From left to right: Vivian Liddell, Stephanie Raines & Chalet Comellas-Baker at Unrequited Leisure
Peachy Keen and guest co-host Stephanie Raines, artist advocate and arts administrator, visited Nashville-based artist Chalet Comellas-Baker in her artist-run exhibition space (Unrequited Leisure) just as all of us pandemic mole people were beginning to peep our little heads out of our burrows. Fittingly, after a year of not being with other humans, we talked about wildlife— particularly bird sounds as they relate to Comellas-Baker’s most recent artworks—and Nashville life among the honky-tonks (honky geese included!).
Comellas-Baker shared the process behind her collaborative work with Clint Sleeper that’s currently on view at MOCAN, gave us really cute mini-zine maps that guided us through her current projects, and dropped some insider knowledge on the nuts and bolts of showing and getting paid for video work without using NFTs.
Stick around ‘till the end to hear one of Comellas-Baker’s field recordings that we discuss in this episode.
Chalet Comellas-Baker and Clint Sleeper
The Lonesome Cut Up
LED sign
8" x 48"
2019
Mini-zine map by Chalet Comellas-Baker
Related Links:
Chalet Comellas-Baker, Unrequited Leisure, Museum of Contemporary Art Nashville, Clint Sleeper, Josephine Lee’s I Think I Canada I Know I Canada, eBird, 621 Gallery, InLight Richmond, small_bars, Stove Works, <Terminal>
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