Y2K GROUP CHAT Y2K group

"Prism" on view at Y2K group, New York from February 5 - March 5, 2022.
Peter LaBier, JJ Manford, Christian Perdix, Frankie Phillips, Emma Schwartz, Astrid Terrazas,

Welcome to our eleventh episode of Y2K GROUP CHAT featuring artist Dominic Musa. We recorded this episode in early April 2021. We speak with Dominic about his painting process, how he creates space+light in his work, psychological imagery and mental space.
Dominic Musa is an emerging artist living and working in Paterson, NJ. He received a MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA from SVA in New York. This podcast episode was made on the occasion of Dominic's first solo exhibition with Y2K group.
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Audio timestamps below:
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Dominic bio
0:59 - Hello
1:33 - NJ + weekend
2:17 - Living with plants
3:57 - Where did you grow up and when did you know you wanted to become an artist?
8:11 - Who are some of the artists that keep inspiring you?
9:32 - Have you ever seen the artists work in person?
10:08 - Do you like their paint quality, imagery, or presence of the work?
11:53 - Experimenting with materials
13:40 - What is your process before starting a new painting and how has that evolved since grad school?
15:34 - How do you determine what to add from memory and what to include from observation?
20:12 - Do you dream about your compositions?
21:43 - Who are the figures in your work?
23:27 - Is it easy to paint on multiple works?
25:17 - How do you determine the spaces in the paintings?
27:52 - How does geometry or perspective play a role in your work?
28:53 - How do you determine the light source in the paintings?
30:19 - What are the small figures in your work?
32:05 - Do you try to create different feelings and moods in your work?
35:26 - Growing up in the woods and unknown expanse
37:35 - How long have you been working on the paintings for the Y2K show?
40:28 - What are some of your favorite movies, books, or podcasts?
43:43 - Thank you!
43:52 - Outro

Welcome to our tenth episode of Y2K GROUP CHAT featuring artist Frankie Phillips. We recorded this episode in early March 2021. We speak with Frankie about his work featuring coat hangers and t-shirts collaged to make new visionary paintings, ideas of fashion, barriers, symbolism, the materiality of his work, and diaries.
Frankie Phillips is an emerging artist living and working in Ridgewood, Queens. He received a BFA from RISD in Providence, RI. This podcast episode was made on the occasion of Frankie’s third solo exhibition with Y2K group.
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Audio timestamps below:
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Hi–we are live
1:53 - Coat hanger origins
3:28 - Why move away from the standard canvas size
4:29 - Butterflies + ears
6:34 - Shirts + hangers
10:47 - Why did you start using clothes in your work?
12:32 - What do you think about fashion and how you dress yourself?
14:45 - Are you using clothes for texture or as another material?
17:41 - Wires and barriers in the paintings
21:30 - Scars and symbolism
23:16 - Bleached/washed out palette in the work and the figures
27:01 - Cosmic beings
29:05 - “Another Eyelash” sculptural work
30:31 - “Existential Eyelash” painting
35:47 - Self-portraiture/reflection
37:22 - Figure in “Cowlick Diary”
42:50 - Diary book in painting
46:13 - Outro

Welcome to our ninth episode of Y2K GROUP CHAT featuring artist Austin Martin White. We recorded this episode in late February 2021.
We speak with Austin about moving around while growing up, homogeneity and diversity, media and big tech, first memories, when he wanted to become an artist and his process at a young age to where he is now.
Austin Martin White is an artist working in Philadelphia, PA living in New York.
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Audio timestamps below:
0:00 - Intro music
0:15 - Introduction
0:36 - Austin bio
1:09 - NM and moving around
2:04 - Homogeneity and diversity
3:50 - Media consumption
6:12 - Big tech + early days
8:04 - Adoption story
13:26 - First memories?
16:43 - What were your first memories of art?
21:15 - When did you decide to become an artist?
30:35 - Have you made abstraction in the past or just figuration?
37:31 - Who are some of the artists you studied or look at now?
43:36 - How has drawing played a role in your practice? What did you think of grad school?
53:52 - Post-Bard
1:00:51 - How do you feel about race relations now?
1:06:23 - Adam Curtis “Can’t Get You Out of My Head…”
1:13:10 - Thank you

Welcome to our eighth episode of Y2K GROUP CHAT featuring artist Ted Gahl. We recorded in December 2020.
We speak with Ted about the 2010's in New York, drawing parties, the influence of social media on artists, being an artist in NY/LA, how to slow down, and a glimpse into the future.
Ted Gahl is a painter living and working in Northwest, CT.
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Audio timestamps below:
0:00 - Intro music
0:35 - Ted bio
0:49 - Hey
1:04 - What was the NY art world like when you first moved here?
3:32 - Drawing parties
4:31 - Do you remember your first solo/group show?
6:00 - Did you feel a lot of pressure leading up to the show and how did you feel when it closed?
7:56 - Would it be helpful to have longer shows?
9:50 - Seeing work online vs. in person
12:32 - How do you think IG influenced the art community?
18:10 - Gaming
19:24 - How do you stay focused as opportunities ebb and flow with your work?
24:29 - Undergrad experience
27:10 - Experimentation in grad school
29:21 - Who are some of your favorite artists?
32:18 - Some shows late fall 2020
35:02 - NY>LA story
40:27 - Do you still need to be in a main art city?
43:44 - Is it easier to make work outside of NY?
46:25 - Do you play music?
52:15 - What were your experiences like with different galleries?
54:47 - How do you feel about how the art neighborhoods in NY have changed and closures?
1:00:07 - What kind of work are you making?
1:03:18 - What’s your relationship to nature and landscape painting?
1:06:20 - Is nature a meditative space for you?
1:08:57 - How do you slow down and reflect on your work?
1:11:48 - How long does it take for you to finish a painting?
1:14:30 - Cathartic or therapeutic?
1:17:35 - What is your reference point when you start painting?
1:19:08 - Do you ever tap into your subconscious?
1:22:01 - What is the future of the art world?
1:24:32 - Can AI replace artists/art?
1:27:34 - Ted’s question: has an art show ever made you cry?
1:33:06 - Thank you

Welcome to our seventh episode of Y2K GROUP CHAT featuring artist Tamen Pérez. We recorded in late August 2020.
We speak with Tamen about grad school during COVID, working from home vs. studio, her relationship to the history of painting, living and working in Berlin, manga and music, and unlearning in painting.
Tamen Pérez is an emerging artist living and working in New Haven, CT.
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Audio timestamps below:
0:00 - Intro music
0:15 - Y2K GROUP CHAT introduction
0:34 - Tamen bio
1:07 - Hi
1:52 - What have you been up to?
3:23 - Update on school
4:23 - How did you adapt to not having studio access at Yale during quarantine?
5:52 - Minimal materials
6:27 - How does music inspire your work?
8:08 - What’s been new with Y2K?
10:50 - Y2K-NOW idea, future shows, learning to pivot
14:11 - Making work from home vs. studio
16:54 - Painting process as workout?
17:57 - What books are you reading?
20:09 - Were you familiar with Afro-Caribbean history?
21:01 - Costa Rica
22:52 - Manga and some inspiration
25:39 - What types of materials do you use?
29:05 - Relationship to history of painting
30:32 - Unlearning
32:54 - After undergrad to New York and moving to Berlin
35:34 - 7-8 years in Berlin
39:38 - Berlin art scene or music scene
41:38 - Learning German and still adapting
44:27 - How was your past solo show at stadium?
49:23 - How did your work first change in grad school?
51:32 - Voice and hand in painting
53:09 - Ideas for thesis
56:44 - Spring studio visits
57:57 - Love of painting and being anti
58:56 - Costa Rican landscape painting and colonialism
1:00:34 - Going back to the history and re-evaluating
1:02:09 - Painting conversation in New York
1:05:34 - Thank you!