{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Truth In This Art","title":"#53  – Can Art Make Philosophy Less Intimidating? | Mia Ntenta ","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/05089c0a\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3056,"description":"Artist and philosopher Mia Ntenta joins the podcast. Ntenta is a visual artist working across painting, sculpture, and installation. \nNtenta is one of several artists I interviewed from Spring/Break Art Fair 2025.\nNtenta shares how her philosophy background led her to explore ideas through painting and sculpture. Ntenta explains how her visual language and symbols clarify complex philosophical ideas.\nNtenta breaks down her ongoing, expansive work 'The Omegans Project'. The Omegans Project, an expansive and ongoing series begun by Ntenta in 2019. This work reveals Ntenta's dystopian world and her symbolic language for deconstructing existence.\nLater, Ntenta discusses how her symbols’ meanings evolve across different works.\nNtenta uses art to spark curiosity and make philosophy accessible.\nTopics Covered:\nTransitioning from philosophy to visual arts as a new medium of thought\nUsing painting and sculpture to make complex ideas more approachable\nCreating and evolving a personal symbolic universe across artworks\nStrategies for communicating philosophical concepts with viewers\nRecent exhibitions and sharing work with the public for the first time\n📍 Discover more about Ntenta’s work on Instagram (@miantenta) and at her website.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JOa6JbGOYOtDQMaChk3GEjdMaqieN4aTVZIMSZjm84c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85Y2U0/ZjJkMjUzNTFiYjlh/NTNkMDAxNzg0Y2Iy/ZWI5My5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}