Good Point Podcast
209 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsAn imperfect podcast about art, technology and culture by Rafael Rozendaal and Jeremy Bailey.
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156 - (Mis)Management
November 25, 2021 02:35 - 1 hour - 63 MBThis week we talk about (mis)management. And check out this great podcast hosted by Ben Fino-Radin: Art & Obsolescence https://www.artandobsolescence.com/
155 - Story Of An Artist
November 18, 2021 02:39 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBMy question is about creating a narrative around your work/personality. How have your opinions changed throughout your career. Do you think it's important to form a broader overarching story around the delivery of your work or is it more useful for the narrative to create itself as a side-effect of making the work? Tom Johnson www.tomjohnsonart.co.uk
153 - New (Macbook) Pro
October 18, 2021 15:41 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBWill Apple release the computer we want?
152 - Abstraction
October 12, 2021 19:50 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBThis week Alessandro Ferraro asks: "Can you talk about abstraction?" https://infomus.academia.edu/AlessandroFerraro And a field recording from Jay Gilligan https://www.instagram.com/instantjuggler/
151 - Home Office
October 05, 2021 01:13 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBThis week we discuss the work-from-home situation and our future plans
150 - Stopping
September 14, 2021 12:02 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBThis week a question from Jesper Nørbæk: How do you know when to stop? About Jesper: I'm an artist working with sound. I make music in Code Walk and I make performances with custom generative music software. I live in Copenhagen. https://soundcloud.com/codewalk and a field recording from our nr 1 supporter: Ben Fino-Radin of Small Data Industries. https://smalldata.industries/
149 - Techdemic
August 06, 2021 14:39 - 59 minutes - 47.7 MBThis week we talk about the unstoppable growth of big tech Field recording by MOMO https://momoshowpalace.com/
148 - Data Archive
July 20, 2021 15:53 - 48 minutes - 39.1 MBThis week Sofie Ringstad asks: "How do you store your digital archive?" www.sofieringstad.no & A field recording from Graham Gnall www.gnall.co
146 - URLs (question by Karen darricades)
June 27, 2021 15:36 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBThis week Karen Darricades asks: What about URLs? (domain names) past present & future karen darricades www.instagram.com/nevergalready Host of the #WeMakeMedia podcast Head of Arts and Culture for Creative Commons Canada Artistic Director, Never Gallery Ready www.nevergalleryready.com
145 - History (question by Erik Åberg)
June 14, 2021 20:20 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBThis week Erik Åberg asks: History? Art History? Personal history? How does it influence your work? http://erikaberg.com/projects/ Sponsored by https://affinetuning.com/
144 - Focus (question by Mike Calvert)
June 09, 2021 00:14 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBMike Calvert asks: Can you talk about longterm sustained focus? https://www.instagram.com/mikebcalvert/
143 - Writers Block (question by Intton Godelg)
June 01, 2021 20:17 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBIntton Godelg asks: Writer's block: Is it real? How do you deal with it? www.instagram.com/intton
142 - Audience (question from Victor Leleca)
May 11, 2021 20:01 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBHi Jeremy ! Hi Rafael! I am Victor Leleca, half-Belgian-half-Moldovian painter based in London. My question is do you make art for an audience? And the subquestion: Do you think dominant distribution platforms (such as social media or marketplaces) are steering the audience away from connoisseurship towards fandom? I am not sure if I am doing art for anybody, but my most rewarding audience moment was IRL, when a small child stood about 5 minutes in front of my painting, amused and mesmerised...
141 - Reality
May 03, 2021 00:54 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBThis week's question by Isabella Rozendaal: Reality... can an artist observe and participate at the same time? Isabella Rozendaal is a photographer and writer who explores the space between documentary and art. Her photography focuses on pets, hunting, and vacation. http://isabellarozendaal.com/
140 - Friendship
April 27, 2021 14:52 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBThis week Mitchel Leestemaker asks a question about friendships. https://www.instagram.com/leedvermaak
139 - Self Promotion (question by Joel Fox)
April 11, 2021 23:32 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBThis week Joel Fox asks about self promotion https://www.instagram.com/joeldepartment/?hl=en
138 - 3 Questions
April 04, 2021 21:31 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBThis week... 3 listener questions from: Hans Verhaegen https://hansup.be/ Petra van Dorpe https://shoetuning.be/ Piotr Urbiec http://urbaniec.pl
136 - Art Panel Talks (question by Ryan Stec)
March 15, 2021 15:44 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBThis week Ryan Stec asks: What are interesting ways to have public conversations about art? https://www.instagram.com/artengine/ http://wordpress.artengine.ca/
136 - Art Panel Talks
March 15, 2021 15:44 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBThis week Ryan Stec asks: What are interesting ways to have public conversations about art? https://www.instagram.com/artengine/ http://wordpress.artengine.ca/
135 - Sacrifices (question by William Luz)
March 07, 2021 12:33 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBThis week William Luz asks "Do you have to make sacrifices in your life to be an artist?" https://williamluz.co.uk/
135 - Sacrifices
March 07, 2021 12:33 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBThis week William Luz asks "Do you have to make sacrifices in your life to be an artist?" https://williamluz.co.uk/
134 - NFT buy sell digital art now
February 28, 2021 15:12 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBWe discuss NFT... is it cool? is it here to stay?
133 - Naming (Question By Nels Nelson)
February 14, 2021 13:45 - 1 hour - 53 MBA question about names & naming, from Nels Nelson, an American urban planner living in Amsterdam, he/him. http://nels.city/ - https://twitter.com/nelszzp
133 - Naming Question By Nels Nelson
February 14, 2021 13:45 - 1 hour - 53 MBA question about names & naming, from Nels Nelson, an American urban planner living in Amsterdam, he/him. http://nels.city/ - https://twitter.com/nelszzp
132 - Food (Question By Lisa Brormann)
February 12, 2021 13:20 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBThis week Lisa Brörmann asks: How do you decide what to eat? https://www.anamericaninsweden.com
132 - Food Question By Lisa Brormann
February 12, 2021 13:20 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBThis week Lisa Brörmann asks: How do you decide what to eat? https://www.anamericaninsweden.com
131 - Media Art Sales (Question By Katsuki Nogami)
February 01, 2021 09:10 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBThis week Katsuki Nogami asks: "How do you sell media art installations?" https://www.elektramontreal.ca/katsuki-nogami https://katsukinogami.co/
130 - Art Schools (Question by Hans Verhaegen)
January 24, 2021 23:39 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBArt Schools: what would we do? question by Hans Verhaegen https://www.hansup.be/
129 - Meetings (Question By John G Hampton)
January 17, 2021 21:10 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBThis week's question comes from John G Hampton John G. Hampton is a curator and artist currently living in Treaty 4 territory, Saskatchewan. He is the Director of Programs at the MacKenzie Art Gallery and Adjunct Curator at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto. https://jghampton.com/ https://mackenzie.art/
128 - Time Management (Question by Intton Godelg)
January 14, 2021 16:40 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBThis week we talk about Time Management (a question by Intton Godelg)
127 - Kajillionaire Review
January 03, 2021 21:08 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBKajillionaire is a 2020 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Miranda July. The film stars Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger and Richard Jenkins as members of a close-knit petty crime family whose relationship becomes frayed when a stranger played by Gina Rodriguez joins their schemes.
125 - Grizzly Man (2005) Review
December 13, 2020 21:55 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBPieced together from Timothy Treadwell's actual video footage, Werner Herzog's remarkable documentary examines the calling that drove Treadwell to live among a tribe of wild grizzly bears on an Alaskan reserve. A devoted conservationist with a passion for adventure, Timothy believed he had bridged the gap between human and beast. When one of the bears he loved and protected tragically turns on him, the footage he shot serves as a window into our understanding of nature and its grim realities.
124 - The Social Dilemma Review
November 29, 2020 17:30 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBThe Social Dilemma is a 2020 American docudrama film directed by Jeff Orlowski and written by Orlowski, Davis Coombe, and Vickie Curtis. It explores the rise of social media and the damage it has caused to society, focusing on its exploitation of its users for financial gain through surveillance capitalism and data mining, how its design is meant to nurture an addiction, its use in politics, its effect on mental health (including the mental health of adolescents and rising teen suicide rates)...
123 - Starship Troopers Review
November 22, 2020 18:21 - 1 hour - 40.4 MBStarship Troopers is a 1997 American military science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier, based on Robert A. Heinlein's 1959 novel of the same name. The story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit. Rico's military career progresses from recruit, to non-commissioned officer, and finally to officer, against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an insectoid specie...
122 - Johnny Mnemonic Review
November 12, 2020 03:13 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBJohnny Mnemonic (1995) by Robert Longo In this film based on the William Gibson story, Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a data courier who has a secret stash of information implanted into his mind. However, the data will kill Johnny if he cannot retrieve it within 48 hours. Accompanied by physically enhanced bodyguard Jane (Dina Meyer), Johnny sets out to acquire the passwords he needs to save himself. Worse yet, he is hunted by gangster Shinji (Denis Akiyama) and businessman Takahashi (Takeshi), bo...
121 On The Rocks Review
November 02, 2020 11:41 - 1 hour - 37.7 MBOn the Rocks is a 2020 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola. The story of a young mother who reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York. In this comedy about aging, marriage, and the tenuous bond between parents and grown children, New York author and married mother-of-two Laura has become suspicious that her career-driven husband may be having an affair with a coworker, a speculation encouraged by her caddish, bon vivant...
120 - A View To A Kill Review
October 20, 2020 21:23 - 1 hour - 37.4 MBA view to a Kill (1985) After recovering a microchip from the body of a deceased colleague in Russia, British secret agent James Bond (Roger Moore) discovers that the technology has the potential for sinister applications. Investigating further, Bond is led to Max Zorin (Christopher Walken), the head of Zorin Industries. Soon Agent 007 faces off against the villainous Zorin and his tough Amazonian bodyguard, May Day (Grace Jones), who are scheming to cause massive destruction that will elimi...
119 - Battle Royale Review
October 12, 2020 00:11 - 59 minutes - 34 MBBattle Royale (バトル・ロワイアル, Batoru Rowaiaru) is a 2000 Japanese action-thriller film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, with a screenplay written by Kenta Fukasaku, based on the 1999 novel by Koushun Takami. Starring Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarō Yamamoto, and Takeshi Kitano, the film follows a group of junior high-school students that are forced to fight to the death by the Japanese totalitarian government. The film drew controversy, and was banned or excluded from distribution in several countri...
118 Bacurau Review
October 05, 2020 15:04 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBBacurau is a 2019 Weird Western film directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles. It stars Sônia Braga, Udo Kier, Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira and Karine Teles. The film, a co-production between Brazil and France, revolves around Bacurau, a fictional small town in the Brazilian sertão, which is beset by strange happenings following the death of its matriarch at the age of 94.
117 - Interstellar Review
September 21, 2020 02:28 - 1 hour - 64 MBInterstellar (2014) by Christopher Nolan In Earth's future, a global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. Professor Brand (Michael Caine), a brilliant NASA physicist, is working on plans to save mankind by transporting Earth's population to a new home via a wormhole. But first, Brand must send former NASA pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and a team of researchers through the wormhole and across the galaxy to find out which of three planets could b...
116 - Tampopo Review
September 06, 2020 07:52 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBTampopo (タンポポ, Tanpopo, literally "dandelion") is a 1985 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami, and starring Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kōji Yakusho, and Ken Watanabe. The publicity for the film calls it the first "ramen western", a play on the term Spaghetti Western (films about the American Old West made by Italian production studios).
115 - Spirited Away Review
August 25, 2020 08:11 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBSpirited Away (2001) is a Japanese-animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli. It tells the story of Chihiro Ogino, a 10-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighborhood, enters the world of Kami (spirits of Japanese Shinto folklore). After her parents are turned into pigs by the witch Yubaba, Chihiro takes a job working in Yubaba's bathhouse to find a way to free herself and her parents and return to the human world. https://en.wikipedia.or...
114 - The Tree Of Wooden Clogs Review
August 10, 2020 17:15 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBThe Tree of Wooden Clogs (Italian: L'Albero degli zoccoli) is a 1978 Italian film written and directed by Ermanno Olmi. The film concerns Lombard peasant life in a cascina (farmhouse) of the late 19th century. It has some similarities with the earlier Italian neorealist movement, in that it focuses on the lives of the poor, and the parts were played by real farmers and locals, rather than professional actors. The original version of the movie is spoken in Lombard (the Bergamasque variety, an ...
113 - Eighth Grade Review
July 19, 2020 22:14 - 1 hour - 113 MBEighth Grade is a 2018 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Bo Burnham. It stars Elsie Fisher as Kayla, a middle school teenager who struggles with anxiety but strives to gain social acceptance from her peers during their final week of eighth grade. To cope, she publishes video blogs as a self-styled motivational advice-giver, though spends much of her time obsessing over social media. This frustrates Kayla's otherwise supportive father (Josh Hamilton), whom she al...
111 - The Square Review
June 28, 2020 19:39 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBThe Square (2017) by Ruben Östlund https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Square_(2017_film) The Square is a 2017 satirical film written and directed by Ruben Östlund and starring Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West and Terry Notary. The film is about a curator who struggles with various personal issues, including the theft of his mobile phone and affair with a journalist. Amid these distractions, a controversial promotional video for an art installation is published without his oversight, th...
110 - This Is Spinal Tap Review
June 22, 2020 22:49 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBThis Is Spinal Tap (1984) by Rob Reiner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Spinal_Tap "This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that kee...