{"id":12552,"date":"2019-10-06T20:56:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T00:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=12552"},"modified":"2019-10-06T20:56:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T00:56:04","slug":"episode-343-kate-lacour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-343-kate-lacour","title":{"rendered":"Episode 343 – Kate Lacour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 343:
\nKate Lacour<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cAttraction\/repulsion is a big response that people have expressed about my work, whether they like it or not. I like that feeling when I experience it, like when something\u2019s gorgeous but has an air of foulness to it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>With her new book, Vivisectionary<\/a>\"\" (Fantagraphics), artist Kate Lacour<\/a> has created a work of repulsive beauty (or beautiful revulsion). We get into the theme of transformation in her work, her untraditional notion of comics, whether Vivisectionary<\/em> should be considered “body horror”, the concentric narratives that comprise the book, and how nothing can prepare you for the insect life in New Orleans. Along the way, we talk about treating God like an art director, the twin joys of generation and decay, the symbology of her art, the wonders of going to the Art Students League in NYC for life drawing classes, her followup questions to the Gil Roth AMA episode<\/a>, the intensely mixed attraction\/repulsion reaction people have to her work, what made her most uncomfortable about doing a five-day journal comic<\/a>, why she’s adapting the Song of Solomon for her next work, and more! Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy Vivisectionary<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

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\u201cAt a certain point, you\u2019re physically decaying, so working on yourself becomes a much more important task.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n