Monday, May 23, 2016

What's the Museum of Drawing?

Apama Mackey is the director of Houston's Museum of Drawing. Born in Iran and residing in Texas, she's been an important proponent of the contemporary art scene for the past twenty years. 

The Panik Collective is a team of credentialed multi-media artists, whose public art actions are inaugurating the Museum this summer in a show co-curated by Matt.

Matt and Apama discuss the challenges of curating and the joys of community building. If you've ever wondered what it takes to run a museum or take part in a global art collective, this episode of Pod Sequentialism with Matt Kennedy presented by Meltdown Comics might just be your jam! 

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Get in the Ring: Behind the Scenes of the WWE

Flashback to Wrestlemania XX
Dan Madigan was a lifelong fan of professional wrestling when a script he wrote got him a meeting with WWE CEO, Vince McMahon. Shortly thereafter he went from staff writer to segment director to helping launch WWE Films. 

Matt and Dan discuss the myths and realities of professional wrestling, from its rural roots to a multi-billion dollar empire that stages 300 events per year for more than 36 million viewers worldwide. Wrestling is too often maligned as a Soap Opera for Morons, but few understand how much work goes into this billion dollar industry, and it's great to get the inside scoop from someone who knows the business from the inside. 

And sometimes it's just fun to listen to a couple of Massholes wax poetic about the glory days of the Boston Garden. 

Dan with Kamala the Ugandan Headhunter

Dan with Mad Dog Vachon

Dan Madigan's Mondo Lucha A Go-Go

No matter what you may think you know about sports entertainment, we guarantee you’ll learn something new in this episode of Pod Sequentialism with Matt Kennedy presented by Meltdown Comics!

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Monday, May 9, 2016

This is how you remake Ghost in the Shell!

The casting of Scarlett Johansson in the new Paramount Pictures live-action remake of Ghost in the Shell has elicited accusations of ‪#‎whitewashing‬ amid other criticisms, so I reached out to the first woman to portray a live-action Kusanagi, Christine Adams, to get an Asian-American point of view.

Christine is a full time model and gamer, cast in the privately funded GITS PROJECT 2501 from director Ash Thorpe, which sought to recreate the opening title sequence from Mamoru Oshii's animated adaptation of Masamune Shirow's manga. Matt and Christine talk about how a modeling career can launch from playing Dungeons & Dragons and the challenges for people of color in the white dominated world of American movies. Listen to it here on this amazing episode of Pod Sequentialism with Matt Kennedy presented by La Luz de Jesus Gallery & Meltdown Comics!

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Here's the video of the making of PROJECT 2501 which will have you wishing that Paramount's remake was in these folks' capable hands:



PROJECT 2501 : HOMAGE TO GHOST IN THE SHELL from Ash Thorp on Vimeo.

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Is the Contemporary Art Market Complete Bullsh*t?

Since the 1950s, the chasm between art world academics and the general public has been an ever-expanding bridge too far. With contemporary art works fetching hundreds of millions of dollars at auction, and with celebrity art collectors like Eli and Edyth Broad building private museums exclusively showcasing post-war and contemporary art, public acceptance faces off in a coin toss with complete and utter public outrage. 

What does the future hold for the contemporary art market? Are we on the cusp of another art bubble burst? Is the world art market a high-stakes grift? 

Matt and special guest Shaun Berke answer these questions and more on this special Art Business Report. And what they have to say is sure to ruffle a few feathers!

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