by Cage Match Project
This podcast serves as an extension of Cage Match Project gallery. CMP is a gallery that lives in an industrial caged-trailer. This weathered and rusted container resides in a gravel parking lot in Austin, Texas where it is under constant exposure to the elements and 24-hour public viewership. It's current curator is Ariel René Jackson, a multidisciplinary artist. Cage Match Project was developed by Ryan Hawk, a Houston based artist, with support by The Museum of Human Achievement, The Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department, and Big Medium gallery.
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June 27, 2024
<p>For this episode, we continue pairing up creatives for Ariel Wood’s “Round 21: cullective” exhibition on view from April 13th until July 7th at 916 Springdale Road. If you are just tuning in, Cage Match Project is a gallery that lives in an industrial caged trailer. Measured at 20x8x7 feet, this weathered and rusted container resides in a gravel parking lot in Austin, Texas, where it is under constant exposure to the elements and 24-hour public viewership. By fully embracing the caged trailer as both literal and conceptual context, Cage Match Project purposefully stages a narrative of the artist-at-odds, with either history, space, or a work of art itself. </p> <p><br></p> <p>In this episode, Ariel Wood invites sculpture installation artist Maggie Jensen to be in conversation about their shared affinity for pipes and public city infrastructure. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Our current installation, titled “Round 21: cullective” by Texas-based artist <a href="https://www.ariel-wood-art.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Ariel Wood </a>invokes a possible system of water collection, yet elements are either still needed or slowly being taken away. There’s a suggestion of past or future use, yet current stasis. The form of a water tower is built with steel beams woven together with blue twine. Ceramic thrown and altered pipes and vessels are held in alignment via welded steel structures bolted to concrete pavers. Each element holds the potential for collection and conveyance yet falls short of this linear progression. Partially protected from both sight and the elements. Round 21: cullective utilizes the relationships inherent to the exploded-view diagram—a lack of delineated function and an emphasis on labor—to call attention to access, control, and connection or a lack thereof.</p> <p><br></p> <p>In each of <a href="https://www.maggiejensen.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Maggie Jensen</a>’s installations, she reveals paths and limits of the internal logic of systems or aesthetics of authority such as an art institution, a natural history archive, or extractive resource infrastructures. In Maggie Jensen’s Round 20 “Attitudes of Humility”, Jensen presented three sculptures that riff on the art-historical Land Art genre of the 1960s and 70s as well as on the constructued politics of landscape painting. “Attitudes of Humility” installation materials included an unaltered HDPE industrial culvert pipe, platforms of cement board and wood, a cast of a water main casing broken by extreme heat-related pressure, and a curved wall mapped with a reproduced constellation used by artist Nancy Holt in the 1976 landwork <em>Sun Tunnels. </em></p> <p><br></p> <p>Before we dive into this episode, remember to visit <a href="http://www.cagematchproject.com">www.cagematchproject.com</a> to register for <a href="https://www.mrmichaelme.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Michael Anthony García</a>’s <a href="https://withfriends.co/event/20154364/re_match_workshop_project_management_for_artists_hosted_by_michael_anthony_garca" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Project Management for Artists</a> on July 6th at 11am and remember to register for the opening reception of “Re-Match: A Cage Match Retrospective” on July 6th from 1-8pm. </p> <p><br></p> <p>These are free events with registration. Just visit <a href="http://www.cagematchproject.com">www.cagematchproject.com</a> and click on the “Re-Match Exhibition” menu tab.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cage-match-project/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cage-match-project/support</a>
June 18, 2024
<p>In this episode, artist and curator Michael Anthony García explains his concept of the cage as a ghost of an 18-wheeler and his use of material to create a visual story. Blanton Museum Associative Curator Claudia Zapata highlights the rise of the cage as a tool used to hold immigrants in detention centers inhumanely and the rising deaths of immigrant workers. This is a great conversation between two individuals who have such a supportive relationship. They discuss difficult topics and the possibilities of how storytelling can dive deeper into everyday injustices.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Michael Anthony García's 2017<strong> </strong><em>Suspension of Belief</em> explores themes of displacement, immigration, and migration. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Attend a Professional Workshop by Michael Anthony García on July 6th at 11am. <a href="https://withfriends.co/event/20154364/re_match_workshop_project_management_for_artists_hosted_by_michael_anthony_garca" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Register Here</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>About </strong></p> <p><strong>Michael Anthony García</strong></p> <p><strong>https://www.mrmichaelme.com/ </strong></p> <p>Multidisciplinary artist & independent curator Michael Anthony García, claiming both Mexican and US citizenship, is based in Austin, Texas, and predominantly focuses his practice on photography/ video, sculpture/ installation & performance. He is a founding member of <a href="https://losoutsiders.org/" target="_blank">the Los Outsiders</a> curatorial collective & has curated large-scale exhibitions of international artists in & out of the US. Notably, he has had solo curatorial projects for the Mexic-arte Museum, Texas State University Galleries, the Austin Central Public Library gallery, and the Fusebox Festival. He participated in the <a href="http://texasbiennial.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2011 Texas </a><a href="http://texasbiennial.org/" target="_blank">Biennial </a>and has won awards for both his curatorial & 3D work. He co-hosts an intersectional conversation podcast named <a href="https://www.pocamadremedia.com/el-puente-podcast" target="_blank">El Puente</a> and is the publisher of <a href="https://www.pocamadremedia.com/poca-madre-magazine" target="_blank">POCa Madre Magazine</a>. García has premiered work for <a href="https://www.utahmoca.org/portfolio/jaime-salvador-castillo-michael-anthony-garcia-whereabouts/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art</a>, <a href="https://www.experimentalaction.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Experimental Action Performance Art Biennale in Houston</a>, <a href="https://thecontemporaryaustin.org/event/abraham-cruzvillegas-hi-how-are-you-gonzoexhibition-activation-15/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Contemporary Austin</a>, <a href="https://blantonmuseum.org/blantonsoundspace/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SoundSpace at The Blanton Museum of Art</a>, <a href="https://www.cultura.cdmx.gob.mx/recintos/mcm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">El Museo de la Ciudad de México</a>, and <a href="https://three-walls.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ThreeWalls in Chicago</a>.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Claudia Zapata </strong>earned their Ph.D. in art history at Southern Methodist University’s RASC/a: Rhetorics of Art, Space, and Culture program. Their dissertation is titled “Chicano Art is Not Dead: The Politics of Curating Chicano Art in Major U.S. Exhibitions, 2008-2012.” They received their BA and MA in art history from the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in Maya art from the Classic period (250-900 CE). Their research interests include curatorial methodologies of identity-based exhibitions, Chicanx and Latinx art, digital humanities, BIPOC zines, and designer toys. Zapata was the curator of exhibitions and programs at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin. They curated several Texas exhibitions, including <em>A Viva Voz: Carmen Lomas Garza</em> (2009), <em>Sam Coronado: A Retrospective</em> (2011), and <em>Fantastic & Grotesque: José Clemente Orozco in Print</em> (2014). From 2018-2022, Claudia was the curatorial assistant of Latinx art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, working on the award-winning exhibition, <em>¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965-Now.</em></p> <p><em> </em>They have published articles in <em>Panhandle-Plains Historical Review</em>, <em>JOLLAS: Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies</em>, <em>El Mundo Zurdo: Selected Works from the Meetings of the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa</em>, <em>Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas</em>, and <em>Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies</em>. Their essay "Chicanx Art in the Digital Age” is featured in the <em>¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics,1965-Now </em>exhibition catalog, published by Princeton University Press in association with the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Their essay, “The Future is Feminist: How the Maestras Atelier Transformed Self Help Graphics,” is part of the anthology S<em>elf Help Graphics & Art at Fifty</em> published by the University of California Press. In 2024, their forthcoming essays include “Post-Internet Latinx Art: Networked Interventions in the Digital Diaspora” in the academic journal <em>Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture </em>and the co-authored essay with Asiel Sepúlveda, “Rethinking the Ph.D. Exam for the Study of Digital Humanities” in <em>What We Teach When We Teach DH: Digital Humanities in the Classroom</em>, published by University of Minnesota Press.</p> <p> They co-founded the Latinx art project Puro Chingón Collective in 2012. This experimental art group develops zines, prints, apparel, designs, and art toys. The collective’s zines are part of the collections at the Thomas J. Watson Library at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) Library and Archives, Museum of Fine Arts-Houston, Mexic-Arte Museum, and London College of Communication Library, among many others. Zapata’s artwork has been featured at the Hawn Gallery in Dallas, the Blanton Museum of Art, Mexic-Arte Museum, and the Mexican American Cultural Center in Austin; the Carver Community Cultural Center and Lady Base Gallery in San Antonio; and the Trans-Pecos Festival in Marfa. Their designs have been part of Austin’s Fusebox Festival, Pachanga Music Festival, and the International Women's Day March in San Antonio. </p> <p> From 2022-2023, Zapata was a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA, mentored by Charlene Villaseñor Black, professor in the Departments of Art History and Chicana/o and Central American Studies. Their research topic was "Advancing to Web 3.0: Chicanx and Latine/x XR Immersive Environments, NFT Decentralization, and Experiential Visions in the Metaverse.” In 2023, the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas, selected Zapata as their inaugural Associate Curator of Latino Art. Their current exhibition, <em>Unbreakable: Feminist Visions from the Gilberto Cárdenas and Dolores Garcia Collection,</em> is on display in the Blanton’s Latino galleries.</p> <p><br></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cage-match-project/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cage-match-project/support</a>
March 22, 2024
<p>The curator of the Cage Match project and host for this podcast, Aryel René Jackson, interviews Maggie Jensen for the first episode of season 2. In each of her installations, Maggie Jensen becomes involved in different systems or aesthetics of authority, whether the art institution, a natural history archive, or extractive resource infrastructures. In this episode, Jensen discusses the process as she describes the material and history of the "model", "index", and found object in "Round 20: "Attitudes of Humility". Jensen talks about making requests of a cultural archive to access data about Nancy Holt's 1976 "Sun Tunnels" and how the process informs how we might think about displaying objects. Jensen's practice asks us to consider what paths and limits are revealed about the internal logic institutions related to the Land Art genre, water main casings, and drainage pipes. https://www.maggiejensen.com/ </p> <p><br></p> <p>Installation materials consist of unaltered HDPE industrial culvert pipe; platforms of cement board and wood; cast concrete of water main casings broken by extreme heat-related pressure; a curved wall mapped with a reproduced constellation used by artist Nancy Holt in the 1976 landwork "Sun Tunnels". </p> <p><br></p> <p>–––––</p> <p>Support this podcast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cage-match-project/support </p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cage-match-project/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cage-match-project/support</a>
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