Concept : Art

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Through conversations with philosophers and thinkers about their scholarly work, Concept : Art seeks to answer the question: how does art shape ideas?
By exploring the influence of art and artworks, Concept : Art uncovers the ways art is and can be a resource and catalyst for thinking.

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#19
September 1 · 29 min
Duty, Banality, and Hopefulness with Alex Cain
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Alex Cain. Dr Alex Cain researches in the fields of political theory and ethical theory, with a particular focus on the work of Hannah Arendt, among other figures in the history of philosophy. Her work in this field has so far mostly focussed on the topics of friendship, political action, judgement and the role of experience in philosophical inquiry. They discuss Sidney Nolan’s duty to paint the concentration camps, the hopefulness of Hannah Arendt, and the i
#18
May 11 · 29 min
Counter-Revolutionary Puzzles with Guillermo Badia
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Guillermo Badia. Dr Guillermo Badia is a philosopher working in logic. His research interests are logic in computer science, semiring-based logics and models of computation, and modal, intuitionistic and other non-classical logics. They discuss logic, murder mysteries, and the counter revolutionary search for truth. A transcript of this episode will be available on the Concept : Art website here. Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasm
#17
Oct 14, 2025 · 30 min
Utopia is Boring with Evie Kendal
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Evie Kendal. Dr Evie Kendal is a bioethicist and public health scientist whose work focuses on emerging technologies. They discuss nostalgia TV, ectogenesis, and the uses and misuses of science fiction. A transcript of this episode will be available on the Concept : Art website here. Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
#16
Sep 19, 2025 · 29 min
Paying Attention with Anya Daly
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Anya Daly. Dr Anya Daly investigates the intersections of phenomenology with philosophy of mind, the philosophy of perception, the philosophy of psychiatry, embodied and social cognition, enactivism, ethics, aesthetics and Buddhist Philosophy. They discuss meditation and perception, the divide between continental and analytic philosophy, and human and animal lifeworlds. A transcript of this episode will be available on the Concept : Art website here. Concep
#15
Jul 7, 2025 · 31 min
Rhythm, Exorcism, and Confrontation with Lexi Eikelboom
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Lexi Eikelboom. Dr Lexi Eikelboom is both a visual artist and a scholar of philosophical theology. Her academic work analyses aesthetic concepts such as rhythm and form as way to illuminate the human implications of the philosophical arguments in which the concepts appear. She also leads collaborative projects investigating art as a form of thinking and the effects of engagement with art on theoretical work. They discuss rhythm and time in cubist painting, le
#14
Jun 8, 2025 · 30 min
Snotty Punk Bands and Ancient Aliens with Timothy Deane-Freeman
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Timothy Deane-Freeman. Dr Timothy Deane-Freeman works as a teacher and researcher in philosophy in Naarm/Melbourne. His work is primarily focussed on the intersection of politics and art, and the ways in which sensible materials can be combined to produce different forms of thought. He is currently co-editing a book on philosophical accounts of artistic agency. They discuss bourgeoise culture, shock, chronopolitics, and Afrofuturism as the place of the new.
#13
May 4, 2025 · 30 min
Fast, Loud, and Super Funky with Ellie Ripley
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Ellie Ripley. Dr Ellie Ripley’s work focuses on languages, logics, and the relations between them. They discuss music and the state of mind for writing technical philosophy, being part of a philosophical ensemble, and the local heritage of logic. A transcript of this episode will be available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm). Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
#12
Mar 21, 2025 · 27 min
Sublime Art, Nice Philosophy with Michelle Liu
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Michelle Liu. Dr Michelle Liu works on various topics in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and aesthetics. In philosophy of mind, she is interested in the nature of consciousness and the intuition of dualism. In philosophy of language, she is particularly interested in the linguistic phenomenon of polysemy: words with multiple related senses. They discuss representing music in visual forms, whether philosophical arguments can have aesthetic properties
#11
Feb 24, 2025 · 31 min
Beauty and Revelation with Catherine Wesselinoff
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Catherine Wesselinoff Dr Catherine Wesselinoff is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Australia, where she teaches courses in aesthetics, ethics, political philosophy and the history of philosophy. Her main research interests are in aesthetics and moral philosophy. They discuss beauty and revelation, transgression and formalism, and thinking and the sublime. A transcript of this episode will be available on the Concept : Art website (www.c
#10
Dec 30, 2024 · 30 min
Girlboss Leviathan with Elese Dowden
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Elese Dowden. Dr Elese Dowden is a writer and philosopher from Aotearoa New Zealand. Her doctoral work was on ethical restoration after historical injustice, and her ongoing cross-disciplinary research interests include Continental philosophy, Australian and New Zealand literature, critical theory, history and colonialism. They discuss fabrication and sovereignty, make-up artistry and hyper-representation, and patriarchy and postfeminism. A transcript of this e
#9
Nov 17, 2024 · 30 min
Collaboration, Presentation, and Representation with Dalia Nassar
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Dalia Nassar, author of Romantic Empiricism: Nature, Art, and Ecology from Herder to Humboldt (Cambridge UP, 2022) among other works. Dr Dalia Nassar works at the intersection of the history of German philosophy and environmental philosophy and ethics. She has written on the tradition of romantic empiricism, including its significance contemporary questions of ecology and environment. She has also worked to promote women in the history of philosophy, especiall
#8
Oct 27, 2024 · 30 min
Paris, Cuba, and David from Any Direction with Lucy Benjamin
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Lucy Benjamin. Dr Lucy Benjamin is a researcher in architectural theory and creative practice. Her work focuses on the intersection of environmental theory, architecture, and philosophy, especially the emergence of repair as a design principle and the conditions for human rights in the age of eco-crisis. They discuss time and space on the streets of Paris; repairability and broken Cuban furniture; and developing her own perspective. A transcript of this episode
#7
Sep 11, 2024 · 29 min
Ontological Disruption, Slow Cinema, and Religious Icons
Dr Annie Sandrussi applies phenomenological and gender-based methods to examine how everyday and public understandings are underpinned by ontological commitments, especially with respect to relationality, embodiment and materialism. Her research is primarily at the juncture of ecofeminist ethics and existential-phenomenology, and she works on philosophical enquiry in biology and technoscience. They discuss ontological disruption; slow cinema and the everyday; and what is excess to religious icon
#6
Aug 12, 2024 · 30 min
Gold, Silver, and Bronze with Yuri Cath
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Yuri Cath. Dr Yuri Cath's work explores epistemological questions about the nature and sources of different kinds of knowledge, and the importance of these issues for other areas of philosophy including the philosophy of mind and moral philosophy. He is interested in the philosophical distinction between "knowing-how" and "knowing-that"; the role of intuitions as a kind of evidence; and the relationship between testimony and knowledge. They discuss going from p
#5
Jul 19, 2024 · 28 min
Pottery, Moral Enhancement, and Science-Fiction with Pei-hua Huang
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Pei-hua Huang. Dr Pei-hua Huang’s work lies where bioethics and political philosophy intersect. She is interested in the interaction of social issues and medical technologies. She has a special interest in philosophical issues raised by human and moral enhancement technologies and the treatment of morally relevant psychiatric conditions. They discuss manga and moral enhancement, pottery and Confucianism, and the pros and cons of science fiction. A transcript of
#4
Jun 10, 2024 · 32 min
Lifestyle and Death with Christopher Mayes
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Christopher Mayes. Dr Mayes is an interdisciplinary scholar with backgrounds in sociology, history and philosophy. His research interests include history and philosophy of healthcare, sociology of health and food, and bioethics. He is the author of Unsettling Food Politics Agriculture, Dispossession and Sovereignty in Australia (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2020). They discuss dance and the biopolitics of lifestyle; food and cultural appropriation; and mus
#3
May 14, 2024 · 31 min
Dancing Parkinson's and Queering Science with John Noel Viaña
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr John Noel Viaña. Dr John Noel Viaña’s work is focused on the social and ethical aspects of neuroscience and biotechnology. He has interests in a range of bioethical issues and has engaged with researchers, clinicians and science communicators to explore justice, equity and diversity considerations in health research and promotion. They discuss the use of art to present research, how art can help to express identities and perspectives, and its resonances with Dr
#2
Apr 7, 2024 · 30 min
Enactivism, Embodiment, and the Gorier Stuff with Marilyn Stendera
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Marilyn Stendera, co-author (with Emily Hughes) of Heidegger’s Alternative History of Time (Routledge, 2024). Dr Stendera’s work focuses mainly on the phenomenological tradition, especially its intersections with philosophy of cognition and mind. She is particularly interested in time, including its role in cognition, its relationship to power, and how it has been conceptualised in different philosophical traditions. She also likes thinking about biology, death
#1
Mar 23, 2024 · 31 min
Caste, Music, and Microinequities with Supriya Subramani
In this episode, Pat speaks with Dr Supriya Subramani. Dr Subramani's interest in morality and ethics has led her to explore morality, behaviour, and ethics in healthcare contexts. She has worked on the concepts of belonging, micro-inequities, moral habitus, the idea of the passive patient, the social construction of incompetency, and reflexivity. They discuss caste and contemporary music, resistance and poetry, and autonomy and participatory theatre. Background notes and a transcript of this ep
Feb 24, 2024 · 36 sec
Trailer - How does art shape ideas?
How does art shape ideas? Through conversations with philosophers and thinkers about their scholarly work, Concept : Art seeks to answer this question.By exploring the influence of art and artworks, Concept : Art uncovers the ways art is and can be a resource and catalyst for thinking.New episodes of Concept : Art are released the second Monday of each month, beginning in March 2024. Links to guests' work and some of the art discussed can be found on the Concept : Art website: http://www.concept

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