Mixtapes

Today we feature a piece from Austrian performance artists & architects Honey & Bunny. One strategy that has been used quite a bit over the last years in change communications, and in particular in food industry documentary films is the use of disgust … to turn people off meat consumption for instance. Is disgust a good strategy? Does it work? With who? Under what conditions? What should we know? Useful links are featured in the episode notes on www.cosmic.show Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

Recalling the work of Paul Rucker, from 2018 in Richmond. Years go by and structural racism keeps on haunting society, pretty much everywhere on the Planet. One question; When white people keep passively inhabiting a world of white privileges, without actively engaging in anti-racism actions, isn’t this a form of racism? His  social media profiles are on cosmic show page www.cosmic.show Music track: The Last Chieftain, by Christian Scott Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

This episode features “Paisatges de Plàstic”  an art piece by Elena Villalba, Xénia Cros, Pau Galceràn, Oriol Ruiz and Lydia Moreno from the Art School of Olot @artdissenyolot in Catalunya. There are things  happening in the world that are extremely harmful to society and to the environment, but are quite... boring to talk about. Boring because it’s complex, It’s visually non appealing, it’s distant, it’s silent, it’s grey… How do we deal with this as a society, in an era where people's attention span is shorter than ever and the competitive media landscape pushes content production to the edges of dramatic, sensational, crazy, and... “you won’t believe what happens next”? This is a real question for artists, storytellers and other influencers of culture who care about impact: how do we deal with “important, but not sexy”… *Useful links are featured in the episode notes on www.cosmic.show Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

A genuine joyful smile will always be perceived as a genuine joyful smile by other human beings. A threat to joyful activism? Featured illustration by @rikwilkinsonartist Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

Paradigm shifts take place in the mind. “Paradigm” soundtrack by @jayhardway Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

History, and daily life keeps showing us how vulnerable we are to ‘the truth’. What is the truth? We think something is true, until it’s not true anymore, until there is a better truth… a better truth because it became demonstrably true, and contradicts or suppresses the previous one. This episode is the first one of our deep dive on paradigms. It features the work of the Yes Men

It might be a good time to open a chapter on humour, the most powerful tool of them all… I like to think :) It’s fair to say that it plays a central role in the media environment, it shapes how we understand ideas, social boundaries and even logic. Tomorrow for our weekly live mix I will be revisiting an interview I produced last year with Pieter de Poortere, the creator of the hilarious comics character Dickie Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille


“Things have never been so good for humanity” “There’s never been a better time to be alive” “We’ve never had it so good than right now”. These couple of lines are very meaningful because when we accept this narrative as a truth, we open the door to a legion of story monsters that invade culture and society’s common sense. In connection to this episode I am featuring the work of Scott Listfield, who’s known for his paintings featuring a lone exploratory astronaut lost in a landscape cluttered with pop culture icons, corporate logos, and tongue-in-cheek science fiction references. It’s a great way to reflect on the present, the past and the future maybe? Remember it starts with the words we pick, and the stories we chose to tell. Scott Listfield website Scott Listfield instagram Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

Identity. Identity seems intrinsically connected to how we, humans, experience change. And one story we tell about identity is structurally blocking the way… This is one of the chapters I had the privilege to touch on with El Seed, who truly incarnates this multi-layer approach to human experience. He will be on Cosmic Live tomorrow at 7pm CEST on www.cosmic.show. We’ll travel, we’ll go deep . As usual, you may want to bring some good headphones. El Seed’s website El Seed on Instagram Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

There is a very toxic narrative out there, a viral one to be exact. Words that turned into day-to-day language on the news, in all conversations, in our homes even. We might want to be aware of the monster we are actually creating by pronouncing those words. Let’s hear them, one last time... This episode features a piece from Artist  @1010zzz (https://instagram.com/1010zzz?igshid=10sns00dj0y17) Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

Many of us are experiencing some form of generational trauma. Psychic legacies are often passed on through unconscious cues or affective messages that flow between adult and child. Sometimes anxiety falls from one generation to the next through the stories that are told. Here again, the artistic practice can help. This week we dive into the work of Enam Gbewonyo, a cosmic British Ghanaian Artist and Curator who clearly figured out how to deal with this! The insights from this episode also support and clarify a wider collection of narratives about the work we (very probably) need to do within vs. what we expect from “the outside”. Useful links: Enam’s Website Enam on Instagram Enam on Twitter Cosmic is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

Have you heard about this city in Costa Rica that extended citizenship to bees & other pollinators? Today we explore the potential of local stories for the locals (vs. global for the locals). We also feature the work of Matthew Willey & The Good of the Hive  (https://www.instagram.com/thegoodofthehive/) Useful links: Artist Matthew Willey & The Good of the Hive - Instagram profile & Website The Guardian article about the story of Curridabat in Costa rica Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

If change involves the mind - and it does :) - we have to consider the labyrinth. This episode features the work of artist Soukaina Aziz El Idrissi: Al Mataha / Labyrinth Al Mataha/Labyrinth - by Soukaina Aziz El Idrissi Soukaina Aziz El Idrissi on Instagram Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

Today I am opening an adult conversation with Photographer Chris Jordan, with Jazz Music Icon Herbie Hancock and, with you… yes you’re invited, of course. An adult conversation with no age restriction, but with only one condition... Chris Jordan’s Website Albatross film trailer Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille.

How much of our attention, of our energy, of our budget, are we putting into the invisible? The invisible in our lives? In other words: how much are we investing in the subtle realm? Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

Yesterday, in Spain, where I live, children under 14 were allowed outside their homes for the first time in six weeks. So today I am featuring the work of Kevin Peterson, who paints about isolation, rigid boundaries, fear, and what it’s like to grow up in a broken world. Kevin Peterson’s works Kevin Peterson’s Instagram Cosmic Dynamics is also available on Spotify & on podcast apps. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

Isn’t it a great time to be out... and paint / bomb / perform / send a message? At night maybe? Confusing people’s daily experience of the boring outdoors? Tomorrow we are all going to get a little bit confused actually, because at 7pm CET we’ll be with Leon Seesix aka Dotmasters. He brings solid take-aways to season 3 of the show. And our conversation started just like this: “What a great time to be out…” See you at 19:00 Central European time on www.cosmic.show, that’s 1pm in NY, 10am in LA and 1am in Honk Kong. Cheers, Camille.

Yesterday, we saw one of the most remarkable moments in financial history: A deeply negative oil price. What’s the alternative path right now? I thought this historic moment would be a good time to recall the piece made by Irish Artist John Gerrard - called Western Flag. About John Gerrard & Western Flag: Website link The making of the piece: Youtube link. If there are any artists out there interested in engaging on this transition topic, please write me an email at hello@cosmic.show - Cosmic is setting up an artist taskforce to offer concrete actions and contribute to the transition movement

I am sure you noticed: with the lock-down, the little things take a lot of meaning. More than ever, I like sitting down with a glass of wine, putting on a tune, and staring at my plants. I just ask myself: what tune will I put on today? This time, the letter V came to mind. Note: here is an "okay translated" version of "Enivrez-vous" the poem by Charles Baudelaire. Thank you for tuning in. Camille

As the world is slowing down right now, it might be a good time to explore acceleration: Let me tell you a story... ---- Thank you to Li-Hill for the inspiring conversation last week. You will hear it in the livemix I will broadcast tomorrow Thursday April 16th 2020 at 19:00 CET - on www.cosmic.show. Check out his work and find 'The Process of Acceleration' on: Li-Hill's Instagram Li-Hill's Website Thank you for tuning in. Camille