Pittsburgh Art Book Fair Panel Discussion

About this episode

The episode features a panel discussion with artists exploring themes of environmental, social, and political conditions.

Guests : Erin Mallea and Paper Buck of Tree News , Bekezela Mguni of the Black Unicorn Library and Archive Project , and Adriana Monsalve of Homie House Press. Host : Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on September 9, 2023 at the Carnegie Museum of Art Erin Mallea is a multidisciplinary artist exploring the past and present of particular microcosms as entry points into larger environmental, social, and political conditions. Often public and collaborative in nature, her work manifests in a range of media including installation, film, photography, and writing. She sent vibrations from a giant fungus throughout the atmosphere and currently publishes Tree News , a newsletter about trees, people and places. Erin holds a MFA from Carnegie Mellon University (2019) and is an Assistant Professor of Art at the Pennsylvania State University School of Visual Arts. Paper Buck is an interdisciplinary visual artist, printmaker, and writer. His recent work is focused on place-centered research that critically explores white settler constructions of conservation, ecology, and the "American Landscape." Paper received his MFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 2020 and earned a Bachelor's…

People in this episode

Host: Christopher Kardambikis

Guests: Erin Mallea, Paper Buck, Bekezela Mguni, Adriana Monsalve

Topics covered

• art
• panel discussion
• environmental issues
• social justice
• community organizing

Keywords

• art book fair
• Pittsburgh
• environmental art
• social justice
• community art

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tree News, Black Unicorn Library and Archive Project, Homie House Press

Places: Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art

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