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Sophia Wallace on Getting to Cliteracy and Beyond

by Amon Focus
January 9, 2018
in Talking to Artists
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Recorded in from Bushwick, Brooklyn today’s guest on the show is Sophia Wallace. In this episode we talk Cliteracy, art shows, the pressures of being a creative, priorities, photography, the importance of saying no, focusing on patience and the anatomy of the clitoris.

Just a heads this episode has some strong language that may not be suitable for children. You been warned, enjoy the show.

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Show Notes

    1. Brooklyn
    2. Blue Chip Gallery
    3. The importance of ‘no’
    4. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council – Creative Capital
    5. LMCC Workspace Program (referred to as the Artist Summer Institute by Sophia)
    6. Most successful people in corporate America work approximately 4 hours a day.
    7. Yale
    8. Barriers to play in the art world: resources, focused on endless work, an a bombardment narrative- “Just play the hits”
    9. Focusing on 3 priorities
    10. Smith College
    11. Seattle
    12. DJ Politic
    13. Golden Age of Hip Hop
    14. Outkast
    15. Nas
    16. The Pharcyde
    17. Biggie Smalls
    18. Common
    19. Mos Def
    20. Talib Kweli
    21. Cliteracy
    22. The lens is a powerful tool, the magic between real and conceptual, beauty and evidence.
    23. Vagina
    24. Language connects imagination, aesthetics are important on how art is presented and received
    25. Scope NYC – Cliteracy – 100 Natural Laws (Conversation with Amon 2012)
    26. Clit Rodeo
    27. “The Earth is not flat when it comes to the female body.” Sophia Wallace Quote
    28. Dr. Helen O’Connell
    29. The Anatomy of the Clitoris
    30. Speculum Redesign
    31. The privilege of living in New York as an artist.
    32. As an artist you want to be acknowledged, recognized and apart of the discourse.
    33. Going viral – you get your moment, but does it register?
    34. Try to maintain your place in history
    35. Sophia Wallace’s Mission Statement – I create artworks that restore dignity to other subjects whose gender, sex, and sexuality has been weaponized against them
    36. The right to pleasure, the right of the clit to be known
    37. The true anatomy of 50% of the population
    38. Cliteracy | Sophia Wallace | TEDxSalford
    39. “You put things in the world & you hope that people understand.” Sophia Wallace Quote
    40. The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
    41. Formless by Sophia Wallace

Advice to Up and Coming Artists:

  • Documentation of the journey
  • Get rid of your bad work
  • Ideas are expensive
  • Keep your cool
  • Be mindful of relationships
  • Make spreadsheets to document and account for everything
  • Make sure there is always an agreement
  • Send yours if the party you are working with doesn’t have one
  • Focus on patience
  •  Most important lesson: trust your really strong ideas, don’t second guess your ideas

I really enjoyed this talk. I would love to hear your thoughts. Leave a comment on the Apple Podcast app and don’t forget to rate the show.

This episode is sponsored by Gorilla Coffee.

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