Vague-ities
Length: 00:57:36
Synopsis: After spending the week reading dozens of artist statements from both well-established professional artists and new students, Jenny, Chris, Lindsay, and Francesca discuss the specificities of being specific. From art making to grant writing to career planning, being specific can help you set goals, define your schedule, and understand your own work.
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Give To The Max Day
The Order Of Things
Length: 00:59:00
Synopsis: Who is the coolest old man; Patrick Stewart or John Cleese? Or maybe it's David Attenborough? Of course, the answer is nearly impossible for our brains to process, but on this week's podcast we share a method of comparison that could help you reason it out for yourself. Alternatively, it could be used to determine what city you should move to, what's the next job you should take, or which project on your endless to-do list you should tackle next.
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Getting In The Mood
Length: 00:45:50
Synopsis: Halloween is nearly upon us, and the Light Grey team are getting in the mood for fright! On this week's podcast, Lindsay, Jenny, Chris, and Francesca talk about what they do to get in the spooky spirit. That leads us to think about things we can do to set the mood for other occasions, like hunkering down for a productive work session, or getting in the mood to be outgoing and social when all you really want to do is sit in your pajamas and draw all night.
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Show Notes:
Light Grey Game Night - Fright Night
Elevator Pitch
Length: 01:02:10
Synopsis: On this week's podcast Jenny, Chris, Lindsay, and Francesca talk about the art of quick introductions. How do you sum up who you are and what you do - to your grandmother, an interested peer, or just a stranger on an elevator - in just a sentence or two? How do you see yourself, what language is able to cross barriers, and when is too much information really too much? We share out thoughts and talk about some odd situations where we've had to condense our personality and life experiences into 15 minutes or less.
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Show Notes:
I Hate My Kitchen - Wild Side
Skate Or Die
Length: 00:47:28
Synopsis: Skate Or Die is here! And on this week's podcast, Lindsay, Chris, Francesca, and Jenny talk about the days and weeks leading up the final reveal for 60 hand-decaled, artist-designed skateboard decks. We talk about the inception of the project, our history with skateboarding, and the physical process of making the boards for the exhibition.
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Show Notes:
Skate Or Die
Comments Below
Length: 00:47:28
Synopsis: On this week's podcast, Lindsay, Francesca, and Chris talk about everyone's favorite place for public discourse on the internet, the comments section! We discuss why comments sections are an unending supply of joy (or anger, depending on the person), how Facebook integration changed comments forever, and Francesca shares her wild ride into the world of owning and operating her very own forum!
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Show Notes:
YouTube Comment Reconstruction Videos
Not super related but we mentioned it... so play Dream Arcade!
Smoothly Tanned Wrists
Length: 00:52:44
Synopsis: On this week's podcast, Lindsay and Chris discuss how they ALMOST got a new kitten... which leads into a winding conversation about pets, obsessive collections, hobbies for retirement, building secret passages, and the amazingly clever adventures of Encyclopedia Brown.
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Shrinking Doors
Length: 01:09:56
Synopsis: On this week's podcast Lindsay, Jenny, Chris, and Francesca talk about the life you miss while you're working... or the work you miss while you're living. Some people dedicate themselves to a singular goal, while others find a balance. How do you decide what your highest priorities should be, what are the different things that make a person feel fulfilled, and how much time do you dedicate to a project before it's taken up too much space?
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Show Notes:
Dan Ariely - Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Not super related but we mentioned it... so play Dream Arcade!
The Run-Up
Length: 01:17:24
Synopsis: Dream Arcade is FINALLY HERE! On this week's podcast, Chris, Lindsay, Jenny, and Francesca are once again joined by Dream Arcade super-friend Ian Gorton. The morning after Dream Arcade's opening reception, we reflect on the final hours leading up the big reveal (spoiler alert: we didn't sleep and it was very tense). We share our pulse-pounding thoughts, our flirtations with disaster, and our eventual success! It was a whirlwind adventure and there's plenty to talk about, and we end the show with a few thoughts about what comes next - from taking a moment for a little R&R, to new projects, to possible next-steps after Dream Arcade!
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Show Notes:
Play Dream Arcade!
Games We Play
Length: 02:02:02
Synopsis: We're working around the clock to put the finishing touches on Dream Arcade, and on this week's podcast we take a break to talk about… more videogames! Chris, Francesca, Ian, and Lindsay gather around to talk about our first experiences with games, share some of the videogames especially close to our hearts, discuss our thoughts on making games, and lots more.
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2014 Iceland Diaries - Part Three
Length: 02:32:50
Synopsis: The Light Grey Art Lab team returns to Iceland! This time we're visiting this beautiful country to host a week-long artist residency in southern Iceland, right at the base of the infamous Eyjafjallajökull volcano. We brought together a group of 14 amazing artists and spent an entire week exploring, conversing, and learning. In the final installment of this three part 2014 Iceland Diaries series, Jenny, Lindsay, and Chris take a moment each night to reflect on the travels, discussions, logistics, and memorable moments from each day. This episode picks up immediately after Lindsay, Chris and Jenny have dropped the residency participants off in Reykjavik, and continues to our safe arrival back in the good ol' US of A. During our final days in Iceland, we visit the Icelandic Academy of the Arts, explore massive lava tubes, find a shipwreck, run from a volcano threatening to erupt under a glacier and more.
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2014 Iceland Diaries - Part Two
Length: 01:05:37
Synopsis: The Light Grey Art Lab team returns to Iceland! This time we're visiting this beautiful country to host a week-long artist residency in southern Iceland, right at the base of the infamous Eyjafjallajökull volcano. We brought together a group of 14 amazing artists and spent an entire week exploring, conversing, and learning. In part two of this three part 2014 Iceland Diaries series, Jenny, Lindsay, and Chris take a moment each night to reflect on the travels, discussions, logistics, and memorable moments from each day. This episode covers the rest of the residency, up until we drop the group off at the airport, but there's more! So be sure to check out the next episode to find out what happens to Lindsay, Chris and Jenny once we head out on our own!
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2014 Iceland Diaries - Part One
Length: 01:05:37
Synopsis: The Light Grey Art Lab team returns to Iceland! This time we're visiting this beautiful country to host a week-long artist residency in southern Iceland, right at the base of the infamous Eyjafjallajökull volcano. We brought together a group of 14 amazing artists and spent an entire week exploring, conversing, and learning. In the first of a multi-part 2014 Iceland Diaries series, Jenny, Lindsay, and Chris take a moment each night to reflect on the travels, discussions, logistics, and memorable moments from each day. This episode only covers the first few days of the adventure, so be sure to check out the next few episodes for plenty more!
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In Progress - Dream Arcade
Length: 01:05:37
Synopsis: It's mid-august and we currently have our heads down working as fast as possible on Dream Arcade, our colorful pixel art videogame extravaganza, which launches on Friday, September 12. Videogames are a pretty new medium to us, so on this week's podcast Jenny, Chris, Francesca and Lindsay talk about the current state of Dream Arcade and what we've learned so far. We discuss the origins of the project, painful stumbles, and exciting breakthroughs over the past several months, as well as some of the practical details when planing a complex exhibition like Dream Arcade.
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Stanch Welling Sadness
Length: 00:55:01
Synopsis: On this week's podcast, Lindsay, Chris, Francesca and Jenny discuss our thoughts relating to the article 'No Time to Think', recently published in The New York Times. In the article, the author discusses the problem of modern society's tendency to be "overscheduled, overcommitted and overextended," and comments on the the constant need for meaningless mental stimulation. The Light Grey team all had very different reactions to the article, and we thought it would be interesting to use it as a jumping-off point to talk about why people like (or hate) being busy, tasks vs luxuries, and what counts as a personal reflection. We also try to answer the age-old question; does keeping busy actually help, to quote the article, "stanch [our] welling sadness"?
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Show Notes:
No Time to Think - The New York Times
Talking With Rory Phillips
Length: 00:52:09
Synopsis: This week we talk to Rory Phillips, a Portland-based art director, designer, illustrator, printmaker, and educator. Rory currently teaches at Portland State University, runs his own design practice, and still manages finds time for personal projects in between. Rory has always been driven to make art, but he didn't realize it was a viable career until after embarking down several other paths. We talk about how Rory decided to make the jump to full-time design, why it's important to be a life-lone experimenter, the diversity of the portland creative community, and why learning from your mistakes is the most crucial part of success.
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Show Notes:
Rory Phillips : Website - Twitter - Shop
Creative Mornings
WeMake sketchXchange
Crafty Wonderland
Invisible Work
Length: 01:04:38
Synopsis: On this week's podcast Lindsay, Chris, Francesca, and Jenny talk about invisible work. Invisible work is the unglamorous work you might not predict at the outset of a project, such as unexpected situations or obstacles, tedious errands, unforeseen tasks, last minute revisions, or feature creep. We talk about how to plan and deal with these hidden speedbumps, share some real-life examples of invisible work from the past year, and discuss why and when throwing a new project on the already cramped to-do list makes sense.
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Notes From ICON 8
Length: 00:42:42
Synopsis: This week Lindsay and Jenny traveled to Portland, OR to attend ICON 8, the annual Illustration Conference. They spent the weekend meeting artists, attending creative panels, participating in the ICON Roadshow, and just having an all-around great time. On this week's podcast, Lindsay and Jenny reflect on their favorite moments, interactions, and personal realizations from ICON 8.
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Show Notes:
ICON - The Illustration Conference
Far Away
Length: 00:42:11
Synopsis: Summer's in full swing, and people everywhere are itching to hit the road and get away. On this week's podcast, we talk to two creatives who above and beyond the average summer roadtrip. First we talk to Brian Nigus, a visual artist and author of the book Soft Feet. Brian has spent a lot of time living in and around other cultures and we spend a majority of the time talking about Brian's time living with a small tribe in Papua New Guinea. We discuss how western culture has influenced their lives, but also how it can work the other way around as well. Then we talk to visual artist Laurel Maha, the creative force behind Perfect Pizza Nails. Laurel visited Light Grey Art Lab as the last stop of a 3 month bike tour that started in her home town of Oakland, CA. We talk with Laurel as she reflects on the trip, how her perspective has changed, and the joys and hardships of being alone on the road.
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Laurel Maha / Pizza Perfect Nails: Tumblr - Facebook - Instagram
Matt Ducot: Patchkit Media
Door Number 2
Length: 00:42:11
Synopsis: On this week's podcast Francesca, Jenny, Chris, and Lindsay marvel at how summer is passing us by (again!). We discuss a range of topics like choosing our battles/summer projects, making hard decisions in the face of cold, hard mathematics, fearless anime leaders, the Jucy Lucy™, stepping on rakes and getting hit in the face, Prince Pajama Parties and the age-old argument of who was in the excellent film Die Hard... Vin Diesel or Bruce Willis?
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Show Notes:
The Monty Hall Problem
Prince Pajama Party
Land Gallery
