IT’S THE SEASON FINALE!!!

We have saved the one and only Laura Gildner for the final episode of ‘chewing gum’ season one!! Laura is not only one of my favourite artists, but one of my favourite people. I have been obsessed with her work and the way she tells stories all the way from when I started my undergrad so many years ago. If you know her, you love her and if you don’t know her… well you are in for such a treat!!!

THIS EP'S CHEWY TOPICS:

how value is placed on objects through historical contexts, performance, collaboration, psychic mediums, phallic pottery, a love story involving Patrick Swayze’s tooth

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Laura Gildner is an intermedia artist who collaborates with strangers, neighbours, would-be celebrities, friends, performers, and various makeshift communities in the creation of her works.  Her productions reflect on social, historical, and pop cultural phenomena through creative re-imaginings and absurdist commentaries while centralizing the magic of shared experience.  Her most recent project, Lovechild, involved making art with Patrick Swayze's ghost via a biotechnology lab, psychic medium, and dental implants.

WHERE TO FIND THEIR WORK:

socials: @lauragildner

website: lauragildner.com

BONUS GOODIES!!

Patrick singing She's Like the Wind live:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sywsj95Vzg8

Halima Jibril: “Phillipa Snow on Why Celebrities Should Be Considered Fine Art Objects” published in Dazed, 2024:  https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/62318/1/philippa-snow-trophy-lives-celebrity-culture-mack

Jia Tolentino: “Love, Death, and Begging Celebrities to Kill You” published in the New Yorker in 2019 on the masochistic tendencies of fanaticism:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/love-death-and-begging-for-celebrities-to-kill-you

“Worth Millions: Behind the Appeal of Celebrity Memorabilia” from Barnaby’s Auction House on the phenomenon of celebrity auctions:  https://www.barnebys.com/blog/worth-millions-behind-the-appeal-of-celebrity-memorabilia

J&J STUFFZ:

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