web01.fireside.fm Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:24:29 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Outsider Theory - Episodes Tagged with “Aesthetics” https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/tags/aesthetics Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:00:00 -0400 Outsider Theory is an interview-based podcast exploring the mutations of theories outside of the authorized spaces of intellectual life as well as theories of that ever-alluring figure, the outsider, and related subjects. en-us episodic Theory on the outside, theory of the outside, outside of the theory Geoff Shullenberger Outsider Theory is an interview-based podcast exploring the mutations of theories outside of the authorized spaces of intellectual life as well as theories of that ever-alluring figure, the outsider, and related subjects. no critical theory, conspiracy theory, outsider intellectuals, outsiders, the outside Geoff Shullenberger gshullenb@gmail.com The Death and Life of Pagan America: On Dave Hickey, with Daniel Oppenheimer https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/dave-hickey 4fbb0100-3cc5-407f-9d7f-42069a1b9aad Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:00:00 -0400 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Daniel Oppenheimer joins me to discuss his new book on the legendary art critic Dave Hickey, "Far From Respectable." 1:42:15 no Writer Daniel Oppenheimer joins me to discuss his new book on the legendary art critic Dave Hickey, "Far From Respectable." We explore Hickey's case for the continued vitality of beauty as a criterion for thinking about art and culture, his defense of controversial artist Robert Mapplethorpe and simultaneous critique of Mapplethorpe's other defenders, his aesthetic populism, his abandoned project "Pagan America," and the relevance of all of these to the current cultural panorama. We also explore Hickey's critique of institutions alongside the ironic fact that institutions sustained his best work – and what that might mean for current institutional outsiders in the Substack economy and elsewhere. Daniel's website: http://www.danieloppenheimer.com/ Far From Respectable: https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/oppenheimer-far-from-respectable Dave Hickey, art, criticism, beauty, institutions, aesthetics, populism, Robert Mapplethorpe, Las Vegas Writer Daniel Oppenheimer joins me to discuss his new book on the legendary art critic Dave Hickey, "Far From Respectable." We explore Hickey's case for the continued vitality of beauty as a criterion for thinking about art and culture, his defense of controversial artist Robert Mapplethorpe and simultaneous critique of Mapplethorpe's other defenders, his aesthetic populism, his abandoned project "Pagan America," and the relevance of all of these to the current cultural panorama. We also explore Hickey's critique of institutions alongside the ironic fact that institutions sustained his best work – and what that might mean for current institutional outsiders in the Substack economy and elsewhere.

Daniel's website: http://www.danieloppenheimer.com/

Far From Respectable: https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/oppenheimer-far-from-respectable

]]> Writer Daniel Oppenheimer joins me to discuss his new book on the legendary art critic Dave Hickey, "Far From Respectable." We explore Hickey's case for the continued vitality of beauty as a criterion for thinking about art and culture, his defense of controversial artist Robert Mapplethorpe and simultaneous critique of Mapplethorpe's other defenders, his aesthetic populism, his abandoned project "Pagan America," and the relevance of all of these to the current cultural panorama. We also explore Hickey's critique of institutions alongside the ironic fact that institutions sustained his best work – and what that might mean for current institutional outsiders in the Substack economy and elsewhere.

Daniel's website: http://www.danieloppenheimer.com/

Far From Respectable: https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/oppenheimer-far-from-respectable

]]> Anaesthetic Aesthetics with Sterling Bartlett https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/anaesthetics 3e0f586e-758b-44b4-b2b3-348f123164d2 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:30:00 -0400 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Illustrator and designer Sterling Bartlett joins Outsider Theory to discuss his comic book "How Did We Get Here?" 55:49 no Illustrator and designer Sterling Bartlett joins Outsider Theory to discuss his comic book "How Did We Get Here?" We explore why recycling is the master metaphor for our cultural predicament, the rise of post-hipster aesthetic of aneasthetized minimalism, why Jordan Peterson and Marie Kondo are two sides of the same coin, and more. Buy "How Did We Get Here?": https://firsttoknock.com/products/how-did-we-get-here Follow Sterling on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sterlingbartlett/?hl=en Sterling's website: https://www.sterlingbartlett.com/ My postmodernism seminar: https://www.speakeasy.com/e/what-is-postmodernism aesthetics, recycling, capitalist realism, accelerationism, postmodernism, retromania, minimalism, hipsters Illustrator and designer Sterling Bartlett joins Outsider Theory to discuss his comic book "How Did We Get Here?" We explore why recycling is the master metaphor for our cultural predicament, the rise of post-hipster aesthetic of aneasthetized minimalism, why Jordan Peterson and Marie Kondo are two sides of the same coin, and more.

Buy "How Did We Get Here?": https://firsttoknock.com/products/how-did-we-get-here

Follow Sterling on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sterlingbartlett/?hl=en

Sterling's website: https://www.sterlingbartlett.com/

My postmodernism seminar: https://www.speakeasy.com/e/what-is-postmodernism

]]> Illustrator and designer Sterling Bartlett joins Outsider Theory to discuss his comic book "How Did We Get Here?" We explore why recycling is the master metaphor for our cultural predicament, the rise of post-hipster aesthetic of aneasthetized minimalism, why Jordan Peterson and Marie Kondo are two sides of the same coin, and more.

Buy "How Did We Get Here?": https://firsttoknock.com/products/how-did-we-get-here

Follow Sterling on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sterlingbartlett/?hl=en

Sterling's website: https://www.sterlingbartlett.com/

My postmodernism seminar: https://www.speakeasy.com/e/what-is-postmodernism

]]> Joker in the Labyrinth with Mónica Belevan https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/hyperbaroque 47ebcbfa-a97c-4f46-a662-75d636f28cbc Sun, 21 Feb 2021 16:00:00 -0500 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Outsider art historian Mónica Belevan joins Outsider Theory to discuss her various projects tracking the aesthetics of the Covid Era. 1:21:06 no Outsider art historian and hypnotist collector Mónica Belevan joins Outsider Theory to discuss her various attempts to track the structures of feeling of the present. We explore the aesthetics and sensibilities of the Baroque and their relevance for grasping the topoi of the Covid era – in particular, the image of the labyinth, the theme of the madness of the world, and the figure of the clown (embodied lately in Joaquin Phoenix's Joker). Finally, we reflect on the awakening of the sacrificial unconscious by the Dionysian onslaught of the plague and the still unfulfilled need for symbolic resolution. https://covidianaesthetics.substack.com/ https://www.lapsuslima.com/ aesthetics, baroque, covid, labyrinth, clownworld, Joker, Dionysian, sacrifice, scapegoating, Monica Belevan Outsider art historian and hypnotist collector Mónica Belevan joins Outsider Theory to discuss her various attempts to track the structures of feeling of the present. We explore the aesthetics and sensibilities of the Baroque and their relevance for grasping the topoi of the Covid era – in particular, the image of the labyinth, the theme of the madness of the world, and the figure of the clown (embodied lately in Joaquin Phoenix's Joker). Finally, we reflect on the awakening of the sacrificial unconscious by the Dionysian onslaught of the plague and the still unfulfilled need for symbolic resolution.

https://covidianaesthetics.substack.com/

https://www.lapsuslima.com/

]]> Outsider art historian and hypnotist collector Mónica Belevan joins Outsider Theory to discuss her various attempts to track the structures of feeling of the present. We explore the aesthetics and sensibilities of the Baroque and their relevance for grasping the topoi of the Covid era – in particular, the image of the labyinth, the theme of the madness of the world, and the figure of the clown (embodied lately in Joaquin Phoenix's Joker). Finally, we reflect on the awakening of the sacrificial unconscious by the Dionysian onslaught of the plague and the still unfulfilled need for symbolic resolution.

https://covidianaesthetics.substack.com/

https://www.lapsuslima.com/

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