Your Art Is A Spell

Your Art Is A Spell
Season 1 Episode 13

Is this the future of art? 👁️🌐✨

We explore 3 mind-bending digital art exhibitions in LA—featuring AR, AI, glitches, and queer futurities—with artist  @lineadeluz of the  @TheSelfieInstitute as our guide.

🖼️ Featured Exhibitions:

Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

Nancy Baker Cahill: Substrate (LACMA, AR Experience)

Jon Rafman: Proof of Concept (SprĂźth Magers)

From museum rooftops to glitchy galleries, we unpack how selfies, code, and spiritual tech are shaping radical new visions of art and identity.

🎨 Witness how digital art becomes a portal, a protest, and a spell.

💥 Glitch as resistance
📸 Selfies as portals
🌱 Archives as worldbuilding
🤖 AI as collaborator


Time Stamps
0:00 – Intro at LACMA + Your Art is a Spell
0:43 – Nancy Baker Cahill's 'Substrate' and Communal Archiving
1:46 – Digital Witness: A Survey of Digital Art at LACMA
3:33 – Martine Gutierrez’s ‘Queer Rage’ and Queer Nature
4:34 – Jennifer Greenburg’s ‘Roxy’ and Queer Futurities
6:06 – Selfies as Portals: Quantum Selfie Mechanics
7:20 – MarvinYQuetzal’s ‘Trans Rage’ and Glitch as Resistance
8:14 – Mongrel’s ‘Heritage Gold’ and the Power of the Glitch
11:15 – Cat Frazier’s ‘Self-Care is Officially Over’ + Meme Culture
12:20 – AMIGA Demo Scene and the Legacy of Hacking + Chiptune
14:07 – Digital Interfaces, Gender, and Body as Technology
15:42 – Casey Kauffmann’s ‘It’s Over B1tch’ + iPhone Art Spells
17:48 – Pen & Pixel Graphics and Queer Black/Brown Collage Aesthetics
19:37 – What Digital Art at LACMA Means for the Future
20:19 – The Archive as Fictitious Worldbuilding and Recuperation
22:18 – Casey REAS, Code as Medium, and Open Source Accessibility
23:45 – Why Glitch Aesthetics Matter + LACMA Security Guard Reaction
25:46 – Snowfro’s NFT at LACMA: Blockchain & Digital Ownership
27:55 – Jon Rafman’s AI Exhibition at Sprüth Magers
31:49 – Letting AI Be Weird: Maximalism and Creepy Aesthetics
35:10 – AI Channeling + Archival Dreamworlds
38:24 – Fragmented Realities + Constellations of Meaning
39:48 – Final Reflections: Artists as Visionary CREATRIXXXES

Your art is a spell.
And the future is already here.
To Watch / Listen to More Episodes from Your Art Is A Spell
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Check out the video I made with Lineadeluz on NFTs, crypto, and more
https://youtu.be/VQP8Xmufe-4?si=K21k7EgCUTkoXBeP

To learn more about Lineadeluz and The Selfie Institute
https://linktr.ee/lineadeluz

What is Your Art Is A Spell?

Welcome to Your Art Is A Spell, the podcast that ignites inspiring and transformative conversations about art as a magical practice. I'm your host, Edgar Fabián Frías—a multi-passionate artist, witch, therapist, and proud mutant shape-shifter. My art spells have reached audiences through social media, billboards, and skyscrapers and have even been placed on the surface of the moon! Join us as we explore how reclaiming your unique artistic voice and embracing bold creativity can transform your life and the world around you. Subscribe to the podcast and sign up for our newsletter at www.yourartisaspell.com to stay connected!