Episode #146: Resident Philosopher Lewis Gordon speaks with participant Isaiah on Living Philosophy, Nihilism, Power, and the Nature of Meaning
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talkPOPc (Philosophers' Ontological Party club), is public philosophy + cognitively-engaged art nonprofit founded by Dr. Dena Shottenkirk, who is both a philosopher and an artist. As a topic-based project (we are now on our fourth) talkPOPc sponsors one-to-one conversations between a participant and a philosopher (who always dons our amazing gold African king hat, along with our mascot Puppet!) These conversations are consensus-building conversations and feed back into Shottenkirk's related…
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Episode #145: Resident Philosopher Lewis Gordon speaks with author James Slater Simmons III on Freedom and Power
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Episode #144: Resident Philosopher Dena Shottenkirk speaks with Dr. Richmond Kwesi at the University of Ghana on Consensus vs. Listening
Timestamps: 00:10: Intros 00:50: The will to compromise vs freedom to deliberate 05:00: Listen vs compromise, the constraints of consensus 10:15: Camouflage differences in value. Mental frameworks as a matter of agreement and deliberation 17:15: The African context, community as primary, individuality within the context of community 20:30: Individualism subsumed within the needs of the group?…
Episode #143: Resident Philosopher Dena Shottenkirk speaks with artist Alexander (Zev) on art as a form of power at Stephen Street Gallery
Timestamps: 00:10: Introductions 01:15: Power in leadership as a positive force 03:00: The loss of power, male loneliness, and the blowback against individual rights 05:00: Art as Power. The raw self 07:00: Suffering and the notion of being human 11:00: Spontaneity and the "play" of art that solves problems 13:45: Art as a manifestation and articulation of emotion 19:45: Recognizing your fear to…
Episode #142: Resident Philosopher Jordan Bridges speaks with Noah Gotlib at carriagetrade Gallery
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Episode #141: Resident Philosopher Jordan Bridges speaks with Elise Duryee-Browner at carriagetrade Gallery
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Episode #140: Resident Philosopher Dena Shottenkirk speaks with Marketa about the Velvet Revolution at Jilska 14 Gallery in Prague
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Episode #139: Resident Philosopher Dena Shottenkirk speaks with Amelie on power and the censorship of Lolita at Jilska 14 Gallery in Prague
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Episode #138: Resident Philosopher speaks with William about power as both a mental construct and physical thing @ Stephen Street Gallery
Timestamps: 00:10: Introductions 01:00: Exploring the idea of Power 02:30: Power and institutional structures vs. individual power 03:45: Power as a mental concept. The power of the ideas people share 07:15: Imagination and Prestige 10:00: Culture from the top, but should we accept tyranny? Follow the leader as a foundational human concept 12:45: Diversity, consensus, and truth 14:15: Trending…
Episode #139: Resident Philosopher Dena Shottenkirk talks with art critic Sean Tatol about power, Wittgenstein, & looking at art
Timestamps: 00:10: Introductions 02:20: Power as it relates to art criticism. Kant, Wittgenstein, and the grounds of objectivity 05:50: The crisis of criticism. Speculative investment in the art world. 11:00: Standards, economic interests, and changing the way we look at art 13:00: The economic pressure to succeed 14:00: The Art World and building thought together 15:00: Culture vs Economics. The…