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Multiple OsShame, Envy and Midlife Crises with Oriana Fox and Felicity AllenThe tables have turned and our host Oriana Fox is in the hot seat while artist Felicity Allen doles out the questions. The two discuss the medium of the interview; those pesky feelings of shame, rivalry and envy; and the role of humour, seriousness and aesthetics in art. If you're struggling with a mid-career slump or suffering due to the upward comparison that social media breeds, this episode is for you!Oriana Fox is a London-based, New York-born artist with a PhD in self-disclosure. She puts her expertise to work as the host...2024-08-021h 06
Multiple OsThe Disoeuvre with Artist Felicity AllenOriana interviews artist Felicity Allen who explains the neologism disoeuvre which she coined to describe her own artistic practice as distinct from a progressive, linear oeuvre associated with so-called 'real artists'. A disoeuvre stretches to encompass what is traditionally excluded from an artist's body of work, i.e. work carried out in institutions and the home, reflecting the adaptability of the practitioner as she responds to the demands of life. The sought-after 'real' artist's oeuvre commands increasing acclaim, while those artists impacted by precarity and contingency experience recognition only sporadically. Thus the discussion turns to these tender and sensitive...2024-07-2557 minMultiple OsNervous Laughter with Hamja Ahsan, author of Shy Radicals - Part 2This is part 2 of Oriana's interview with Hamja Ahsan, author of Shy Radicals. Hamja admits that if he dies tomorrow, he wants to be remembered for his interview on The O Show episode "You're only as sick as your secrets". But he's still not convinced that Oriana's series does anything other than promote extrovert supremacist, normative ways of living. Will Oriana dissuade Hamja from his assumption that practicing unconditional self-acceptance (USA) is in fact yet another example of extrovert supremacist dogma? Listen and find out!Dr Oriana Fox is an artist with a PhD in self-disclosure. She p...2021-04-0741 minMultiple OsNervous Laughter with Hamja Ahsan, author of Shy Radicals - Part 1Oriana interviews Hamja Ahsan, leader of the introvert revolution. They discuss their mutual affliction, shyness. Or is it in fact their superpower? Oriana admits to feeling very guilty for having tried to convert shy people ever since Hamja made her painfully aware of how much of a sell-out she's been to the extrovert supremacy. Will he convince her to wholly embrace her shyness or, better yet, to take pride in it? Listen and find out! Dr Oriana Fox is an artist with a PhD in self-disclosure. She puts her expertise to work as the host of the t...2021-04-0647 min