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IT’S THE SEASON FINALE!!! We have saved the one and only Laura Gildner for the final episode of ‘chewing gum’ season one!! Laura is not only one of my favourite artists, but one of my favourite people. I have been obsessed with her work and the way she tells stories all the way from when I started my undergrad so many years ago. If you know her, you love her and if you don’t know her… well you are...

Up next, we have the absolute treat of getting to chat with Bertie!<3 Bertie is a white settler Québécois.e non-binary emerging artist and photographer. THIS EP'S CHEWY TOPICS: life & death, queerness, transition, gender journey, intimacy and exploration of self through photography ABOUT THE ARTIST: Bertie is a non-binary multimedia artist and photographer based on Vancouver Island. The...

We’re back with our sixth episode of Chewing Gum to talk to our honourary third member of J&J, Cassia Powell, about their first (of many) pets! THIS EP'S CHEWY TOPICS: tamagotchis (!!!), their tech, history & genealogy; care practices, character customization as a form of exploring one’s identity, experimenting with morality ABOUT THE ARTIST: Bio: Cassia Powell (they/them) is an emergi...

TW: mention of suicide in this episode - please take care while listening or skip to the next one!<3 xo J&J what better way to kick off brat girl summer than with this episode…. For our fifth episode of Chewing Gum we have Christian McGinty! Christian is an artist with a focus on new media, appropriated imagery, collage and installation. THIS EP'S CHEWY TOPICS: techno music: its history...

It’s time for the fourth episode of Chewing Gum!! Our next guest is our art podcast bestie Isotta Page! Isotta is an artist working in sculpture and the host of Art Is… a podcast for artists. THIS EP'S CHEWY TOPICS: marble: what it means to work with a material that’s millions of years old, viewing it through an ecological perspective, through care and craft, its existence in a contemporary pr...

Welcome back to our third episode of Chewing Gum! Our next guest is the lovely Rudra Manani! Rudra is an interdisciplinary artist with a focus on painting. THIS EP'S CHEWY TOPICS: her relationship to her name, etymology, experiencing a duality of identities where either can feel like home, making mistakes and the importance of taking the time to learn a person’s name ABOUT THE ARTIST: Rudra Ma...

Back again for episode 2 of ‘Chewing Gum’, we have THE Jordan Hill! Jordan is is an interdisciplinary with a focus on new media and installation. THIS EP'S CHEWY TOPICS: facade, insincerity in public spaces, digital cultures’ influence on our ability to process the world, acts of slowing down, in-between spaces ABOUT THE ARTIST: Jordan Hill is a Coast Salish (T’Sou-ke Nation) multimedia artist...

Welcome to the first episode of our new series: Chewing Gum ! Creative people are always ruminating on niche things, making unlikely connections or falling down bizarre rabbit holes... In order to crack open the minds of our fellow artists, we wanted to ask just one simple question: "what's a thought you've been chewing on?" Each episode the perfect length to accompany your morni...

You’re listening to The Jiggle n Juice Show, episode eight, titled: “Get It? Get It? A Conversation with Kosar Movahedi & Carly Greene”. Today we’ll be discussing the use of humour in a Fine Arts setting, independent curation projects, accessible art experiences and DIY spaces.   About Get it? Get it? : https://www.getitexhibition.com/   https://www.instagram.com/getitexhibition/ Opening Fri,...

You’re listening to The Jiggle n Juice Show, episode seven, titled: “How To Be A Full-Time Artist: Shae’s Career Mapping Project”. Being an artist is so elusive. The way people become a “successful” artist is even more elusive. This project will map everything Shae does in 2023 to try and make sense of how it happens as she work towards her goal of being a full time artist. You’ll be able to read...

Today we’re chatting with three of the artists who participated in our first ever digital residency! At the start of October, we began working with seven artists who took part in a six week residency titled Prickly Pear. Over the course of the residency, the artists were invited to respond to the prompt “tell us a secret…” The name of the residency, Prickly Pear, was inspired by the feeling on you...

A couple of months ago, a man disguised as an old lady in a wheelchair leapt up and smeared cake on the Mona Lisa at the Louvre. This stunt was plastered all over the news and social media for several days, sparking international discussion. We chatted about this at the time, and reached the conclusion that, despite the fact it was trending on twitter, we felt that it wasn’t really that controvers...

in the spirit of our Prickly Pear Digital Residency prompt: ‘Tell us a secret…’ Sophie Calle’s book “True Stories” felt like a good piece to read and write some notes on… which you can find here. If you’ve never heard of Sophie Calle before I promise you’re in for a treat. Her works are deeply intimate and voyeuristic. This book, one of my favourite birthday gifts I’ve ever received (thank u Shae)...

have you ever been to a vending machine gallery? if your answer is no: read this piece i wrote about @c.u.sp and their current show at @galleryvolk if your answer is yes: ur gonna have to read it as well : ) enjoy! kisses xx Check out that interview with Creative Dundee here : ) https://creativedundee.com/2022/08/collectives-in-the-city-volk-gallery/ follow us on insta: @jigglenjuice check out loa...

A couple weeks ago on a gorgeous sunny day, Georgia spent it in a small windowless room enjoying the work of Michael Makaroff. "Fitting In Places" was a solo show held in The Vault. To read the text and see photos check you can do so here! follow us on insta: @jigglenjuice check out loads of other cool projects on our website ! chat w us over email: jigglenjuice@gmail.com support us on patreon !!!...

A few weeks ago, we saw a TikTok that sparked real debate between us. It was a video made by Jacob Seeger, who just gained access to DALL-E2. DALL-E 2 isn’t the first AI software with the ability to generate images. Launched in April 2022, this new AI system can create original, realistic images and art from a text description, combining concepts, attributes and styles. Despite not being around fo...

Shae was intrigued by Casa Mondo: Food by Martí Guixé ; "a fictional essay on what twenty-first century food is and what it represents”, so she bought it. She wanted to know what this guy had to say, having never heard of him before, she wondered whether his perspective would enlighten her to fall back in love with the concept of food art. Listen to find out whether it did!!  The full text ca...

Georgia checked out the "Queer Futurities: holding area" exhibition thoughtfully curated by Dani Neira at the Open Space gallery located on Lekwungen land ("Victoria", BC). Here are her notes... Full text & photos on our website<3  More info about "Queer Futurities": openspacearts.ca/queer-futurities follow us on insta: @jigglenjuice check out loads of over cool projects on our website...

We’re so excited to be welcoming our first guests, Dirty Dishes Collective! The DDC is a brand spanking new collaborative curatorial project, co-founded by Cassia Powell + Dani Neira. It predominantly operates out of the Crummy Gallery; a mobile art space based in Victoria, BC. The DDC cherishes dirty dishes as the physical remnants of gathering + sharing meals. With an emphasis on supporting emer...

Georgia did a day trip to Vancouver at the end of April to see a couple exhibitions. This was the second show she saw at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Here are her Notes On... The Imitation Game: Visual Culture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.  Find the text and other Notes On... over at our website! jigglenjuicecollective.com And follow us on IG @jigglenjuice If you have any q's or wanna...

Georgia took a day trip to Vancouver at the end of April and saw four exhibitions! Yoko Ono's 'Growing Freedom' was the first show she saw that day at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Here are her notes... Find the text and other Notes On... over at our website! jigglenjuicecollective.com And follow us on IG @jigglenjuice If you have any q's or wanna chat, DM us on IG or email us jigglenjuice@gmail.com...

This episode is split into two parts. In part one, we discuss some shows we’ve been to see recently and touch on our opinions/how we felt about them. Our full thoughts on most of these exhibitions can be found through our Notes On… segment!  Part two of this episode delves into the before, during and after of gallery going. We’ll discuss the before: how to find out about shows, the during: ti...

Shae went to see Canadian, Glasgow-based artist, Erica Eyres' solo show "Another Dirty Room" and here are her notes...

Shae took a trip down to London where she saw the BLOB exhibition put on at the TJ Boulting Gallery. Here are her notes...

Welcome to our new series called Notes On...! Now that things are getting back to normal, we are trying to see as much art irl as possible! These are our notes on the exhibitions we see. Ep 1 is Shae's Notes On... Rae Yen Song.