Public Art & The Economics of Imagination

In episode eight, host Toby Tobias Kidd is joined by academic, artist, and writer Emily Rosamond. Emily's research focuses on social media, speculative logics of networked personhood, and financialization. Together, they explore the complex mediated public spheres of social media and the importance of understanding how volatile markets influence art-making and cultural production. Emily teaches at...

In episode seven, host Toby Tobias Kidd is joined by curator Suzie Plumb, the Arts Development Officer for the London Borough of Camden. She talks about investigating the often complicated histories of public artworks, and writing Camden’s Strategy for Diversity in the Public Realm 2023–2028. She also discusses her broader work across public art, with an interest in introducing art into unexp...

On episode six, host Toby Tobias Kidd is joined by the artist Janette Parris. Janette has shown internationally in spaces such as the ICA and Tate as well as in the public realm working with institutions like Art on the Underground in London. Using popular formats such as comics, opera, and the pop song, she has a knack for creating art that reflects on experiences that are both relatable and part...

On episode five, host Toby Tobias Kidd is joined by international independent curator and writer Fatoş Üstek. Fatoş was the curator of Frieze Sculpture 2023, and has previously curated internationally across large-scale events, exhibitions, arts festivals, and biennials, as well as directing arts institutions and commissioning artists in the public realm. She has recently released her book The Art...

On episode four, host Toby Tobias Kidd is joined by artist Bob & Roberta Smith, who is known for his politically activated slogan paintings and his belief in art as a human right. One of the most celebrated artists in Britain you can find his work on display at Tate, watch him on the BBC where he investigates the power of protest, and read his books about making art. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

On episode three, host Toby Tobias Kidd is joined by philosopher Colette Olive of Cambridge University, who specialises in aesthetics and the history of philosophy. Colette discusses how we might define public art and explores art's radical potential in relation to the writings of Russian critic V. G. Belinsky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the second episode our host Toby Tobias Kidd is joined by the artist Michelle Williams Gamaker, who makes films to confront the problematic history of cinema, in particular in relation to racial discrimination, in what she calls ‘fictional activism’. She has recently installed a major solo exhibition at Dundee Contemporary Arts in Scotland and also works in a number of collaborative partne...

On our inaugural episode our host Toby Tobias Kidd is joined by the philosopher Vid Simoniti, senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Art at the University of Liverpool. Simoniti is a philosopher and writer who has written extensively about art and politics, perhaps most notably in his new book Artists Remake the World: A Contemporary Art Manifesto , available through Yale University Press. Hosted on Aca...