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Ross and Carlos recently sat down with friend and collaborator Ethan Weiser, a Richmond-based lighting designer whose work involves programming and designing stage productions for popular Richmond venues such as The Broadberry and works diligently in event production through the group Playdate Productions. In today’s episode, our hosts discuss the art of lighting with Ethan Weiser, and learn just how important the technical production of a performance can be to the success of the performance artist.

(EDITORS NOTE: Carlos Lopez is a team member of Playdate Productions)

In this episode Ink Magazine’s Carlos And Ross discuss the art of DJing with Richmond’s own DJ Boygirl. The conversation touches on the history of DJing, issues that can arise from the art form, and the topic of whether or not curation itself can be considered a complete form of artistic expression.

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Music by Carlos L. 

Check out DJBoyGirl's music here: https://soundcloud.com/djboygirl

Thank you for reading all the way to the end of this bio. Now that it’s just the two of us, I was wondering how you’re feeling today. Go on, it’s just us now. I love you. 

This month, Medium Roast hosts Ross and Carlos discuss an art medium they have experience in: Video Games. While this discussion differs from the regular presentation of art mediums unbeknownst to the hosts, they discuss the merit of video games as a form of artistic expression, and how the interactivity involved in many smaller game titles allows for the experience to be shared with audience members in a way that other art forms often find difficult.

The guest this month is Kaelan Brown, a multi-disciplinary artist, and our host’s roommate. We discuss games and contrast titles meant to be pure entertainment with those seeking to invoke more complex responses from the audience. Where do video games fit in the art world, and are they products of pure entertainment, or can this medium invoke more than that?

With a growing number of mainstream entertainment finding roots in fan-fiction, when does the fantasy of a One Directioner become a billion dollar industry?



INK Magazine's Carlos Lopez, Ross Atkinson, and Erykah Foster discuss the development of the 2019 film "After" and its origins in fan fiction, as well as the history of fan fiction in mainstream media and the use of writing fan fiction as community involvement in pop culture phenomena. 



Music by Carlos Lopez