{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Your Art Is A Spell","title":"How Queer Artists Have Used Art Spells For Liberation For Over 100 Years","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1178,"description":"Welcome to Season 2 of Your Art Is A Spell. In this premiere episode, we introduce the concept of Tactical Magic, the use of ritual, art, and ancient wisdom as tools for survival and agency in difficult times. Join me on a journey to the Palm Springs Art Museum for the groundbreaking exhibition, Queer Arcana: Art, Magic & Spirit. Spanning over a century of work from 1909 to 2026, this show reveals how queer, trans, and gender-expansive artists have long used the esoteric to build worlds where they were once excluded. From the tarot of Rachel Pollack to my own social practice ritual, Give Us Home Spider, we look at how art functions not just as decoration, but as a technology of the spirit and a powerful act of political resistance.\nVideo Chapters\n00:00 – Welcome to Your Art Is A Spell Season 2\n00:30 – Reclaiming Sovereignty & Agency in Difficult Times\n01:05 – Artist Residency in Berlin: The Human Machine\n01:40 – Traveling to Palm Springs: Queer Arcana Exhibition\n03:30 – Arrival at Palm Springs Art Museum\n04:15 – What is Tactical Magic? Defining the Theme\n05:15 – Magic as Resistance: Survival at the Margins\n07:10 – Inside the Queer Arcana Exhibition: Art, Magic & Spirit\n08:08 – Art as Spellcraft: A Technology of the Spirit\n09:27 – The Q+ Art Initiative at Palm Springs Art Museum\n10:00 – The Six Portals of Queer Arcana (Section Walkthrough)\n11:53 – \"Give Us Home Spider\": My Social Practice Ritual (2017)\n13:00 – Why Queer People Turn to Divination & Ritual\n14:13 – Visionary Artists: Candice Lin & Hilma’s Ghost\n15:15 – Honoring Queer Lineages: Clarity Haynes & Agnes Pelton\n16:00 – Walter Mercado & Nao Bustamante: Latinx Astrological Legacies\n16:18 – Remembering Ancestors: Genesis P-Orridge & Nancy Azara\n16:50 – The Desert as a Place of Vision & Sanctuary\n18:18 – Honoring Rachel Pollack & Austin Osman Spare\n19:12 – Closing: Your Art is a Spell\nExplore the Exhibition:\nQueer Arcana at Palm Springs Art Museum: https://www.psmuseum.org/exhibitions/queer-arcana\nThe Q+ Art...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/OWhM--UdKsZ_4FBvU1NrHQKvneBNtnTXlI0EIio6t8U/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kOTBl/MDVlNDU3N2NkMGI1/MzJlY2IzYjRlNWFj/NTZkNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}