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Hello lightning Tamers!
This is episode number 46. And in today’s podcast, I’ll be joined by Ben Orozco. |
Ben Orozco is a Colombian-American artist and designer based in Madison, WI. His practice re-constructs images and re-encodes spaces, working in optical patterns, grids, illustrations, cut paper, and neon. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2019 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts with concentrations in Neon/Glass, Graphic Design, and Sculpture. In 2020, he completed a 9-month Fulbright-Hays fellowship in Småland, Sweden, researching Swedish glass and neon design and techniques. His work can be found in New Glass Review 41 (Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY) and has been exhibited at the Imagine Museum (St. Petersburg, FL), Hunterdom Museum of Art (Hunterdom, NJ), Glass Factory Museum (Boda, Sweden), and Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (Madison, WI). He is currently participating in the Bridge Work: Madison 2021-23 program, hosted by Arts + Literature Laboratory (Madison, WI).
Welcome to the podcast Ben Orozco!
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- Preview – Retro by ONE
- The opening theme -Taming Lightning by Trav B. Ryan
- Sponsor – Good2Go by ONE
- Credits – Walking by Ras-Hop
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I hope you enjoyed the podcast.
Thank you Ben for your time and conversation. it’s true, I frequent Ben in order work through things both related to and divergent from neon, his work with GEEX and non-profits enhance my perspectives and insight when working on my own mission. And have been the help I needed to level up my studio as well my podcast production through the Intro to Plasma Series.
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I’d like to thank Pittsburgh Glass Center for supporting me as a place of research and inspiration. Plasma Art Alliance where I have access to the well of knowledge and connects me to some amazing and supportive people, and both sponsors in this episode The Glass Art Society and Garrett Churchill from Fluxeon.
Feel free to share, comment, and subscribe. As always Be Safe, Be Healthy, and Be Strong, and I’ll See you next time.
-Percy Echols II, Taming Lightning
