“The aesthetic experience is a simple beholding of the object . . . you experience a radiance. You are held in aesthetic arrest.” - Joseph Campbell
Aesthetic Arrest is our weekly dip into the Epicurean pleasures we’ve been enjoying lately. Cheers to that!
This Week’s Apéritif: Brown Derby Cocktails!
Ryan Wildstar’s Recommendations:
Reading: Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill (b. September 3, 1938)
Listening: Breath Versus Beats by Simon Berz, Toshinori Kondo & Bill Laswell
Looking: Balkan Brutalist Architecture
Viewing: The Conversations Project — hosted by Elaine Welteroth, Marc J. Spears & Chef David Lawrence (Hulu)
Tasting: Chef David Lawrence from The Conversations Project!
Currently Executive Chef at Goodnight’s Prime Steak + Spirits (San Francisco, CA) / Goodnight’s Prime Steak + Spirits on Instagram
Previous Restaurants: San Francisco’s 1300 on Fillmore & Black Bark BBQ
Ryan Elston’s Recommendations:
Reading: Voices of Time: A Life in Stories by Eduardo Galeano
Listening: The Music of Chineke! Orchestra
Live at the BBC Proms: Anthony Parnther conducts Chineke! Orchestra in music by Valerie Coleman, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Haydn and Beethoven. Listen for free via BBC Radio! (available internationally!)
Looking: The Photography of Tseng Kwong Chi (September 6, 1950 – March 10, 1990)
Official Site of the Estate of Tseng Kwong Chi / Instagram / Works for Sale (via Artsy) / Yancey Richardson Gallery / Eric Firestone Gallery / Ben Brown Fine Arts
See photos by Tseng Kwong Chi this weekend (September 8 – September 10, 2023) at the Yancey Richardson Exhibition at The Armory Show 2023 in New York City!
The Photographer who Convinced the World He Was a Chinese Ambassador (via i-D Magazine)
Viewing: The Conversations Project — hosted by Elaine Welteroth, Marc J. Spears & Chef David Lawrence (Hulu)
Instagram: Elaine Welteroth / Marc J. Spears / Chef David Lawrence
Tasting: Four Cheese Pastrmajlija & Deep Fried Zucchini Chips at Skopski Merak in Skopje, North Macedonia
That’s it for this week! But we want the dinner party to continue! So each week we are asking a “dinner party” question for everyone joining us here at our table. Last week, we asked: “What’s one of YOUR favorite museums?” Here are some of the great responses from the comments:
Ryan Elston chose The Louvre Museum in Paris!
Ryan Wildstar chose The Museu del Cau Ferrat in Sitges, Spain!
kde chose the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris!
Del Mar chose the Dalí Theatre and Museum in Figueres, Spain!
Cheryl chose the Jeu de Paume in Paris!
Thank you everyone for your wonderful responses! That was last week . . . but we don't want this week's dinner party to end either!
So here is this week's question for the table:
This week, we talked about Caryl Churchill’s acclaimed play, Cloud 9, which director Michael Kahn called “one of the funniest plays written by one of the greatest playwrights in the English language.”
So, our question for the table this week is:
What’s one of YOUR favorite plays?
Whether it’s a play you’ve read, or a play you’ve seen on stage or film, or maybe even a play you’ve performed in! What’s one of your favorites?
Tell us your choice in the comments and we’ll share some of your responses on next week’s podcast!
Also, don't forget to check out The Epicurean Vagabonds Substack on Wednesdays, because . . . our Mid-Week Libations are back! And now in a brand new format with completely REVAMPED content, including something special that we're adding specifically for fans of our podcast . . . audio clips of Ryan & Ryan!
We're now rotating our Mid-Week content and planning a different audio segment each week, so you'll never know what to expect. Check out our new & revamped Mid-Week Libations every Wednesday!
And thank you for joining us for Season Two of Aesthetic Arrest!
Cheers to that!
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