What Does it Mean?
A bi-weekly podcast recorded at Solas Studio in New York City. Featuring art news and long-form interviews with artists and creatives both local and international. Hosted by multimedia artist Amanda Wu. Co-hosted by Solas Studio programming director and digital artist Brandon Wisecarver. Tune in every other Sunday for an art news recap and guest interview. Discussing art and what the **** it means.
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WDIM Episode #18
03/26/2024
WDIM Episode #18
The Eighteenth episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Chloe Roush and Jacob Simon In this episode's news segment: Amanda and Brandon discuss Banksy’s latest artwork, NTF Birkin bags, the abandoned LA building that has been graffitied, and an eco-art show in Santa Barbara In this episode’s interview: Amanda discusses with Chloe Roush and Jacob Simon about their personal creative practices, what led to what they are working on now, how we all became a part of Marketplace of the future. We also talked about our love for the planet and composting.
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WDIM Episode #17
01/11/2024
WDIM Episode #17
The Seventeenth episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Brandon Wisecarver In this episode's news segment: Amanda and Brandon discuss how a suspect of a 20 year long heist turned himself in, how even museums are getting cyber attacks, and what the art world insiders think will be the big in the art world for 2024. In this episode’s interview: Amanda discusses with Brandon life updates and how What Does it Mean was first released a year ago! We talk about different projects we plan on creating as well and our predictions for 2024.
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WDIM Episode #16
11/01/2023
WDIM Episode #16
The Sixteenth episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Natalie Ortiz In this episode's news segment: Amanda and Brandon discuss how the national museum of women in the arts relaunches, the neverending cycle of violence in the news, the empty table that was set for the 200 hostages kidnapped by Hamas, censorship in art, and how 6 paintings were stolen and returned! In this episode’s interview: Amanda discusses with Natalie the many shows she has been a part of, how she jumped right into the art world after moving to New York from the bay area in California, we talked about Natalie’s painting style and how she got started with her art practice.
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WDIM Episode #15
10/06/2023
WDIM Episode #15
The Fifteenth episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Wyatt Abernathy In this episode's news segment: Amanda and Brandon discuss Morgan Jesse Lappin’s new show opening on Oct. 6th at Basin Gallery at 344 Van Brunt St. We discussed about how the Art Institutes all around the country are closing, how two people dug a tunnel under The Great Wall of China, how Jans Haaning submitted empty canvases instead of commissioned work, Bob Ross and how his paintings are being sold, and how I am in volume 6 of Coagulations: Shadows which you can get at coagulation.org In this episode’s interview: Amanda discusses with Wyatt how he first picked up a camera and started taking photographs, how he started using his pseudonym Wyatt Abernathy. Wyatt talks about his inspiration of “gritty” New York in the 1980’s as well as people of New York.
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WDIM Episode #14
09/05/2023
WDIM Episode #14
The Fourteenth episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Myrka Castillo In this episode's news segment: Amanda and Brandon discuss how a truck crashes into a gallery in Chicago, how Cuban artists are boycotting, how Basquiat’s old studio got vandalized, how AI took the main stage at the worlds largest art festival, land art and about Marketplace of the Future! In this episode’s interview: Amanda discusses with Myrka all about SVA, our time in Rome, how she realized what her focus is in her work and just what it’s like to be artist’s in NYC.
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WDIM Episode #13
08/09/2023
WDIM Episode #13
The Thirteenth episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Rowynn Dumont In this episode's news segment: Amanda and Brandon discuss how in Fiji they are turning underwater sculptures into a way to restore the coral reefs that are dying, how the Met museum is collaborating with Roblox in order for participants to virtually try on hats from the museum’s collection, how royalty rates are being cut for artists who create NTF’s, if AI will take over traditional artists in the art world and we discussed the riot that happened in Union Square because of the influencer Kai Cenat. In this episode’s interview: Amanda discusses with Rowynn about how her upbringing started her desire to both find the truth and to create art while doing so, her many kinds of projects such as what she has written and events that she has thrown. We talk about the purpose behind her event Black Rainbow that is hosted here in NYC. But mostly we talk about how she has traveled the world and had many different types of experiences because of her multidisciplinary art practices.
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WDIM Episode #12
07/12/2023
WDIM Episode #12
The Twelfth episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Morgan Jesse Lappin In this episode's news segment: We talk about how Angelina Jolie has now taken over Basquiat’s old NYC apartment, an art show that is Flamin’ Hot Cheeto’s themed, how drugs have often gone hand in hand with artists, and how an artist used AI to make rugs. In this episode’s interview: Amanda discusses with Morgan about how he became an artist and a musician. We talked about how he began Brooklyn Collage Collective, how he collects stickers for his projects and how his childhood nostalgia is the main inspiration for his work.
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WDIM Episode #11
06/27/2023
WDIM Episode #11
The Eleventh episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Hannah Witner In this episode's news segment: We talk about how Christie’s is selling psychedelic NFTs, the Mütter Museum and how it is reviewing its collection of human remains, the newest “Creature” of the high line, how you can get Rembrandt tattoo’s in Amsterdam at the Rembrandt museum, about eye-tracking glasses and about Amanda’s trip to Costa Rica In this episode’s interview: Amanda discusses with Hannah about how she basically has always been an artist, how like many other people during the pandemic Hannah got into Tufting, how Hannah has traveled all over the world by being apart of several art residencies. Hannah deep dived into the different styles and inspirations of her work.
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WDIM Episode #10
06/12/2023
WDIM Episode #10
The Tenth episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Yasmeen Abdallah In this episode's news segment: We talk about the canadian wildfires impacted us in NYC as well as closing art events, how Chevron removes an art project that protests Chevron, how the Museum of Fine Arts obtain a painting that once was wanted by Hitler for his personal Führermuseum, and an art show that highlights 14 LGBTQAI+ artists and how they are all fueled by anger. In this episode’s interview: Amanda discusses with Yasmeen Abdallah about her art practice, what it's like to be a teacher as well as a curator. Yasmeen talks about what inspires her, how her art practice looks like, as well as the many shows she is in as of lately. Amanda and Yasmeen discuss that they have a collaborative project about abortions after Roe V. Wade got overturned.
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WDIM Episode #9
05/15/2023
WDIM Episode #9
The Ninth episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Sue Karnet In this episode's news segment: Amanda and Brandon discuss our artsy families, artists who are suing AI companies, and how the “Pillar of Shame” sculpture was seized in Hong Kong. In this episode’s interview: Amanda and Sue Karnet talk about Sue’s experience in Egypt and how it has impacted her art practice, we discuss various birds such as penguins and what Sue’s art practice looks like since becoming an art history teacher.
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WDIM Episode #8
05/01/2023
WDIM Episode #8
The Eighth episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Gretchen Vitamvas In this episode's news segment: We talk about MSCHF’S new chat site that declares how hot you are, plus you get to find out how hot Brandon and Amanda are. We discuss artist Hannah Toticki outfits that she designed for burnout culture, the Anti-Woke film fest with a special shoutout of Crackhead Barney, and another artwork that was attacked by climate protestors Also happy first day of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! In this episode’s interview: Amanda and Gretchen Vitamvas discuss how Gretchen got into her art practice of designing clothes, talked about Art in Odd Places and this year’s theme of DRESS, Herbal medicine and how plants can be helpful to heal the body, what Gretchen’s inspirations are and how she got interested in camouflage.
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WDIM Episode #7
04/17/2023
WDIM Episode #7
The Seventh episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Ian Cinco & Adrian Bermeo In this episode's news segment: We talk about a German photographer who refused his award because he created it with AI, some fake Basquiat paintings that were shown, and the unrest in Iran and the galleries opening up over there. In this episode’s interview: Amanda, Cinco and Bermeo discuss their art practice both individually as well as how it was working together for their collaborative artworks, their advice for getting gallery shows, and about Cinco and Bermeo’s upcoming art show “Bermeo X Cinco: Next Stop” at Rich Ramsays Studio 147 Front St. Dumbo BK on April 21st from 7-10pm
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WDIM Episode #6
04/03/2023
WDIM Episode #6
The Sixth episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Erik LaMarcaIn this episode's news segment: We talk about Michelangelo's David and if this sculpture is actually considered pornography, Bennett Miller's A.I. pieces, a 600-year-old Indigenous skull that was at an auction, and MoMA altering a wall text because of one tweet In this episode’s interview: Amanda and Erik discuss how he only started his art practice in 2020, about his childhood, the art world and how it is important to support your fellow artists.
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WDIM Episode #5
03/21/2023
WDIM Episode #5
The Fifth episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Furusho von Puttkammer In this episode's news segment: We talk about JR'S newest installation in Hong Kong, how the Metropolitan Museum of Art has art that was previously trafficked, and an exhibition talking about LGBTQIA+ perspectives through art in Hong Kong In this episode’s interview: Trigger Warning: difficult topics such as sexual assault Amanda and Furusho discuss the performance art festival Art in Odd Places, ADHD, and what Fu's oil painting and performance art practice looks like. We also discussed what it is like to be in the art world.
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WDIM Episode #4
03/09/2023
WDIM Episode #4
Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Zach Rothman-Hicks In this episode's news segment: We talk about Cardi B, Ontario police arresting people who is thought to have forged artwork, climate activists attacking a sword, and ChatGPT In this episode’s interview: Amanda and Zach discuess his history in thearter, how he currently is a teacher, and what it means to listen. Zach and Amanda also have several projects together that they discuss as well as Amanda talks about her current work.
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WDIM Episode #3
02/21/2023
WDIM Episode #3
The Third episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Elaine Chao In this episode's news segment: We talk about the Jeff Koons balloon dog sculpture getting smashed, paintings that are being restituted, 100 year old Dali paintings getting stolen, and Ai collecting biometric information! In this episode’s interview: Amanda and Elaine discuess her journey of becoming an artist and her art practice as well as both being members of Solas Studio! Check out Elaine's Interview at 28:00 and her upcoming show at Pictor Gallery!
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WDIM Episode #2
02/07/2023
WDIM Episode #2
The Second episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Michael Rider In this episode's news segment: We talk about the new "Bean" in NYC, Georgia O'Keeffe at the Grand Central station in NYC, Henri Matisse's (great-grandson's) latest purfume and the Russian police raiding an art exhibition. In this episode’s interview: Amanda and Michael discuss how they met at SVA, what Michael's art and music creation process is, as well as where their inspirations come from.
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WDIM Episode #1
01/23/2023
WDIM Episode #1
The first epsidoe of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Original Music by Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Brandon M. Wisecarver In this episode's new segment - We talk about the divisive new MLK monument in Boston, art forgery, and the new discovery of ancient runic stones. In this episode's interview - Brandon and Amanda discuss coming to New York City to make it in the art world, Lower East Side shenanigns and the colorful characters that make up our city's cultural tapestry.
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