Artists' Impressions: Recent Episodes
Laura Hounsell
Conversations with artists, makers, writers and creators to get their impressions of their work, their life, their world and everything else. Hosted from Edinburgh by History of Art grad and painter Laura Hounsell. Music by Kye Perry
Please note this episode includes discussion of many difficult topics - Domestic violence and violence against women, eating disorders and body dysmorphia, abortion, panic attacks. Please go carefully!
This episode is an interview with feminist photographer Fanny Beckman. We discuss her recent creative projects as well as bringing her feminist lens to commercial work. Fanny talks about creating a comfortable environment on set, challenging the male gaze and looking after herself as an activist. You can find Fanny's work here - https://www.fannybeckman.com/
The Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool - https://openeye.org.uk/
Recommendations from this episode -
Julia Margaret Cameron's house on the Isle of Wight
Dimbola – The home of Julia Margaret Cameron
Lee Miller's house in Sussex
https://www.farleyshouseandgallery.co.uk/
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Episode Sixteen is an honest and thoughtful chat with Director, Writer, Theatremaker and Drag King Emily Aboud. At the time of recording, Emily is mid-rehearsal at the Royal Opera House and weeks away from the final run of her show Splintered at Soho Theatre. We discussed the joys and struggles of making theatre in London, the importance of knowing your audience and the value of play in the rehearsal room. The conversation travels from Trinidad to the Edinburgh Fringe to London via Swindon TK Maxx.
Content warning: Please note this episode includes references to slavery and homophobia.
Show Notes:
Lagahoo Productions - https://www.lagahooproductions.com/
Splintered at Soho Theatre - https://sohotheatre.com/shows/splintered-2/
Lilliput Theatre Trinidad - https://www.facebook.com/lilliputchildrenstheatre/
Soho Writers Lab - https://sohotheatre.com/artists/labs/
Viewpoints, Anne Bogart - https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/the-viewpoints-book
After The Act, New Diorama - https://newdiorama.com/whats-on/after-the-act
Graceland by Ava Wong-Davies at the Royal Court - https://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/graceland/
Standing at the Sky's Edge by Chris Bush at the National Theatre - https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/standing-at-the-skys-edge/
Artists' Impressions theme music is by Kye Perry (AKA Mystery Season) https://kyeperry.myportfolio.com/work
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A slightly different episode - I went out and about! I cornered artists at the private view of Two by Two, a group exhibition presented by Brushes with Greatness, on at Morell House in Shoreditch until 15th Feb. I spoke to Selby Hi about her joyful cat-rug-chair sculptures, to Darcy Murphy about her playful pastel drawings, to Niall Campbell Strachan about his expressive canvas, and to curator Jack Trodd about his vision for the show.
Selby Hi - https://selbyhi.com/
Darcy Murphy - https://www.instagram.com/darceymurphyart/?hl=en
Niall Campbell Strachan - https://www.instagram.com/niallcampbellstrachan/?hl=en
Brushes with Greatness - https://www.brusheswithgreatness.co.uk/
Works discussed in the episode:
The Ginger Kitty Wants me to Sit on his Knee - Selby Hi
Be With Me - Selby Hi
The Wild Goose Chase - Darcy Murphy
Huddle In - Darcy Murphy
High Alert - Niall Campbell Strachan
Exhibition Catalogue - https://www.brusheswithgreatness.co.uk/_files/ugd/a49791_a537bf25c19844a0bad2829e39fb5562.pdf
Artists' Impressions theme music is by Kye Perry (AKA Mystery Season) https://kyeperry.myportfolio.com/work
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Episode 14 of Artist' Impressions and the first of series two. Laura chats to musician, composer and sound artist Hanakiv in the lead up to the release of her debut album Goodbyes. We discuss the creation of her recent music video, her Grandma, her collaboration with visual artists and other musicians, improvisation and how she incorporate the science of sound into her work.
No Words Left by Hanakiv is featured at 00:59, 03;41 and 11:43.
Goodbye by Hanakiv is featured at 14:17, 19:22 and 27:52.
Hanakiv is represented by Gondwana Records - https://www.gondwanarecords.com/artists/hanakiv
Her music can be found here - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5nz3Ya545dAVjfMwX60LPq
Watch the music video for Goodbye here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RkGCEb3U0M&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gondwanarecords.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title
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Laura chats to cartoonist and illustrator Jack Pursglove about his work, how he came to drawing, supporting your friends, what to do with sketchbooks when they're finished and how to balance creativity with keeping up the the Instagram hustle.
Find his work here: https://www.instagram.com/nonsensicalimagery/
Show Notes
David Shrigley, Artist
Inktober
Standard:Elite by Hidden Track Theatre
Summer of Soul (Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Questlove
Sheffield Documentary Festival
Les Blancs by Loraine Hansberry
James Turrell
There Will be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson
Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999, James Acaster
MUSIC BY KYE PERRY https://kyeperry.myportfolio.com/production
In this episode Laura chats to painter, dancer and sculptor Marina Renee-Cemmick. We talked about drawing as a way of thinking, ways to combine art forms, the importance of mentorship, the joy of teaching, the place of painting in a speedy digital world, Dorset, Glasgow, Kyoto, Prague and Florence.
Episode Notes
Marina's work: https://www.marinareneecemmick.com/
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2021 Exhibition at the Mall Galleries https://therp.co.uk/portrait-exhibitions/annual-portrait-exhibition/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwhr2FBhDbARIsACjwLo0pFJXlDUDZZ_nwtcoYCTqiWY3hK8t-Uf5jUQ2TWYw1xcN5yJ9FfJ4aAk18EALw_wcB
Drawing Life Glasgow https://www.drawing-life.com/
Jenny Saville https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/jenny-saville-ra
The Slav Epic by Alphonse Mucha http://www.muchafoundation.org/en/gallery/themes/theme/slav-epic
The Royal Drawing School https://www.royaldrawingschool.org/courses/
Marshall Mcluhan, The Medium is the Message
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Content Warning: Please note this episode includes discussion of grief and bereavement as well as mental ill-health.
In this episode Laura speaks to Stella Green, Emily Hamilton and Freddie Cotton of Definitely Fine Theatre about the process of making their new digital production You Will See Everything which premiered last week at the National Student Drama Festival. We talked about making theatre in our homes, navigating new digital creative spaces and how to make black sludge.
You Will See Everything: https://www.nsdf.org.uk/whats-on/you-will-see-everything-nsdf-21-943/
Featured in the episode:
Sarah Kane
Slung Low Theatre Company at The Holbeck, Leeds https://www.slunglow.org/
Louise Bourgeois https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/louise-bourgeois-2351
FKA Twigs
Michael Kelly Williams https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931323/
Daughters of the Dust, 1991
Matthew Josephs https://www.matthewjosephs.com/about
PJ Harvey
Fiona Apple
Ezra Furman's Transangelic Exodus, 2018
Rina Sawayama, The Making of Sawayama, https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/49930/1/rina-sawayama-teases-the-making-of-sawayama-documentary
Pigfoot Theatre Company https://www.pigfoottheatre.com/
Ugly Bucket Theatre Company https://www.facebook.com/uglybuckettheatre/
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In this episode, Laura chats to playwright and director Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller and actor Jacob Baird. We discussed their recent digital production The Arbitrator among many other things. Listen out for at thrill about half an hour in!
You can watch The Arbitrator here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOtt3nsSZxY
And find out more about Nathaniel's production company Black Bat Productions here: https://blackbatproductions.mystrikingly.com/
Tobe, made by Nathaniel and Jacob can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EYMRplURVs
Featured in the episode:
God of Carnage , play script, Yasmina Reza
Carnage, Film 2011
Veep, TV Series, Amando Iannucci, 2012-2019
Bedlam Theatre/ Edinburgh University Theatre Company https://www.bedlamtheatre.co.uk/
About the Chagos Archipelago https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50511847
Le Samourai, Film, Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967
Eric André/ The Eric Andre Show, TV Series, 2012-present
René Magritte
Blasted, play script, Sarah Kane, 1995
White, play script, James Ijames, 2018
Black Top Wasteland, novel, S.A. Cosby, 2020
The Lonely Londoners, novel, Sam Selvon, 1956
MUSIC BY KYE PERRY https://kyeperry.myportfolio.com/production
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Episode Nine! In this episode Laura chats to singer and songwriter Jo Hill about her up coming EP, making music videos in lockdown, songwriting in Jordan and not being allowed to go to Brit School. Listen closely for some Somerset birdsong in the background of our conversation!
Find Jo's music here: https://soundcloud.com/jo-and-chris-music
Please note that this episode makes reference to transphobia and gender based violence in relation to Travis Alabanza's play Overflow.
Featured in the Episode:
Martin Creed - Artist: http://www.martincreed.com/
Hauser and Wirth Gallery, Bruton, Somerset: https://www.hauserwirth.com/locations/10068-hauser-wirth-somerset
Stormzy, Live at Glastonbury 2019: https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/er3v9r/play/a4wz5v
Overflow at the Bush Theatre by Travis Alabanza: https://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/event/overflow-online/
MUSIC BY KYE PERRY https://kyeperry.myportfolio.com/production
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In this episode, Laura chats to painter and theatre maker Dominika Ucar. Join them for plenty of laughter and a conversation about paint, fabric, colour and California.
Featured in this Episode:
Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay https://www.tathagallery.com/
Katharina Grosse https://www.katharinagrosse.com/
James Turrell https://jamesturrell.com/
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams http://www.candicecartywilliams.com/queenie.html
MUSIC BY KYE PERRY https://kyeperry.myportfolio.com/production
In this episode Laura chats to printmaker and textile artist Sophie Fields about collaging in lockdown, life as an Artist in Residence and creating an installation using 150m of fabric to fill the windows of the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh.
Find Sophie's work on her website here: https://www.sophielfields.co.uk/
Featured in the Episode:
Capital Theatres, Hanging by a Million Threads by Sophie Fields https://www.capitaltheatres.com/about/stories/art-installation-at-the-festival-theatre
Tanya Kovats, Rivers at Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh https://www.jupiterartland.org/art/tania-kovats-rivers/#:~:text=Jupiter%20Artland%20%2D%20Rivers%20Tania%20Kovats&text=Born%20in%20London%20in%201966,the%20Serpentine%20Gallery%20in%201991.
Drawing Water by Tanya Kovats. https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/shop/the-fruitmarket-gallery-books/tania-kovats-drawing-water/
The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/vincent-van-gogh-the-starry-night-1889/
Grayson's Art Club Exhibition Book https://shop.manchesterartgallery.org/products/graysons-art-club-the-exhibition
MUSIC BY KYE PERRY https://kyeperry.myportfolio.com/production
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In this episode Laura and Honor chat about farming in the Alps, making costumes in Marseille and cycling around Paris to find a pasta machine. Honor Bathurst, a painter, printmaker and costume designer shares her creative processes and her inspirations.
[Content Warning: Please note that this episode contains references to the Holocaust and to suicide]
Featured in the episode:
Find Honor's work here: https://www.instagram.com/h_o_n_o_r_bat/?hl=en
Katie Patterson's work is on display at Modern One in Edinburgh as part of their NOW exhibition. Honor mentioned in particular the piece Earth, Moon, Earth. Find out more here: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/now-katie-paterson-darren-almond-shona-macnaughton-lucy-raven
Charlotte Salomon, Life? Or Theatre? See the series here: https://jck.nl/en/exhibition/charlotte-salomon-life-or-theatre
Material Matters Podcast with Grant Gibson https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/material-matters-with-grant-gibson/id1450375359 Honor mentioned in particular the episode from 9th Sept 2020 with Dominic Wilcox
The music was created by Kye Perry https://kyeperry.myportfolio.com/composition
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This episode includes an (exclusive?!) performance of Eve Simpson's brand new song 'All Her Strange' which will be featured on her soon-to-be recorded EP!
Find Eve's music here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6vxrjJL8W4vLJ2lNU3xYEk?autoplay=true
Featured in the Episode
Kathryn Tickell https://www.kathryntickell.com/biography
Twice Over by Eve Simpson and Jane Prinsley https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/edinburgh-festivals/theatre-and-stage/theatre-review-twice-over-greenside-nicolson-square-edinburgh-1411529
Tackling Elitism at the University of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/tacklingelitismuoe/
Beth Nielsen Chapman https://bethnielsenchapman.com/
The Masbro Elders Project https://www.upg.org.uk/elders-project/
'Our Place our Time' The Masbro Elders Project with the Bush Theatre, Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mur7BMA7Wkk&feature=emb_title
bell hooks, 'Black Looks, Race and Representation' (Chapter Nine - Is Paris Burning?)
Paris is Burning - Jennie Livingston
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Laura chats to Cinematographer Arran Green and Set Dresser Fingal Green about finding their feet in the film industry, being followed around school by Chris Packham, being humble, how to make fake poo and Visual Indeterminacy.
Featured in the Episode:
Documentary - 'No Ball Games' available here: https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2020/oct/08/no-ball-games-life-and-play-through-the-eyes-of-children-across-the-uk-documentary
Izzy Bizu's music video 'MG' available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vzUKzi4KKs
Roger Deakins, Cinematographer https://www.rogerdeakins.com/
Roger Deakins' Podcast - 'Team Deakins' https://teamdeakins.libsyn.com/
Barry Ackroyd, Cinematographer https://www.barryackroyd.com/
Robert Pepperell http://www.artocratic.com/essays_musings/002_pepperell.html
Visual Indeterminacy. https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/leon_a_01930
'Incendies' Film.
Episode title chosen by guests.
Music by Kye Perry https://kyeperry.myportfolio.com/work
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In this episode, Laura chats to painter, printmaker, jewellery maker and video artists Bryony Douthwaite. The conversation topics in this episode span long eggs (a real thing in the 1970s!), the surrealism of the internet, deep fakes and graduating into 2020.
Content warning, please note this episode includes topics of a sexual nature, mention of panic attacks and allusion to drug use.
Find Bryony's work here: https://www.instagram.com/bryony_douthwaite_art/
and her video work here: https://vimeo.com/user97239292
Featured in this episode:
Story of an Eye by Georges Bataille
Ways of Seeing by John Berger
Website: https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/
'Self' by Marc Quinn https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw138260/Marc-Quinn-Self
The Salt Space Cooperative in Glasgow https://www.saltspacecoop.co.uk/
Georgia Holman, Artist https://georgiaholman.com/About
Eva and Franco Mattes, Artist Duo https://0100101110101101.org/
'Object' by Meret Oppenheim https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/meret-oppenheim-object-paris-1936/
Jon Ronson's Podcasts:
The Butterfly Effect - http://www.jonronson.com/butterfly.html
The Last Days of August - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-last-days-of-august/id1258779354
Episode title chosen by guest.
Music by Kye Perry, https://kyeperry.myportfolio.com/production
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In Episode Two Laura chats to playwright and stage manager Roni Neale about their new play Misstrial and its recent research and development sessions with the National Youth Theatre. Conversation topics include playwriting, the experiences of Transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming people in the UK, historic feuds in Dorset and the future of video game theatre.
Trigger warning: Discussions of Transphobia and Transitioning.
Sources of support for many of the topics discussed in the show can be found here: https://gic.nhs.uk/info-support/support-groups-and-resources/
Mentioned in the show:
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Chris Bush (playwright) http://www.writingsquad.com/squad-writer/chris-bush/
Faustus that damned woman by Chris Bush
The Assassination of Katie Hopkins by Chris Bush
Angel Exit Theatre Company https://angelexit.co.uk/
Midnight Movie by Eve Leigh https://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/midnightmovie/
Cougar by Rose Lewenstein https://www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/cougar
Martin Crimp (playwright) https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/when-we-have-sufficiently-tortured-each-other
Shift+Alt+Right (Musical) https://alpmusicals.com/shiftaltright
Alfie Neale (Musician) https://open.spotify.com/artist/3kMEpQS5iaBwIvrudhKYmG
Intro music by Kye Perry https://kyeperry.myportfolio.com/work
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Laura chats to Camilla Anvar and Zelda Solomon - the two halves of theatre company/creative dream team Sexy Asians in Your Area Dying to Meet You who recently premiered their debut film at RUMAH Fest. The conversation spans British Asian Identities, Covid-19, the influence of TickTock and papier mache.
Trigger warning: Racism and racist violence.
Artists and works mentioned:
Camilla's and Zelda's film can be found here: https://www.sexyasians.co.uk/watch
See more of RUMAH Fest here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGhHWpi027IeXHWjSktCppzh1zqeeocZy
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
Fons Americanus by Kara Walker currently on display at the Tate Modern, see more here: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/kara-walker-2674/kara-walkers-fons-americanus
Lee Bul https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/lee-bul-18154
Episode titles are chosen by guests.
Music by Kye Perry. https://kyeperry.myportfolio.com/work
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Episode One will be available on Friday 7th November.
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