Concept : Art

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Evie Kendal. Dr Evie Kendal is a bioethicist and public health scientist whose work focuses on emerging technologies. They discuss nostalgia TV, ectogenesis, and the uses and misuses of science fiction. A transcript of this episode will be available on the Concept : Art website here. Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Anya Daly, a philosopher exploring the intersections of perception, aesthetics, and Buddhist thought, dives deep into the world of meditation and how it shapes our engagement with art. She discusses Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology, explaining how it reveals layers of meaning in artwork. The conversation also touches on the political divides in philosophy, emphasizing the relevance of Indigenous lifeworlds in mental health. Anya links embodied experience to the appreciation of art, advocating for a richer understanding of both human and animal lifeworlds.

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Lexi Eikelboom. Dr Lexi Eikelboom is both a visual artist and a scholar of philosophical theology. Her academic work analyses aesthetic concepts such as rhythm and form as way to illuminate the human implications of the philosophical arguments in which the concepts appear. She also leads collaborative projects investigating art as a form of thinking and the effects of engagement with art on theoretical work. They discuss rhythm and time in cubist painting, letting the shapes of art speak for themselves, and art as confrontation and incitement to change. A transcript of this episode will be available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm). Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Timothy Deane-Freeman. Dr Timothy Deane-Freeman works as a teacher and researcher in philosophy in Naarm/Melbourne. His work is primarily focussed on the intersection of politics and art, and the ways in which sensible materials can be combined to produce different forms of thought. He is currently co-editing a book on philosophical accounts of artistic agency. They discuss bourgeoise culture, shock, chronopolitics, and Afrofuturism as the place of the new. A transcript of this episode will be available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm). Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Ellie Ripley. Dr Ellie Ripley’s work focuses on languages, logics, and the relations between them. They discuss music and the state of mind for writing technical philosophy, being part of a philosophical ensemble, and the local heritage of logic. A transcript of this episode will be available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm). Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Michelle Liu.Dr Michelle Liu works on various topics in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and aesthetics. In philosophy of mind, she is interested in the nature of consciousness and the intuition of dualism. In philosophy of language, she is particularly interested in the linguistic phenomenon of polysemy: words with multiple related senses.They discuss representing music in visual forms, whether philosophical arguments can have aesthetic properties, and the role of mental imagery in poetry and philosophy.A transcript of this episode will be available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm).Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Catherine WesselinoffDr Catherine Wesselinoff is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Australia, where she teaches courses in aesthetics, ethics, political philosophy and the history of philosophy. Her main research interests are in aesthetics and moral philosophy.They discuss beauty and revelation, transgression and formalism, and thinking and the sublime.A transcript of this episode will be available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm).Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Elese Dowden.Dr Elese Dowden is a writer and philosopher from Aotearoa New Zealand. Her doctoral work was on ethical restoration after historical injustice, and her ongoing cross-disciplinary research interests include Continental philosophy, Australian and New Zealand literature, critical theory, history and colonialism.They discuss fabrication and sovereignty, make-up artistry and hyper-representation, and patriarchy and postfeminism.A transcript of this episode will be available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm).Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Dalia Nassar, author of Romantic Empiricism: Nature, Art, and Ecology from Herder to Humboldt (Cambridge UP, 2022) among other works. Dr Dalia Nassar works at the intersection of the history of German philosophy and environmental philosophy and ethics. She has written on the tradition of romantic empiricism, including its significance contemporary questions of ecology and environment. She has also worked to promote women in the history of philosophy, especially in the German tradition.They discuss collaborations with nature, lawfulness and contradiction, presentation and representation, and unity in diversity.A transcript of this episode is available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm).Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Lucy Benjamin.Dr Lucy Benjamin is a researcher in architectural theory and creative practice. Her work focuses on the intersection of environmental theory, architecture, and philosophy, especially the emergence of repair as a design principle and the conditions for human rights in the age of eco-crisis.They discuss time and space on the streets of Paris; repairability and broken Cuban furniture; and developing her own perspective.A transcript of this episode is available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm).Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices