ikonoTV Founder Elizabeth Markevitch on the Slow Art Movement, Democratizing Art & Her View of Justice

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Show Notes:

1:40 Markevitch’s background as an Impressionist and Modernist expert 

3:30 democratization of art like the music industry

4:30 accessibility of art and how art makes us feel

5:20 unfairness of the art industry’s elitist approach 

8:00 Emily Gould-inquiry on how to bring more people into the art world

10:00 art world representative’s narrow perspective on criteria to be an artist

12:45 Markevitch’s creative prompts on YouTube and Instagram

14:00 Markevitch’s perspective on AI and art

17:25 Picasso’s mantra that “bad artists copy” and “good artists steal” and his style appropriation from African art

19:05 Astrologist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s perspective on art and AI 

21:45 ikonoTV and its purpose to share a feeling 

23:00 the Slow Art Movement

28:25 Gould’s inquiry about the experience of art online versus with community

29:00 Philosopher Walter Benjamin’s 1935 essay, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”

30:00 feedback about ikono.tv that includes giving individuals courage to go to museums

34:15 placing art in hospitals  

37:55 launch of ikono’s meditation app: slow, feel the calm 

38:55 ikono.tv’s “projects we love” page, including an art survey app to develop your “emotional garden” about an event, Sentiko.app 

50:00 future of ikonoTV to include all films that feature art

51:45 legacy that Markevitch hopes to be making with her work: to bring art to the people

52:30 Markevitch’s view on the power of art: “Art is what makes us human.”

53:30 Markevitch’s inspiration

54:00 how Markevitch defines justice  

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