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talkPOPc's Podcast
talkPOPc or the Philosophers' Ontological Party club, is a public philosophy + socially engaged art practice non-profit founded by Dr. Dena Shottenkirk, who is both a philosopher and an artist. talkPOPc sponsors one-to-one conversations between a participant and a philosopher (who always dons our amazing gold African king hat!) Various philosophers participate and these conversations happen in various places. For example, we go into bars and have one-to-one conversations. Various bars, both dives and fancy. We go to Grand Central Station in New York City. We set up shop on the sidewalk outside of City Hall in Philly. We go into bodegas all over Brooklyn. We sit down next to the deli counter and hold a conversation with someone who has walked in to get a ham sandwich and walked out knowing so much more about their own thoughts. We go into city parks or down dead end streets and set up the talkPOPc's tent. We listen. Here are some of those conversations.
talkPOPc's Podcast
Episode #104 Three Universität Otto von Guericke students (including Ioannis Armoutis) discuss ontology, cognition, and art
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Dena Shottenkirk
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Episode 104
Timestamps:
- 00:10: Introductions
- 00:50: Getting started, how do feel, what are we about, where are we from?
- 02:40: Brainstorming on Art. What is Art for us? From the point of an Artist, we don't think about it and let the subconscious work, or we focus our intentions through Art.
- 05:00: An experience can stop us in our tracks. We absorb the forms and forget everything else for a moment. What happens in the relationship of Art vs Observer
- 06:30: Art is a language, beyond our written/spoken. It's a language of world-building. We skip the process of translating and overdoing
- 07:40: In the beginning, we think we're an observer, not an Artist, but perhaps there's no true differentiation between the two. Are we all Artists?
- 08:55: The creation process is pivotal. Part of being a creator is deconstructing. It's a healing process of taking away the toxic things we've been taught. When you step into the observer's shoes, you're deconstructing.
- 12:00: When we process art and make it, we have analytical vs creative perspectives. How can we merge them?
- 13:45: Creative mothers and fathers. Portals to step through via Art. It's a beginning for others to make their own meaning.
- 17:20: Artist vs Observer is not a static position. The strongest Art comes from observation. Look within as an observer and create based on those inputs.
- 20:30: Where does Art come from? Do certain regions exist in the brain that constitute the thinking that drives Art? Genes modify behaviors as seen in other animals, but does this apply to us and our relationship with Art?
- 25:20: Unbroken cultures, the Aborigines and their land. Art as a topographical map and representations of the land over years. Process of communal creation over years.
- 28:00: Religion and war tend to go together. We make art from ground zero. Beginning again as a regenerative process. Where we're at mentally changes us, does it change our bodies?
- 31:30: The institution of religion is about power, especially in Europe. In other regions, religion is different as a tool to connect and not so much dominate.
- 34:30: Religious spirituality comes from within, does not relate to power but more so personal growth. It's a language to connect us.
Brainstorming on Art. What is Art for us? From the point of an Artist, we don't think about it and let the subconscious work, or we focus our intentions through Art.
An experience can stop us in our tracks. We absorb the forms and forget everything else for a moment. What happens in the relationship of Art vs Observer
Art is a language, beyond our written/spoken. It's a language of world-building. We skip the process of translating and overdoing
In the beginning, we think we're an observer, not an Artist, but perhaps there's no true differentiation between the two. Are we all Artists?
The creation process is pivotal. Part of being a creator is deconstructing. It's a healing process of taking away the toxic things we've been taught. When you step into the observer's shoes, you're deconstructing.
When we process art and make it, we have analytical vs creative perspectives. How can we merge them?
Creative mothers and fathers. Portals to step through via Art. It's a beginning for others to make their own meaning.
Artist vs Observer is not a static position. The strongest Art comes from observation. Look within as an observer and create based on those inputs.
Where does Art come from? Do certain regions exist in the brain that constitute the thinking that drives Art? Genes modify behaviors as seen in other animals, but does this apply to us and our relationship with Art?
Unbroken cultures, the Aborigines and their land. Art as a topographical map and representations of the land over years. Process of communal creation over years.
Religion and war tend to go together. We make art from ground zero. Beginning again as a regenerative process. Where we're at mentally changes us, does it change our bodies?
The institution of religion is about power, especially in Europe. In other regions, religion is different as a tool to connect and not so much dominate.
Religious spirituality comes from within, does not relate to power but more so personal growth. It's a language to connect us.