S3 Ep6: Seeing Voices, Margaret Watts Hughes, and the Science of the Invisible
Emma and Christy discover Margaret Watts Hughes's beautiful 'voice figures', a series of images made through the direct action of her voice between 1885 and 1904. In this episode, we discuss the earli...
30 Sep 202457min
S3 Ep5: David Cronenberg's 'Crimes of the Future', Surgery, and Performance Art
Emma and Christy watch David Cronenberg’s 2022 film Crimes of the Future, exploring the themes of this work while also connecting to some of the director’s earlier movies. In this episode, we discuss ...
31 Aug 20241h 4min
S3 Ep4: Tattoos, 'Deviant' Signs, and Surveilled Skins
Emma and Christy present a brief history of tattooing in Europe. We talk tattoos as art history; sailors and soldiers; the archival (in)visibility of tattoos; the ‘Cook myth’, colonial contact, and co...
31 Juli 202454min
S3 Ep3: Alchemy, Androgyny, and the Paintings of Remedios Varo
In this episode, Emma and Christy look at the complex paintings of the Spanish-Mexican Surrealist painter Remedios Varo (1908-1963). During our conversation, we discuss female alchemists, artist’s stu...
28 Juni 20241h 3min
S3 Ep2: Cannibalism on Film, Empathy, and Eating Disorders
Emma and Christy watch Julia Ducournau’s first feature film, the cannibal coming-of-age body horror flick 'Grave' (or 'Raw'), 2016. In this episode, we cover cinéma du corps and New French Extremity, ...
30 Maj 20241h 1min
S3 Ep1: Dental Phantoms, Tooth Horror, and Medical Simulation
Emma and Christy look at dental phantoms — terrifying but ubiquitous tools in dental education since the nineteenth century that feature humanoid heads made out of metal or wood, and a gaping mouth fu...
29 Apr 20241h 2min
Minisode 1: Women and Early Modern Mines with Dr Gabriele Marcon
Surprise — it’s a minisode! In our very first interview, historian of early modern mining Dr Gabriele Marcon (I Tatti / Harvard University) shows Emma and Christy a painting from early modern Spanish ...
18 Mars 202429min
