Matt lays on the couch and speaks about the different experiences of getting his weekly shop delivered by Waitrose vs Ocado.
Ear Wax
Matt talks about ear wax and other bodily materials. CW: ear wax, colonic irrigation, Matt couldn’t remember the term ‘colonic irrigation’ so at one point he says the words ‘tube up your bum’
The Ideology of the Open Call
Matt starts talking about the ethics of open calls, but then realises he’s really talking about the ideology of open calls. n.b Matt forgets the name of the US artist Andrea Fraser
Rationalising the Irrational
Matt talks about coming to the end of his PhD and not wanting to explain himself anymore.
What Art Can Know
Matt talks about the writer Rachel Cusk and what art can know.
Artists Talking About Art
Matt drives to a Chinese takeaway and talks about Isabelle Graw’s article ‘Talk ‘Til You Drop: The Art Conversation and the Communication Imperative,’, from Mousse magazine, first published in 2013.
Digging a Hole
Matt puts the washing out and talks about a man he saw digging a hole on a Cornish beach.
Like Rain on Your Wedding Day
Matt talks about taking the weather personally and what Alanis Morissette was singing about if she wasn’t singing about irony.
Filmed Sculpture
Matt talks about two video works, ‘House Dances’ (2007) by Maren Hassinger and ‘Dad’s Stick’ (2012) by John Smith which through their deployment of various filmic techniques (performance, speech, on screen text, editing, sequencing and montage) constitute their on screen objects as sculptures.
Mediated Performances
Matt drives to the station and talks about the virtual, the actual, the real, the true, the immediate and the mediated.
Dr. Evil
Matt talks about trying to remember, and then slowly remembering, the Dr. Evil monologue about his childhood from the Austin Powers film. I got the monologue from this amazing old website: https://www.whysanity.net/monos/
Do You Actually Need to Look at Your Phone?
Matt talks about trying to look at his phone less.
Philip Guston and the Neoexpressionists
Matt takes an early morning walk and thinks about how the fate of Philip Guston’s late work was tied to the rise of the Neoexpressionists.
London Liverpool Street 2
Matt and Ross meet at London Liverpool Street for the second in an occasional series of episodes from the station. This time we wander around the Whole Foods Market on Blomfield Street, but we begin with Ross showing Matt how to fold up a Brompton bike.
Swearing at Inanimate Objects
Matt talks about swearing at inanimate objects.
Ants
Matt talks about having ants.
Art as a Hobby
Matt talks about whether it is better to have art as a hobby rather than a career.
Forms are Facts
Matt talks about biography in art, and how forms are facts.
Art and Grift
Matt talks about the relationship between art and the 21st century grift economy.
Set for Life (Lottery Mindset part 3)
Matt walks back from the reservoir and talks to Sophie about playing the lottery.