An episode where Valerie and Raya discuss their feelings towards the art market, their earning potential as artists as well as the existence of art fairs, free ports and Maria Eichhorn.

The debut Episode of Professionally Without Profession in 2023!  In this episode Sarah Valerie and Raisa Kudasheva discuss the recycling of the art movements of the past, the ways in which art "trends" are formed and why student art projects of today look the way they do. Art Project Mentioned: Wohin?, 2022 by Young Jun Tak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY77IIgL1kE Artists mentioned: Daniel Dewar  Museum mentioned: HEK (House of Electronic Arts) https://www.hek.ch/en Instagram accounts and Online Art Magazines mentioned: @kunstkola, @saliva.live, @gallerytalknet, @kubaparis, Widewalls, @ofluxoplatform, @tiredmass, @solo_show, PW Magazine

In this episode Raya and Sarah Valérie reflect back on the year of 2022. They share the moments they thought were successful, which directions they see the world moving, which realisations saddened them and what their goals are for next year. Media mentioned on the podcast: Books: Polysecure: Attachment, trauma and consensual nonmonogamy by Jessica Fern CRUDO by Olivia Laing Everybody: A book about freedom by Olivia Laing Publishing House mentioned by Raya is No Kidding Press Shows, Films: Wild Babies Netflix Series The White Lotus Season 1 and 2 by Mike White Triangle of Sadness a film by Ruben östlund Suspiria 1977 a film by Dario Argento Crash a film by David Cronenberg

In this episode Valerie and I are joined by Erin Maier to talk about recent experience of going to the 59th Venice Biennale.  In this episode we talk about why the Biennale this year has been labelled „female“, how does one approach an exhibition of this size, and how the Biennale is not just a stage for entertainment, but always a political statement.   Even though this work has not been mentioned in this episode, my praise goes to Maria Eichhorn‘s project Relocating a Structure at the German Pavillion as an example of the ultimate contemporary art project.

In this episode Raya and Valerie talk about art education, explain why it is hard to teach art, and also discuss which alternative formats of teaching art may be successful. Raya and Valerie also try to summarise how the structure of modern schools predetermines the look of contemporary art projects.  Books mentioned:  Why Art Cannot Be Taught by James Elkins *foundationClass- the book

In this episode Raya and Sarah Valérie talk about the anxiety we feel when doing an art project,what ice skating and painting have in common and what changes in our process when we have a deadline and a theme for a project

In this bonus summer episode Sarah Valerie and Raya discuss the different types of artist’s Instagram accounts and the anxiety of wearing a bikini online

In this episode Raya and Sarah Valérie are discussing the pressures to look edgy at art school, the problematic “poverty as fashion” and how art and fashion communities can influence each other in a way that is not kitsch.  Links to artists: http://www.franziskaborn.com/projects/costumes-ballett-2021 https://var-mar.info/spampoetry/ Follow us on: https://www.instagram.com/kudaraya/ https://www.instagram.com/sarahmeetsvalerie/

In this episode Raya and Sarah Valérie delve into how projects on body are stigmatized in the young art community and how the state of our own bodies influences our productivity and creative output.  Artists mentioned: Wim Delvoye The Cloaca 2009 Follow us on: https://www.instagram.com/kudaraya/ https://www.instagram.com/sarahmeetsvalerie/

In this episode Raya and Sarah Valérie talk about how dating life affects art practice and what it means to be dating an artist. Artists mentioned: Sophie Calle, Take Care of Yourself 2009  Fletcher, Becky's so hot (https://open.spotify.com/track/2vVLSYsOUNCfN66jTyJsMY?si=c1ec079685ef40f1  ) Follow us on: https://www.instagram.com/kudaraya/ https://www.instagram.com/sarahmeetsvalerie/