Mosie Romney
b'Welcome to our fourth episode of Y2K GROUP CHAT featuring artist Mosie Romney. We recorded in late August 2020.\\nWe speak with Mosie about their experiences in the New York art world as a young artist, their work in \\u201cEvening Lark\\u201d at Y2K, and rituals in the studio.\\nMosie Romney is an emerging artist based in Ridgewood, Queens.\\nFollow us on Instagram: @y2kgroup\\nSubscribe to our YouTube channel for more content about contemporary art.\\nStay up-to-date with our Y2K Blog on our website for more news.\\nAudio timestamps below:\\n0:00 - Intro music\\n0:15 - Y2K GROUP CHAT introduction\\n0:34 - Mosie Romney introduction\\n1:30 - Mosie Romney bio\\n2:03 - Hello\\n2:20 - How\\u2019s your morning so far?\\n2:40 - New Hampshire trip\\n3:05 - NH \\u201cLive Free or Die\\u201d state motto\\n3:25 - Mosie\\u2019s disturbing NH store experience\\n4:58 - Safe in NYC? Being scared traveling\\n5:37 - Show ourselves\\n5:52 - Happy to be back in NY \\n6:06 - Evening Lark at Y2K\\n6:24 - Slowing down\\n6:49 - What was your first exposure to art? When did you know you wanted to study/pursue art?\\n7:29 - Grandmother and Mosie\\u2019s mark\\n7:58 - Drawing with elementary school teacher\\n8:29 - Woman helping and making time\\n9:02 - Remembering the cardboard in hosiery package\\n9:13 - What kind of drawing material did you work with?\\n9:57 - Mosie\\u2019s family recognizing them as an artist\\n10:15 - What was the NY art world like after undergrad?\\n10:36 - Pop-up galleries and in apartments\\n11:12 - Art in odd places\\n12:01 - What kind of art did you make arriving back to New York and your experience?\\n13:03 - Abstract paintings and painting sets\\n13:16 - Abstraction not leaving\\n13:46 - What kind of work have you been making this year?\\n13:58 - Children, older people, ghosts: intergenerational world\\n14:38 - Children\\u2019s freedom, being themselves\\n15:30 - What inspired your collection of paintings in \\u201cEvening Lark\\u201d?\\n15:49 - Hyper-change and re-imagining the future\\n16:26 - \\u201cHell is a place on earth and Heaven is a place in your head\\u201d \\n17:04 - \\u201cTonight\\u2019s Queen\\u201d\\n17:27 - \\u201cRain Body\\u201d\\n17:57 - Black bodies at ease and in communion\\n18:47 - \\u201cEvening Lark\\u201d exhibition title \\n20:07 - Mosie\\u2019s new van\\n21:19 - Collecting things and painting with the van\\n21:48 - Collectible pieces and inspiration?\\n23:44 - Finding yard sales\\n24:54 - What is your preferred medium and various approaches? \\n26:06 - Chris Martin and painting\\n26:40 - Everything is a material \\n27:11 - What do you enjoy the most about painting?\\n27:50 - Who are the figures in the paintings?\\n29:06 - Has your practice changed since moving your studio?\\n30:42 - What\\u2019s integral to your work?\\n31:33 - What type of research do you pursue?\\n32:42 - Who inspires you?\\n34:17 - Do you have any specifics rituals in studio?\\n35:21 - Method painting\\n36:03 - Communicating with people not here and who will be here\\n37:04 - Saying their name and bringing their energy \\n37:36 - What will happen to artist in the near future?\\n38:47 - Future of art galleries?\\n39:34 - Artist estates, lifespans, and re-discovered \\n40:56 - Have you seen any exhibitions lately?\\n42:14 - Painting flowers\\n43:11 - Staying-in\\n43:48 - Museums opening again\\n44:48 - Press release and working with Camille\\n46:44 - Spirits\\n48:21- Thank you'