Lisa Fevral

Ugh, As If! - contemporary art and culture podcast

Arts EN ↓ 93 episodes

Lisa and Bissistant talk about contemporary art in cultural context, featuring segments on artists/art pieces, music, films and pop culture tidbits. (No reading of art wiki pages out loud into a mic here, this is not a pod for the bourgeois nitwits) lisafevral.substack.com

Author

Lisa Fevral

Category

Arts

Podcast website

lisafevral.substack.com

Latest episode

Jun 25, 2026

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Episodes

My year of rage and reparations - 2x20 29.07.2024

today we're talking about "My Year of Rest and Relaxation", a 2018 novel by American author Ottessa Moshfegh. Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lisafevral.subs...

No BS creative career/industry advice and "poverty core" - 2x19 15.07.2024

How does one become an artist/designer/stylist/etc? Here's some no BS advice on how to do it when you're coming from ACTUAL humble beginnings, while we also complain about people who like to pretend to be poor or self-made. Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a public episode. If...

Brat summer, and walking like Lorde when she was 10 (iykyk) - 2x18 08.07.2024

Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lisafevral.substack.com

80s Zines, anti-disco riots and House music roots - 2x17 29.05.2024

Zines as an art medium and its' connection to house music COPY MACHINE MANIFESTOS: ARTISTS WHO MAKE ZINES https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/exhibitions/copy-machine-manifestos Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or g...

Aespa came to cause alien trouble, and Gregory Crewdson loves that - 2x16 19.05.2024

Aespa are aliens now, and Gregory Crewdson is an American photographer who loves his suburbia medium-spooky Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lisafevral.substack.com

Marina Abramović Rhythm 0, and artists from "undesirable" countries with "desirable" views - 2x15 21.04.2024

Let's chat about Rhythm 0, one of the most famous art performances of all time. Hozier's Francesca and The last dinner party also make an appearance. Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bon...

The world of repainting fashion dolls with Lolliword 04.04.2024

Roman (aka Lolliword) has created a beautiful fairy world with the IDBY jewellery pieces incorporated into the metal wings. Today I wanted to chat to him about the world of doll repainting and creating mini worlds that look as gorgeous as the one he made for my brand! Roman: https://www.instagram.com/lwrepaints/ https://www.instagram.com/lolliword/ Roman's Assistant, doll.trash: https://www.in...

Well now you’re just saying anything(Online discourse brainrot and Parasocial relationships)-2x14 25.03.2024

When does valid critique cross the line into nonsense? Can you have a crush on someone like a celebrity without it being a bad thing? Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lisaf...

Saltburn interpretations and "Against Interpretation" by Susan Sontag 03.12.2023

Saltburn is giving Jacob Elordi another "lil freak" movie to establish himself as a serious actor and I am trying to figure out why Emerald Fennel wanted this story to be about parasocial relationships. Susan Sontag makes an appearance, as per uje Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ Thi...

Why we need art/media critics, Red Velvet's "Chill Kill", new Hunger games prequel - 2x12 19.11.2023

Red Velvet(my fave group) has a new album out(Chill Kill), The new Hunger Games movie is out and Tom Blyth is simply too fine, AND MOST OF ALL - why do we need critics who have a public image. Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with oth...

Victoria's Secret concept work is lacking, Sunmi's Stranger concept is top tier - 2x11 22.10.2023

Victoria's Secret is rethinking their strategy, when they should be rethinking the visual concept, while Sunmi should be getting more attention for the concept of her music video for "Stranger". Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discu...

Humour in art and Pauline Boty, a British pop art star 08.10.2023

Let' talk about the lost and rediscovered British pop art pioneer Pauline Boty and why humour is important, even in serious pursuits. Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit l...

"Girl" terms discourse online and The Irritating Gentleman by Berthold Woltze - 2x09 24.09.2023

Let's talk about girl dinners, girl maths, and how the internet always likes to forget that sometimes women joke. Berthold Woltze makes an appearance with his "The Irritating Man" painting that goes viral every few years. “Girl” trends and the repackaging of womanhood - https://www.vox.com/culture/23831903/girl-dinner-tiktok-trends-hot-girl-walkLisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/ch...

Art Uni Horror stories with my assistant - 2x08 17.09.2023

We've gotta tell you about the horrors of going to art school... Strap in ahaha Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lisafevral.substack.com

Burn out, creative blocks, and Anna Karenina - 2x07 10.09.2023

We're talking about getting burned out and creative block, Anna Karenina, and a couple of tiktok funny girls I love. My super active (recently) tiktok: lisafevralLisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acces...

Synesthesia, Abstract Art, and "Red, White, and Royal Blue" - 2x06 05.09.2023

It's time to talk about abstract art from a synesthesia of colours and music perspective, and Wassily Kandinsky's work is the best way to chat about those ideas. ALSO I gotta talk about red, white and real blue, and ESPECIALLY Nicholas Galitzine's acting credits, because they're genuinely weird. Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.c...

An accidental celebrity culture roast - 2x05 27.08.2023

Taylor swift impersonator/look-alike discourse online is really something, Lorde is back and teasing new music, but I'm still thinking of that time she shushed the crowd like a weirdo. Influencers/celebrities are curing me from wanting to buy anything, and vogue September issue is helping them in that endeavour. Lisa Fevral:    / @lisafevral   https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagr...

We separated the art from the author, and now they're dead 13.08.2023

This 1948 film "The Red Shoes" made me think about separating the art from the artist once again, but I also wanted to talk about it through the perspective of Roland Barthes' essay "The Death of the Author". Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a public episode. If...

We support breaking rules, not necks! - 02x03 06.08.2023

Today on the menu; Le sserafim - their song Eve, Psyche and Bluebeards wife, the myths that inspired it, Cupid/Eros and his path to becoming a cherub from a hunk; lizzo controversy/scandal, Lana del Rey's album and my new jewellery brand! Jewellery brand: https://idbyofficial.com Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.in...

Andy Warhol flattened people to make them icons - 2x02 30.07.2023

Andy Warhol said PAINT BLONDES and MAKE MONEYLisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lisafevral.substack.com

Media literacy is dead, bbg - 02x01 23.07.2023

Why do people drastically misunderstand pieces of media? The biggest examples recently that stuck out to me are Parasite, and the Idol. How d we keep ending up here, while so much information about these pieces of media are out there? Sam Levinson and Puritanical Gen Z video: https://youtu.be/0vopCBHjBl4 Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/@LisaFevral https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.in...

Paris Olympics mascot and Swifties' class consciousness - 1x22 28.11.2022

Paris Olympics 2024 mascot, making videos is time consuming, 10k to see Harry Styles live, Taylor Swift's allowing concert tickets INSANE price, Twitter is dying... basically a lot of chaos Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ Cecilia Clamart: https://www.instagram.com/weececi/ https://www.instagr...

Surrealist art of Remedios Varo and Leonora Carrington (ft. Alyssa) - 1x21 20.11.2022

Today we are talking about Surrealist artists like Remedios Varo and Leonora Carrington. Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ Cecilia Clamart: https://www.instagram.com/weececi/ https://www.instagram.com/ceciliaclamart/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscri...

Societal normalization of grooming and Cardcaptor Sakura - 1x20 09.11.2022

Today we are talking about Cardcaptor Sakura, a show that many of us watched as kids! Let's discuss the good, the bad, and the questionable. Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ Cecilia Clamart: https://www.instagram.com/weececi/ https://www.instagram.com/ceciliaclamart/ This is a public episode....

Just Stop Oil and art Vandalism - 1x19 01.11.2022

Just Stop Oil has been doing protest actions all over the place, focusing on glueing themselves to gallery walls and spilling soups on paintings. Today we're talking about whether or not it is effective. Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ Cecilia Clamart: https://www.instagram.com/weececi/ https...

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