Thomas, BTRtoday

Thomas grew up in Northern California where he fell in love with music and photography while going to punk shows and shooting skate photos. He photography in college, which may or may not qualify him to host an art podcast. When he's not working on Art Uncovered, Thomas works as photographer, retoucher, and audio editor and also plays guitar in the band Sleepies. He lives in Queens, New York, for now.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 30m. Bisher sind 108 Folge(n) erschienen. Jede Woche gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

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You Belong to the Universe


This week: Artist, writer, and self-described experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats talks about his new book, You Belong to the Universe: Buckminster Fuller and the Future. In the book,  Jonathon examines some of Fuller's most well known inventions,  like the Dymaxion Car, as well as some obscure ones, like Two-Way TV, to explore how Bucky's ideas and approach to the world might be put to use in the 21st century...


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 May 31, 2016  40m
 
 

You Belong to the Universe


This week: Artist, writer, and self-described experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats talks about his new book, You Belong to the Universe: Buckminster Fuller and the Future. In the book,  Jonathon examines some of Fuller's most well known inventions,  like the Dymaxion Car, as well as some obscure ones, like Two-Way TV, to explore how Bucky's ideas and approach to the world might be put to use in the 21st century...


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 May 31, 2016  n/a
 
 

War is Beautiful


This Week: Writer David Shields talks about his book War Is Beautiful: The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict. In the book, David presents a selection of New York Times front-page conflict images to make the case that war photographs --- as seen in the Grey Lady --- are aestheticizing the horrors of war...


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 May 24, 2016  33m
 
 

War is Beautiful


This Week: Writer David Shields talks about his book War Is Beautiful: The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict. In the book, David presents a selection of New York Times front-page conflict images to make the case that war photographs --- as seen in the Grey Lady --- are aestheticizing the horrors of war...


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 May 24, 2016  n/a
 
 

A Burglar's Guide to the City


This Week: Geoff Manaugh talks about his new book A Burglar's Guide to the City. The book explores what we can learn about architecture and the city by viewing the build world through the eyes of burglars. Throughout A Burglar's Guide we hear about heists and getaways, architects turned bank robbers, and learn why the film Die Hard is "one of the best architectural films of the past three decades...


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 May 17, 2016  35m
 
 

A Burglar's Guide to the City


This Week: Geoff Manaugh talks about his new book A Burglar's Guide to the City. The book explores what we can learn about architecture and the city by viewing the build world through the eyes of burglars. Throughout A Burglar's Guide we hear about heists and getaways, architects turned bank robbers, and learn why the film Die Hard is "one of the best architectural films of the past three decades...


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 May 17, 2016  n/a
 
 

Dreamworlds and Catastrophes


This Week: Curator Ksenia Nouril talks about her exhibition Dreamworlds and Catastrophes: Intersections of Art and Science in the Dodge Collection. The show features artwork made by "unofficial" Soviet artists during the Cold War.  These artists turned away from state-sanctioned Socialist Realism and explored new and exciting forms of self expression as a way to navigate the anxieties a impending nuclear war and the technological promise of the space age...


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 May 10, 2016  35m
 
 

Dreamworlds and Catastrophes


This Week: Curator Ksenia Nouril talks about her exhibition Dreamworlds and Catastrophes: Intersections of Art and Science in the Dodge Collection. The show features artwork made by "unofficial" Soviet artists during the Cold War.  These artists turned away from state-sanctioned Socialist Realism and explored new and exciting forms of self expression as a way to navigate the anxieties a impending nuclear war and the technological promise of the space age...


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 May 10, 2016  n/a
 
 

Rian Dundon


This week: Photographer Rian Dundon discusses his book FAN, which he photographed over nine months while working as an English tutor to Fan Bingbing, one of the biggest celebrities in China. The book features lots of images of Bingbing herself, but Rian's real subject is the artiface of fame and the perpetual performance required to keep it intact. In his photographs we see Bingbing's entourage of PR people, hair dressers, and personal assistants...


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 May 3, 2016  25m
 
 

Rian Dundon


This week: Photographer Rian Dundon discusses his book FAN, which he photographed over nine months while working as an English tutor to Fan Bingbing, one of the biggest celebrities in China. The book features lots of images of Bingbing herself, but Rian's real subject is the artiface of fame and the perpetual performance required to keep it intact. In his photographs we see Bingbing's entourage of PR people, hair dressers, and personal assistants...


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 May 3, 2016  n/a