Memory Chips

Patricia Arnao is a multimedia visual artist who was one of the first artists -in-residence at our art space in Turkey. Then I started a new one and I invited her to be first because she's Number 1!!!Pat showed up in West Virginia fresh off her most recent trip to Sicily, where she was taking care of legal business as part of her Italian citizenship application. Over our Happy

Sibel Horada is an artist from Turkey. She is also my friend. A friend who calls me from the supermarket in Ankara (Turkey) to show me what kinds of chips they have!Sibel has been making sculptures from found styrofoam that has washed ashore on Turkey's beaches. In a nod to the Chips, she bought some Puffed Rice cakes because they are like styrofoam! And then we talked about t

In the absence of live Polish friends available for "Chip Talk"--I instead reveal my ignorance about my relative, the esteemed and honorable Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski.The only thing I knew about the Cardinal before researching for this episode is that heis the spitting image of my Grandfather, Floyd Weshinskey, and my nephew (who is named after Floyd!)Niech Żyje Polska!

In 1989 my husband, Árni Gu∂mundsson , accidentally burnt down the sculpture department of the Swedish Royal Academy of Art .** He recounts the trauma of that experience on the occasion of our anniversary.Our last anniversary episode involved trigger warnings, and so does this one: there is mention of police violence, sexual assault, and, or course, fire.Lagom is the Swedish ide

Why did I think it was a good idea to collect potato chip bags? I asked ethnologist, Charlotte Hagström about that, and she told me that it is a normal impulse . . . if I were a child . . . or an artist :)As a Senior Professor at Lund University in Sweden, Charlotte has done research on Swedish Fredagsmys (Friday Coziness), bicycles and their riders, female railway conductors, and

Quilling is the ancient art of paper rolling. Quilling Mistress and painter, Josie Jenkins,, tells me I have it ALL WRONG when trying to 'quill' two bags from my Chinese collection:Kimchi and Lay's Kyushu SeaweedJosie's Quilling site: https://josiejenkinsquilling.wordpress.com/about-josie/Josie's Painting and Project site: http://www.josiejenkins.co.ukWe me

The last time I saw Holly Treddenick I was dressed in a nude leotard. Things like this can happen when you take part in circus incubators, and other creative events that are concerned with communication between artists and audiences.Also, the last time I saw Holly Treddenick in Toronto, I bought some bags of chips:2 different version of Ruffles All-Dressed!Creative incubators, face

It takes more than one onion to make a collection of onions. Ludvig Ödman is a collector from Sweden whose favorite chip flavor is "Triple Onion" (because one isn't enough!)Ludvig collects belly button lint, and various bodily sheddings--but his most recent and important collecting work involves selling prints of his drawings to collect money for Ukraine aid. Then h

Last episode I spoke with the "Yes Lady" Lindsay Anderson in Taber, Alberta about the strange path that led to her starting a soup business.Today, we get crackin' on writing our own obituaries, or at least talking about some of the obituaries in Lindsay's collection!Kettle Brand Apple Cider Vinegar Chips from Niagara Falls, Canada remind us that 'sour'

The first part in a series of conversations with Lindsay Anderson--the woman who likes to say 'Yes".In this episode, Lindsay tells the unlikely story about how she started her soup business--which sounds like it would be boring--but because it is Lindsay--it isn't!Chips Flavors purchased in Toronto, Canada:Savoursmith's Bubbly and Green ChileSavoursmith's B