us w/ Nick

*come to our live show nowadays 11/9* Woop woop! OK is joined by longtime collaborator, fellow Sparks fan, and prolific artist of many materials including blown glass, jeans, wood carvings, and marzipan—Sessa Englund! It’s a Halloween festival of takes about culture, masculinity, and that ol’ chestnut “can an art space serve the public over capital?” … Continue reading "175 – Cultural Perverts w/ Sessa Englund"

*come to our live show nowadays 11/9* Woop woop! OK is joined by longtime collaborator, fellow Sparks fan, and prolific artist of many materials including blown glass, jeans, wood carvings, and marzipan—Sessa Englund! It’s a Halloween festival of takes about culture, masculinity, and that ol’ chestnut “can an art space serve the public over capital?” … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/175-cultural-perverts-w-sessa-englund/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "175 – Cultural Perverts w/ Sessa Englund"</a>

175 – Cultural Perverts w/ Sessa Englund

The Band in Hell by Electric Six The band in hellPlays all night longIt’s a sold out showAnd there is only one song There is no rhythmAnd there is no rhymeIt goes on foreverUntil the end of time And now the devil he plays guitarAnd Hitler plays the drumsI’m the man on the microphoneThis is … Continue reading "174 – Coolest Neighborhood in Hell"

The Band in Hell by Electric Six The band in hellPlays all night longIt’s a sold out showAnd there is only one song There is no rhythmAnd there is no rhymeIt goes on foreverUntil the end of time And now the devil he plays guitarAnd Hitler plays the drumsI’m the man on the microphoneThis is … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/174-coolest-neighborhood-in-hell/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "174 – Coolest Neighborhood in Hell"</a>

174 – Coolest Neighborhood in Hell

Fall has felled us once again, and it’s time to ask yourself: what if you went ahead and displayed the target goth home accessories year round? Would you be a better or worse person for it? What would Bjork’s new album do? This week we do some processing over whether the entropy death of neighborhoods … Continue reading "173 – Liberate Westchester"

Fall has felled us once again, and it’s time to ask yourself: what if you went ahead and displayed the target goth home accessories year round? Would you be a better or worse person for it? What would Bjork’s new album do? This week we do some processing over whether the entropy death of neighborhoods … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/173-liberate-westchester/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "173 – Liberate Westchester"</a>

173 – Liberate Westchester

A message to the people of Bushwig: BREAK THE CHAIN, ANNEX MASPETH. What is this episode? If I recall correctly we discuss how capitalists attempt to resolve what communist art theorist Adam Buttrick calls “the Bad Vibes Contradiction” through crypto, AI, Canva, and other data vultures in the culture industries. Chelsea Manning DJs Nightcore, not … Continue reading "172 – Nightcore over Hyperpop"

A message to the people of Bushwig: BREAK THE CHAIN, ANNEX MASPETH. What is this episode? If I recall correctly we discuss how capitalists attempt to resolve what communist art theorist Adam Buttrick calls “the Bad Vibes Contradiction” through crypto, AI, Canva, and other data vultures in the culture industries. Chelsea Manning DJs Nightcore, not … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/172-nightcore-over-hyperpop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "172 – Nightcore over Hyperpop"</a>

172 – Nightcore over Hyperpop

A special presentation for all the “social-sim” listeners- take a deep breath, and when you’re ready, slowly close your eyes to imagine yourself in a world where your friend is high out of their mind, and yet still able to set up a mixer? What if someone took longer to explain the plot of a … Continue reading "171 – Adam Driver IS Yaoi"

A special presentation for all the “social-sim” listeners- take a deep breath, and when you’re ready, slowly close your eyes to imagine yourself in a world where your friend is high out of their mind, and yet still able to set up a mixer? What if someone took longer to explain the plot of a … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/171-adam-driver-is-yaoi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "171 – Adam Driver IS Yaoi"</a>

171 – Adam Driver IS Yaoi

Alec Robbins

The long-awaited part 2 of A&amp;L’s side pod, Fielderwatch, taking on the series finale of The Rehearsal with twitter’s most famous husband, Alec Robbins, and friend of the pod and union-certified painter of tunnels onto walls Hannah Guerrero! For a show that adores how tv gets made, it equally adores the psychological trauma of doing … Continue reading "170 – Nathan For Art 2 w/ Alec Robbins &amp; Hannah Guerrero"

The long-awaited part 2 of A&amp;L’s side pod, Fielderwatch, taking on the series finale of The Rehearsal with twitter’s most famous husband, Alec Robbins, and friend of the pod and union-certified painter of tunnels onto walls Hannah Guerrero! For a show that adores how tv gets made, it equally adores the psychological trauma of doing … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/episode-170-nathan-for-art-2-w-alec-robbins-hannah-guerrero/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "170 – Nathan For Art 2 w/ Alec Robbins &amp; Hannah Guerrero"</a>

170 – Nathan For Art 2 w/ Alec Robbins & Hannah Guerrero

Spike Einbinder

You’ve had your hot girl summer, white boy summer, and if you’re anything like us, you’ve still tossed and turned in your ac-less bedroom, dreaming of something greater. That’s why we’re partnering with the UN Gift Garden to present- Mastaba Snoopy Nonbinary Freak Summer! And kicking it off this week OK and Sarah are joined … Continue reading "169 – Dog Soldiers w/ Spike Einbinder &amp; Khamara"

You’ve had your hot girl summer, white boy summer, and if you’re anything like us, you’ve still tossed and turned in your ac-less bedroom, dreaming of something greater. That’s why we’re partnering with the UN Gift Garden to present- Mastaba Snoopy Nonbinary Freak Summer! And kicking it off this week OK and Sarah are joined … <a href="https://artandlaborpodcast.com/podcast/169-dog-soldiers-w-spike-einbinder-khamara/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "169 – Dog Soldiers w/ Spike Einbinder &amp; Khamara"</a>

169 – Dog Soldiers w/ Spike Einbinder & Khamara

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