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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 Manani (she/her) is an artist of Indian heritage living and learning on the unceded lands of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples, also known as Victoria B.C. She is an honours graduate with a BFA in Visual Arts from the University of Victoria. Rudra exhibited her first solo exhibition, Tunnel Vision, in 2023.

At the moment, her work is informed by Hindu ideologies of yoga, karma and reincarnation, and the liminality within these principles. Also fascinated by the cultural appropriation of Hinduism in the West, she investigates her biculturalism using themes of tradition, alienation, and spirituality.

WHERE TO FIND THEIR WORK:

ig: @ rudramanani

website: rudramanani.ca

BONUS GOODIES!! (if you wanna learn more about this episode's topics, the following are provided by today's guest!)


Rudra Deva in the Rig Veda & Forms of Rudra Shiva in Hinduism, Dr. Poonam R L Rana
“Say My Name” by Maya Tuviera (article)
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (novel)
or check out The Namesake (film) !!

J&J STUFFZ:

stay up to date with this series and many other exciting projects on ig: @jigglenjuice

check out our website, where you can find FREE support resources, artist database & much more: ⁠jigglenjuicecollective.com⁠

chewing on something rlly good & wanna be on our next season? fire us an email! ⁠jigglenjuice@gmail.com

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 from Vancouver Island whose work alludes to the blurred line between fact and fiction within contemporary culture. Hill questions how we navigate a manipulated world where truth is incredibly difficult to locate both physically and virtually. He juxtaposes unexpected ideas and seemingly unrelated locales, uncovering the intersections between urban and rural facades in ways that transform how we think about both. Hill’s work utilizes our relationship with technology and virtual imagery in a way that helps us foster a deeper connection with the world away from it.



WHERE TO FIND THEIR WORK:

ig: @ jhill.93

website: www.thejordanhill.com



J&J STUFFZ:

stay up to date with this series and many other exciting projects on ig: @jigglenjuice

check out our website, where you can find FREE support resources, artist database & much more: ⁠jigglenjuicecollective.com⁠

chewing on something rlly good & wanna be on our next season? fire us an email! ⁠jigglenjuice@gmail.com

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 morning coffee, your evening commute, or your afternoon hot girl walk.



Up first we have the incredible Laveen Gammie! Laveen is an interdisciplinary artist with a focus on sculpture currently getting her masters from the University of Chicago.



THIS EP'S CHEWY TOPICS:

death & the seductive qualities of death, lore (how it plays out in systems), necro-politics, signifiers of power.



ABOUT THE ARTIST:

I (Laveen Gammie) use sculpture installation, provisional supports, video, and photographic images to consider various notions of value (social, monetary, systemic). I explore how various values are created, upheld, or challenged. I am interested by the relationship between values, violence, world-building, seduction, and power. I am currently based in Chicago, where I am completing my MFA.



WHERE TO FIND THEIR WORK:

ig: @alwaysl8t3

website: ⁠www.laveengammie.com⁠



BONUS GOODIES!! (if you wanna learn more about this episode's topics, the following are provided by today's guest!)


Glitch Feminism by Legacy Russel
Necropolitics by Achille Mbembe
Tip of the Spear by Orisanmi Burton
American Grotesque Paintings 
Games, Schools, and Worlds Designed for Violence (video)
Erie Indiana (tv show)
Nicole Eisman (artist)
Julia Scher (artist)
"Rising To Heaven: Japan's High-Rise, High-Tech Solution To A Shortage Of Cemetery Spaces"



J&J STUFFZ:

stay up to date with this series and many other exciting projects on ig: @jigglenjuice

check out our website, where you can find FREE support resources, artist database & much more: jigglenjuicecollective.com

chewing on something rlly good & wanna be on our next season? fire us an email! jigglenjuice@gmail.com

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, April 14th, 6-9 pm

April 15th & 16th, 2-5 pm

Vault Gallery, 780 Blanshard St.



Get it? Get it? is the second iteration of a project exploring jokes and humour as they emerge in artistic practices. The exhibition will feature 6 artists whose work indulges in absurd narratives, head-shaking puns, and knee-slapping one-liners, as a means to facilitate connection through laughter.


Kosar Movahedi

https://www.kosar.ca/

https://www.instagram.com/kmovii/


Kosar Movahedi’s practice explores space; how our bodies take it up, hold it and are shaped by it. Through drawing, sculpture, photography and video, she combines minimalist aesthetics with tongue-in-cheek humour to examine the relationship between us and our social, political, and physical environments. Kosar holds a BSc in Architecture from University of Tehran and is an MFA candidate at the University of Victoria.


Carly Greene

https://www.carlygreene.com

https://www.instagram.com/carlyjogreene/



Carly Greene’s practice is motivated by an interest in materials - their histories, potentials, implication in, and impact on larger systems of value and labour. Working across sculpture and installation, she susses out messy, complex, and absurd ways in which materiality intersects with personal and cultural narratives. Greene is an instructor and the Wood and Metal Shop Technician at the University of Victoria. 



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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 her applications, see how she organizes her practice, and track her success rate.

We hope that by being able to track Shae's process and look back on what she did throughout 2023, we’ll be able to spot the mistakes and flaws, or the key moments and achievements that got her to where she is! Obviously, everyone’s journey will look different, but we hope at the very least, this project will be interesting, and at best, motivating to you!

learn more about the project here

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follow us on insta: @jigglenjuice
check out loads of other cool projects on our website: jigglenjuicecollective.com
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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 your skin after you reveal a secret. The act of sharing a secret can be prickly, but sweet. It can be solely prickly, uncomfortable and embarrassing. Or, it can be strictly sweet, filling the spiller with relief.

Each of the seven proposals tackled the prompt in a different way, through different mediums. We were absolutely blown away by the work that was created in such a short time frame, and I am currently working on putting together a publication that is due to be released in the New Year, which will celebrate and showcase these works. You can check out the work on our instagram, @jigglenjuice.

We were fortunate enough to chat with three of those artists, Katie Brown, who crafted and unraveled the secrets behind over 140 matchbooks they found in a thrift store, Carla Smith, who explored the unspoken nature of our comfort foods, and Niamh Dale, who asked herself “where do secrets live within the body?”


Katie Brown (2:29)
insta: @glue_muncher
website: katiebrownart.net
favourite movie: "Afterlife"


Niamh Dale (27:13)
insta: @niamh.dale
tiktok: @niamhthewannabeartist
playlist (!!): "A chunk of my brain"

Carla Smith (50:30)  
insta: @carlasmiith_art
website: carlasmithart.co.uk
"Comfort Foods" book: https://www.carlasmithart.co.uk/shop/p/comfortfoodscookbook 



xoxox love from the:
Jiggle n Juice Collective


follow us on insta: @jigglenjuice
check out loads of other cool projects on our website: jigglenjuicecollective.com
chat w us over email: jigglenjuice@gmail.com
support us on patreon!! patreon.com/jigglenjuice


Thank you so much for listening!! See ya next time! xx