Welcome to the first episode of Season 2. This marks a new calendar cycle for me of getting guests on the calendar and editing these for (hopefully) the highest enjoyment of my listeners. I know… I keep saying I’m going to go to YouTube with these, but truthfully, I’m still patting myself on the back for already overcoming a huge learning curve through the podcast production process. I’m still enjoying the audio-curating process, and I’ve got a few other irons in the fire, simultaneously.
That said, THANK you friends and subscribers for listening as you can. Your support has been fantastic. And without further ado, we return to this week’s interview, and the beginning of Art and Alchemy Lab Season 2:
Today I’m joined by fellow CalArts alumnus and conceptual artist David Allen Burns. David’s work has always looked at contextualized relational knowledge and disrupting systems of meaning, especially exploring the limitations and boundaries of what could be considered “familiar.” In this conversation, David talks about his recent tarot deck project, which was started as part of a grander installation at the a museum dedicated to collectible cards in Modena, Italy. Bonus material includes a fresh take on midcentury artists Jackson Pollock and Allen Ginsberg.
In this conversation, David joins me from his car in a parking lot in the Southern California mountains, and I’m in my yet-unfinished kitchen, as the house is still in remodel state. Please bear with any quirky glitches of sound that may occur at the beginning of this podcast. We find our flow not too far in. Welcome to this delightfully esoteric and surprisingly vulnerable meeting of the minds.
Here is the Potentia card I chose for David:
And here are some of the cards from David’s Biodiversity Tarot Deck:
You can find more about David’s work here:
Allison’s work: here.
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