Airing Out the Archive

Sean Kennedy is a video essayist based in Brooklyn, NY. We discuss his most recent video entitled "Is Art Still Relevant?" on his Youtube page, Art Is Everything. Through this, we discuss the moral & spiritual imperative of entertainment, not being electricians, why we all still have to live in NYC in 2022, humor not being needed in contemporary art, and why the McDonald's ice cream machines are always broken. Sean Kennedy: Is Art Still Relevant? (Youtube) Art Is Everything (Youtube) Instagram Twitter Website The colorway for this episode is the cover of Wassily Kandinsky's book Concerning the Spiritual in Art. ~~~ Dynamics Of is a podcast about the "patterns and processes of change, growth or activity.” Hosted by Jake Leech. Please follow Jake Leech & Dynamics Of here: Jake Leech: IG: https://www.instagram.com/leechleechleech/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/leechleechleech Dynamics Of: IG: https://www.instagram.com/rarpresents/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/rarpresents  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5TGTJHUlVHzubIZBaQMCX0?si=205a3251430248eb  Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/randomactsradio  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dynamicsof  Substack: https://dynamicsof.substack.com/

Jak Ritger is an artist, writer, and activist based in Boston, Massachusetts. Jak is a part of S.U.S., aka Shifting Uncertain Situations, and along with co-member Clack Auden, produced Astroturfs of Offense, a map of how paid crowd members move through the eco-system of politics and more. A wall text version of this diagram is being shown at The Influencing Machine, an exhibition curated by Aaron Moulton at The Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Poland. The show opened last Friday, June 24th, 2022, and runs until November 2022. We discuss his journey to get to the URL spaces (aka a billion different Discord servers) he often resides in, theatre kid energy, slow growth, saying "wet brain" out loud in public, devirtualizing, and what the term activist means in 2022. For a full breakdown of S.U.S. and astroturfing in general, please listen to Jack and Clack's episode with New Models from late 2020 here.  To learn more about the exhibition, the museum, and its history please listen to Josh Citarella's recent conversation with Aaron Moulton here. Edits to note:  At one point, I call the exhibition "The Influence Machine", it is in fact titled "The Influencing Machine". I mean to say later on that "art museums need to have history wings, and history museums need to have art wings". I say history twice, oops. I refer to Sol Lewitt as Sol "Dewitt", my bad. Jak's links: Instagram Punctr.art The colorway for this episode is S.U.S.'s "Astroturfs of Offense"  ~~~ Dynamics Of is a podcast about the "patterns and processes of change, growth or activity.” Hosted by Jake Leech. Please follow Jake Leech & Dynamics Of here: Jake Leech: IG: https://www.instagram.com/leechleechleech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/leechleechleech Dynamics Of: IG: https://www.instagram.com/rarpresents/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rarpresents Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5TGTJHUlVHzubIZBaQMCX0?si=205a3251430248eb Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/randomactsradio Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dynamicsof Substack: https://dynamicsof.substack.com/

Brandon Bandy & Rachel Jackson are artists, publishers, and a couple working in Southern California. Together, they run Special Effects Books, though have individual works in the most recent article drop of Do Not Research and pieces in the Do Not Research Group Show happening now at Lower Cavity in Holyoke, MA. We discuss how it is working within contemporary MFA systems, becoming Christorians, salvaging a Charli D’Amelio iced coffee with the in-car air conditioning, making art that’s funny, bootlegs, and the contemporary landscape of post-internet art. (Please find links to their work in the highlighted terms above ^^^) The colorway for this episode is Rachel Jackson's "Chris Chan’s Gift to Mia Hamm (No More Virgin With Rage)" Dynamics Of is a podcast about the "patterns and processes of change, growth or activity.” Hosted by Jake Leech. Please follow Jake Leech & Dynamics Of here: Jake Leech: IG: https://www.instagram.com/leechleechleech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/leechleechleech Dynamics Of: IG: https://www.instagram.com/rarpresents/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rarpresents Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5TGTJHUlVHzubIZBaQMCX0?si=205a3251430248eb Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/randomactsradio

M. Sage aka Matthew Sage is "an American musician and intermedia artist working in the overlaps of classical/historical artistic publishing models and disruptive/democratized digital intermedia experience(s)." He also runs Cached Media, an intermedia platform of albums, objects, live streams & more.  We discuss a variety of subjects within the term "Ambient": what it means today, how it's used and abused, as well as the exciting and strange places it's going (like AI-generated ambient works made by evil corporations, allegedly.) Much less a "the current state of" kind of episode, but more a "what does it mean?". Please note: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS NO GEAR TALK. Show Links: "Ambient Musician and Intermedia Artist doesn't say "ambient" for 1 hour Matt Sage | Art Brunch e.25" (The Travel Agency) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDCkBoqQbhM&t=1006s Sleepy Clouds: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2VGcECsvRjugsMNJ2bVSsM?si=a2_vQcYbRke5AOAPrnkOdA&dl_branch=1 Artist Suggestions: claire rousay: https://open.spotify.com/artist/24KMaDNklCLuxhzamE6tmq?si=PVB-YocrTWqCEw32ULzJdQ&dl_branch=1 More Eaze: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0noDJa3OSog9g1jqw5VygY?si=JuNwQHbLTqebhI1JO-0x4w&dl_branch=1 Dialect: https://open.spotify.com/artist/22oD5ZYEJPZf9e68jQbQz5?si=PZRjquHrQleHeOO3cUV8-Q&dl_branch=1 Lieven Martens: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2WAfuIA8abrpze7v9V42hC?si=j0Ck79oDQN6WVle0esQLOg&dl_branch=1 M. Sage: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7Hu7HZdK9fwYiMyqtCICVR?si=ig7vnlZ7TZqhFvTj9NE6Fw&dl_branch=1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matthewjsage/?hl=en Website: https://www.matthewjsage.com/ Cached Media:  https://www.instagram.com/cached.media/?hl=en https://cachedmedia.bandcamp.com/ https://www.twitch.tv/cachedstream The colorway for this episode's cover image: Brian Eno's "Ambient 1/Music for Airports" album cover.

Delia Rainey is a writer, musician, and Nonfiction MFA candidate at Columbia College Chicago. In this episode, we discuss a wide range of topics from Twitter as a creative instrument (for way too long, my fault), the state of Nonfiction writing, and why Gen Z should be listening to Yo La Tengo instead of American Football. Substack: https://deliarainey.substack.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hellodeliaaaaa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deebitspics/ https://www.instagram.com/deliawriteseveryday/ Tumblr: https://deliawritesapoemaday2014.tumblr.com/ Music: Dee Bird - Chance Machine: https://deebird.bandcamp.com/album/chance-machine Delia Rainey - The Blue and Red Gummy Worm: https://grownupmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-blue-and-red-gummy-worm-gum010 The colorway for this episode: Tumblr

Dynamics Of is a podcast about the "patterns and processes of change, growth or activity.” An arts and culture broadcast that speaks with people deeply embedded. People that are changing the world, even in granular ways. Hosted by Jake Leech. Devin O'Shea is a St. Louis based writer. His writing is in Current Affairs, Boulevard, CHEAP POP, The New Territory, Midwestern Gothic, and elsewhere. He went on NPR and the TrueAnon podcast to talk about his first novel—he is currently seeking representation and a publisher for Veiled Prophet. He joins Dynamics Of to discuss his upcoming piece for Current Affairs, profiling Rex Sinquefield, libertarian billionaire and chess obsessive whose trying to privatize St. Louis as we know it. We discuss how despite many failed attempts, the imminent threat of his wealth and vision continues to affect St. Louis and what the average person can do to fight it. WWW: devinoshea.wordpress.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/devintoshea Instagram: www.instagram.com/_toshea/ Devin's work for Current Affairs (topic piece forthcoming): next.currentaffairs.org/author/devin-thomas-oshea The colorway for this episode: St. Louis Cardinals

Josh Levi is a musician (playing as Radiator Greys), DIY booker, Archivist, Writer, Lite-Doomsday Prepper, & most recently, a Dad. As a major proponent of the cultural security and growth of DIY ethos in St. Louis/beyond, he shares his 20 years of experience in DIY performing, booking, and archiving. We chat about the current state of DIY, what '$5 at the door' means in an age of staggering wage gaps and post-internet communication. Also, what to throw in your "go bag" if you had to leave your house in 3 minutes (back up those hard drives now).

Mac Pierce is an artist based in Chicago, IL. Mac critically engages with weaponized emerging technologies, making artworks that examine topics that may otherwise fall into the shadows. Using technology as a medium to create artworks, his practice communicates concepts about computer hacking, surveillance, and firearms using the grammar inherent to these systems.Mac received a BFA in Studio Art & Design from the University of Idaho and an MFA in Art & Technology Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.Currently exhibiting DEATHMATCH, a new work about virtualized violence at Bert Green Fine Art through October 18th. Gallery open hours Friday, 12-4pm or by appointment.https://www.macpierce.com/https://www.instagram.com/transistor_resistor/

A.O.T.A. & Weather Proof present: 𝑪𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒕Readings with a center. Well-distributed. Criticism optional. Poetics too.Readings/video by:Sam DybeckEstuardo R. F.The Yearbook Committee (VIDEO)Nathanial Knize (of Silent Generation)Gareth KayeAllegra HarvardMilo ChristieKat Kitay (VIDEO)Jesse MalmedChloë SimmonsC. Philip MillsLydia Eliza Trail (VIDEO)olivierTaylor PaytonPaul Talks (VIDEO)Recorded live at New Wave Coffee in Logan Square, Chicago on Monday, April 21st, 2025.𝐼𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒹𝒶𝓂𝓃 𝓅𝒽𝑜𝓃𝑒.

Dorothy Carlos is an experimental cellist and composer working in improvised performance and multi-channel sound in New York City and Chicago. Her work utilizes extended techniques and digital manipulation, merging free improvisation and computer music.Her new album, Ear World, is out now on 29 Speedway. Dorothy Carlos:https://dorothycarlos.com/https://www.instagram.com/dorothycarlos/

Milo Christie (b. 2000 Berkeley, CA) lives and works in Chicago, IL. He co-directs Weatherproof, an artist-run space in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood. He has shown work at UNDA.M. 93 (Chicago, IL), Popgun at Miguel Abreu (New York City, NY), Western Pole Road Trip (Various Places), Switch-Hook Projects (Chicago, IL), and Quarters Gallery (Los Angeles, CA). His poetry has been published in Warm Milk (Brooklyn, NY), Petrichor Mag (Online), and Horizon Mag (Bristol, UK). His latest show, Smuggle, is up now at Letters to Nora in Chicago, IL. The show also features artist Ludwig Siegele (Milo's Father) and artist John Smith. References/Reading List:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playtimehttps://chbooks.com/Books/B/Boathttps://softskull.com/books/the-novelist/https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/2788-althusserians-anonymous-the-relapsehttps://www.semiotexte.com/shop/p/the-missing-pieceshttps://citylights.com/general-poetry/sonnets-3/https://archive.org/details/500_Queens_Gambit_Miniatureshttps://www.belladonnaseries.org/books/p/positions-of-the-sun-by-lyn-hejinianhttps://www.nyrb.com/products/suppose-a-sentencehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lifespan_of_a_Fact

Taylor Payton is the co-director and co-founder of Grunt's Rare Books in Chicago, IL. She is also the associate director at M. LeBlanc. Formerly, she directed and founded Sulk Chicago, an apartment gallery in Chicago's South Loop.In this episode, we discuss her beginnings in her hometown of Dallas, Texas, adventures in her first apartment gallery, what the contemporary Chicago art historical moment seems to be, and a retelling of her art fair experiences this past summer in Marsallies and Berlin (she sadly did not make it to Berghain.)Taylor presents her biggest showcase to date,Lonelyhearts, at M. LeBlanc tonight (Thursday, February 13th). Featuring works from Petra Cortright, Mark Leckey, Isa Genzken, JPW3/Chris Coy, Andy Hope 1930, Paul McCarthy, Isabelle Frances McGuire, Bunny Rogers, Slater Bradley, Dara Birnbaum, Maria Lassnig, Steve Reinke, Martin Kippenberger, Heimo Zobernig, and Valie Export across two nights. Free, no ticket or RSVP needed.Taylor Payton:WebsiteGrunt's Rare BooksM. LeBlancSulk Chicago

Jack Garland is an American photographer. He currently lives in Chicago with his girlfriend and their dog. He’d love to work with you.Jack Garland's new photo book,waco, is out now in collaboration with Nearest Truth Editions.We discuss the faith required for images, living in the post-late 2010's Instagram bubble bust, the contemporary American experience in bohemian European art culture, how to grow as an artist without becoming an academic, and as always, Gothic King Cobra.Wine pairing: https://rwmselections.com/products/mas-jullien-terrasses-du-larzac-autour-de-jonquieres-2015Gothic King Cobra: https://www.youtube.com/@KingCobraJFSJack Garland:WebsiteInstagramAiring Out the Archive:Linktree

Episode 14: Ujstin Echno is the project name of Justin Enoch, musician and post-production sound editor at large, residing in Los Angeles. We discuss our long friendship built in St. Louis, the mid-fi genius of Broken Social Scene, how going mental in a cubicle can be extremely productive, the day they knew that nothing mattered ever again (positive) outside a rave boat in Prague, the role of Prince's unlistenable yet amazing work of the 90's/ early 00's, and the brutal yet life-fulfilling process of creating work you want to return to. Little Funky Son was released on Reserve Matinee on October 30th, available here. Ujstin Echno: https://linktr.ee/ujstinechno https://www.instagram.com/romanian_soundbath/ https://www.instagram.com/postmambo/ "Little Funky Son, the new album from multidisciplinary musician Ujstin Echno, mosaics together the artist's life experiences across countries, years, genres, and friendships. Born in Nagyvárad, Romania, raised in Ferguson, Missouri, and now residing in Los Angeles, Echno's body of work is the final result of a series of catalysts – the desire to spotlight Eastern European musicians through their years-long Radio Benska show, their day job as a post-production sound editor in film, adolescent hours spent driving around St. Louis listening to R&B radio, and all of the ephemera in between."

Sam Goldner writes for Pitchfork, Tone Glow, Bandcamp, and more, based in Los Angeles. We talk Music Journalism Twitter Psychosis™️, Challengers, reviewing a OneRepublic concert in high school, bugging Mr P of Tiny Mix Tapes, Charli XCX’s incorrect shirt, realizing a human wrote your most loved/hated Pitchfork review, Brian Foote getting mad at you, reviews that haunt him, how Jeremy Larson taught us it’s all just rock n roll, Cindy Lee hype, bar italia falling off, mk.gee garnering old head acclaim, and what besides music/film he's finding pleasing these days (spoiler: wedding day eggs). Sam Goldner: Twitter Pitchfork Airing Out the Archive just launched a Substack (!!!) with a review of the OPN show in Chicago last week. Please find that here. Please also follow along on Instagram!