Show notes
Welcome to our second episode for Y2K GROUP CHAT.We recorded on two separate days in June 2020.fields delves into: COVID-19, the history of the spirometer, the study of labor and fatigue, his relationship with science, fact-checking, Taco Tuesdays, urban gardening, the history of medical theater, and biases in science.fields harrington is an emerging artist based in Brooklyn, New York.Follow us on Instagram: @y2kgroupSubscribe to our YouTube channel for more content about contemporary artStay up-to-date with our Y2K Blog on our website for more news.Audio timestamps below:1:17 - Intro with fields2:16 - Y2K's reason for starting a podcast3:20 - The podcast music introduction5:17 - First question: how has your work and life changed since the pandemic?6:36 - Whitney ISP catalog7:44 - Braun text on the spirometer8:56 - Rabinbach text on the human motor (thermodynamics, labor power and fatigue)10:15 - Labor/work and fatigue in the body11:17 - fields' mapping of physics and science and its origins14:37 - Second question: how did the spirometer become the starting point for fields' research?15:40 - fields' relationship with science18:12 - Round 219:02 - News19:42 - Twitter/Social Media21:50 - Fact-checking23:49 - Deepfake25:21 - Taco Tuesdays25:57 - Texas and High School27:05 - Moving to New York in 201127:28 - The Black Beyond Zoom Artist Talk reference28:52 - Y2K's casual podcast format30:32 - Community college (finding photography and food ads)33:23 - Photography at UNT35:37 - Road trip / couch surfing to New York37:43 - Working in urban food start-ups and problem solving39:10 - Beginnings of a career as an artist39:31 - UNT thesis40:49 - Food and advertisement44:31 - Produce Manager and researching solutions49:06 - Back to school52:07 - Types of work at UPENN55:07 - Performing with acoustic levitation56:53 - S-CURL in high school1:00:43 - Performance at UPENN using S-CURL1:03:48 - Reaction to performance1:05:09 - Medical theater introduction1:06:40 - UPENN and medical history1:07:35 - Paintings of medical theater1:09:54 - Hogarth's The Reward of Cruelty painting1:11:13 - Robert Thom painting1:12:36 - J. Marion Simms racist legacy1:15:31 - "What remains is constant" by fields harrington1:16:02 - Braun and Rabinbach texts1:17:18 - The history of the study of fatigue for labor/work1:19:01 - Benjamin Gould report1:23:20 - Etienne-Jules Marey1:25:07 - fields' essay as artwork1:26:50 - COVID-19 and spirometer having similar biases1:28:30 - Race table from Gould's report1:30:23 - Statistics as surveillance1:30:55 - Biases in science1:32:57 - Approximation of a Mix performance question1:37:40 - Protests and Uprising1:41:31 - Future work
