SWOON / Caledonia Curry
09/01/20 • 43 min
In our debut episode of Painting in Motion, Liz is in conversation with SWOON, (Caledonia Curry), the artist and activist known for her emotive figurative street art, whose work has been seen worldwide amongst galleries and numerous city streets, including her iconic crashing of the Venice Biennale on a large d.i.y. art raft, in a variety of collaborative musical works including a video with Alicia Keys, and as part of the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art and the Tate Modern. Curry discusses creating & exhibiting art in the time of COVID-19, childhood influences, and rituals that contribute to good mental health and studio practices. She shares with us about her film pick, "The Fisher King", and a moving performance piece, and how they have each shaped the way she connects to the personal subject matter that appears throughout her immersive installations, street art, and most recently, her own film work.
You can find more about Swoon and the immensity of her art, as well as learn about the many projects of her non-profit organization, The Heliotrope Foundation, at: www.SwoonStudio.org and on Instagram, at @SwoonHQ
Find us on Instagram:
Painting in Motion Podcast: @painting_in_motion
Hosted by Liz Layton: @liz_theprophetess
Cover art by Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong: @Kimiewng
In our debut episode of Painting in Motion, Liz is in conversation with SWOON, (Caledonia Curry), the artist and activist known for her emotive figurative street art, whose work has been seen worldwide amongst galleries and numerous city streets, including her iconic crashing of the Venice Biennale on a large d.i.y. art raft, in a variety of collaborative musical works including a video with Alicia Keys, and as part of the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art and the Tate Modern. Curry discusses creating & exhibiting art in the time of COVID-19, childhood influences, and rituals that contribute to good mental health and studio practices. She shares with us about her film pick, "The Fisher King", and a moving performance piece, and how they have each shaped the way she connects to the personal subject matter that appears throughout her immersive installations, street art, and most recently, her own film work.
You can find more about Swoon and the immensity of her art, as well as learn about the many projects of her non-profit organization, The Heliotrope Foundation, at: www.SwoonStudio.org and on Instagram, at @SwoonHQ
Find us on Instagram:
Painting in Motion Podcast: @painting_in_motion
Hosted by Liz Layton: @liz_theprophetess
Cover art by Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong: @Kimiewng
Next Episode
Brad Eastridge (Part 1)
This week on Painting in Motion, our guest is filmmaker, composer, and musician Brad Eastridge. In this episode, he shares both background film knowledge as well as his personal connections to the late Alan Parker's film, Birdy. Like Brad, this film melds together a mixture of esoteric imagery, heartfelt friendship, and a killer soundtrack (Peter Gabriel's first!) and we talk about our impressions of the film in relation to the isolation of our world today, young Nicolas Cage and his penchant for being agressively aloof towards pigeons, and, interpretations of this film that lead to the painting & artist that Brad shares about in more detail, in our upcoming part 2.
Please join our conversation on Instagram, at:
Painting in Motion Podcast: @painting_in_motion
Hosted by Liz Layton: @liz_theprophetess
Cover art by Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong: @Kimiewng
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