Episode #79: Ancient Artifacts: Anthropology or Morbid Fascination? April 21, 2023
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Even with no f***s to give, James and Catherine fill 38 minutes with movies and mummies before pondering humanity's precipice and agreeing that most art (other than "Jaws" props) is disposable.
Show Notes
- 00:12 - Catherine is finally on mic
- 00:48 - Good sleep yields not giving a f***
- 01:45 - Know your puppy limitations
- 03:25 - Sinking the coffee cup
- 04:35 - Have we got Ancient Egypt's mummies all wrong? (No)
- 05:30 - The perfect movie!
- 07:15 - Skimming the sarcophagus
- 08:30 - Fayium (portrait) vs faience (glaze technique)
- 10:10 - Remnants of a Roman Egypt
- 11:06 - Difference is... mummies are real
- 12:32 - Unwrapping colonial entitlement
- 15:00 - Art, anthropology, or morbid fascination?
- 16:25 - Humanity's eve of destruction? The Precipice: existential risk and the future of humanity - Toby Ord
- 21:35 - Ancient alien afterlife destruction?
- 22:40 - Ancient Egyptian Instagram Influencers
- 24:15 - Inherent Vice: What to do with Decaying Masterpiece?
- 25:00 - Miami Vice fashion rant
- 28:28 - Naum Gabo: "If it's gone it's gone"
- 29:30 - Artwork will eventually fail, so throw it out!
- 31:00 - Use of dead animals, chocolate and lard is not super edgy but is dumb and or, gross
- 32:25 - Recalling ASU's "Vague Art Show" and ditching painting at RISD
- 35:44 - Hirst "props" can't touch "Jaws"
- 37:00 - "Jaws" the musical
- 38:05 - Back to the garbage heap!