Austin Martin White
b'Welcome to our ninth episode of Y2K GROUP CHAT featuring artist Austin Martin White. We recorded this episode in late February 2021.\\nWe speak with Austin about moving around while growing up, homogeneity and diversity, media and big tech, first memories, when he wanted to become an artist and his process at a young age to where he is now. \\nAustin Martin White is an artist working in Philadelphia, PA living in New York. \\nFollow us on TikTok and Instagram: @y2kgroup\\nSubscribe to our YouTube channel for more content about contemporary art.\\nVisit our Twitch, Theta.tv, and YouTube for live streams and ask us a question about art on Telegram. \\nAudio timestamps below:\\n0:00 - Intro music\\n0:15 - Introduction\\n0:36 - Austin bio\\n1:09 - NM and moving around\\n2:04 - Homogeneity and diversity\\n3:50 - Media consumption\\n6:12 - Big tech + early days\\n8:04 - Adoption story\\n13:26 - First memories?\\n16:43 - What were your first memories of art?\\n21:15 - When did you decide to become an artist?\\n30:35 - Have you made abstraction in the past or just figuration?\\n37:31 - Who are some of the artists you studied or look at now?\\n43:36 - How has drawing played a role in your practice? What did you think of grad school?\\n53:52 - Post-Bard\\n1:00:51 - How do you feel about race relations now?\\n1:06:23 - Adam Curtis \\u201cCan\\u2019t Get You Out of My Head\\u2026\\u201d\\n1:13:10 - Thank you'