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Armchair Artist with Oliver Kirkham

Armchair Artist with Oliver Kirkham

Auteur(s): Oliver Kirkham
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Everyone has a podcast these days, and now so does Oliver Kirkham.

Join Oliver and a series of guests as they explore creativity in everyday life: answering questions that nobody asked, like 'How is THAT art?', 'What is a gallery?' and 'Why do all museums smell like that?'.

With an overarching theme of Mental Health, conversations uncover art's ability to help us engage with the world and find solace amongst the challenges life throws at us. This podcast aims to give a safe space for guests to share their experiences, with the hopes that listeners learn more about themselves through others - and the beauty in the hidden art that surrounds us as we walk through life.

Oliver believes that everyone is innately creative. And this podcast is an open invitation to the artist's cerebral studio. Whether you make art, hate art or just want something to put on in the background as you do laundry - anyone can be an Armchair Artist. So come and hang out in the studio, Oliver's put the kettle on.

Oliver Kirkham Art Hygiène et mode de vie sain Psychologie Psychologie et santé mentale
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    Texts mentioned in this episode: The Ecological Thought by Timothy Morton (2010) ['the mesh' discussed in the episode]

    Lauren's Instagram: @lauren.pitson

    Lauren's Website: https://www.laurenpitson.com

    Follow Armchair Artist on Instagram: @armchairartistpod

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    Email: armchairartistpod@gmail.com
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    Texts mentioned in this episode:

    A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari (University of Minnesota Press, 1987)

    Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection by Julia Kristeva (translated edn. Columbia University Press, 1982)

    How Not To Kill Yourself by Clancy Martin (Oneworld Publications, 2023)

    Your Brain On Art by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross (Canongate, 2023)

    Facing Infinity: Black Holes and Our Place on Earth by Jonas Enander (Atlantic Books, 2025)

    Follow Armchair Artist on Instagram: @armchairartistpod

    Oliver's Instagram: @olikirkham

    Email: armchairartistpod@gmail.com
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    Texts mentioned in this episode:

    A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari (University of Minnesota Press, 1987)

    How Not To Kill Yourself by Clancy Martin (Oneworld Publications, 2023)

    Your Brain On Art by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross (Canongate, 2023)

    Towards Speculative Realism: Essays and Lectures by Graham Harman (Zero Books, 2010)

    The book I couln’t remember is When It Is Darkest by Rory O’Connor (Vermillion, 2021)

    Facing Infinity: Black Holes and Our Place on Earth by Jonas Enander (Atlantic Books, 2025)

    Follow Armchair Artist on Instagram: @armchairartistpod

    Oliver's Instagram: @olikirkham

    Email: armchairartistpod@gmail.com
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